Waste management and solid waste-disposal are prominent modern urban services throughout the industrialized world. Iceland has in excess of 318,000 inhabitants, about 200,000 of whom live in Reykjavík, the capital, and its adjoining municipalities.
Since 1991, The City of Reykjavík and fiveother municipalities have coordinated their solid waste disposal through an independent firm named SORPA, which these six municipalities jointly own and run. Seven representatives from the municipalities and the general manager, form SORPA’s Board of Directors.
Municipalities with ownership are:
Reykjavík
Kópavogur
Hafnarfjörður
Garðabær
Seltjarnarnes
Mosfellsbær
The formation of SORPA received a strong push from increased debate on environmental issues. Simultaneously, its formation was influenced by an Icelandic government policy issued in the early 1990s to reduce solid waste, step by step. The most densely populated area, the capital area, had already induced problems in waste disposal that had to be dealt with. Open waste areas at city borders and areas with unsorted waste covered by thin layers of earth had been the only options. Aesthetic problems were obvious, pollution evident and recycling absent. SORPA was designated to tackle the problems.
SORPA has ca. 170 employment positions.
Company Details
- Employees
- 45
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Köllunarklettsvegur, 1,iceland
- Industry
- Waste Treatment And Disposal
- NAICS
-
Waste Treatment and DisposalHazardous Waste Treatment and DisposalSolid Waste LandfillSolid Waste Combustors and IncineratorsOther Nonhazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal
- Website
- sorpa.is
- HQ
- Reykjavík, Capital Region
Sorpa Bs. Questions
Sorpa Bs.'s website is sorpa.is
Sorpa Bs.'s LinkedIn profile is https://is.linkedin.com/company/sorpa-bs-
Sorpa Bs. has
45 employees.
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employees at Sorpa Bs..
Sorpa Bs.'s industry is
Waste Treatment and Disposal
Sorpa Bs.'s top competitors are
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Energigas Sverige,
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Sorpa Bs.'s categories are Waste Treatment and Disposal
Sorpa Bs.'s founding year is 1988
