Material flow management for the supply of sewage sludge as well as construction and operation of a plant for the recovery of recyclables from ash resulting from the incineration of sewage sludge

1) The waste incineration Kiel GmbH & Co. KG (hereafter: "MVK") operates a waste incineration plant at the location Theodor-Heuss-Ring 30, 24114 Kiel. Up to 140,000 Mg of municipal waste (household waste, bulky waste, domestic waste and other commercial waste) are thermally treated in an environmentally friendly way every year;

2) MVK intends to expand the plant at the existing site with a line for mono-sewage sludge incineration with stationary fluidised bed combustion and integrated phosphorus recovery. The sewage sludge incineration line (hereafter referred to as sewage sludge incineration plant) will be designed for up to 120 000 mg original substance ("OS"). With the content of dry matter ("TS") of 25% aimed at by the MVK, approx. 30,000 Mg TS are thermally utilized. The MVK assumes that approx. 12,000 Mg of ash will remain after the thermal utilization.

The sewage sludge incineration plant will process only municipal sewage sludge, dehydrated and digested.

MVK itself prepares the planning, approval and construction of the sewage sludge incinerator with phosphorus recovery in its own name and for its own account. The MVK will also operate the sewage sludge incinerator itself.

It is intended that the sewage sludge incineration plant be completed and put into operation by 1.1.2024 at the latest. The sewage sludge incineration plant is to maintain operation for at least 20 years.

3) An essential requirement for the project partner (hereinafter referred to as "PP") within the project "Sewage Sludge Incineration with Integrated Phosphorus Recovery Kiel" (hereinafter referred to as the "Project") is to supply the MVK with suitable sewage sludge for thermal utilization by the sewage sludge incineration plant MVK to pay a fee for this. The sewage sludge must be delivered to the MVK free bunker edge.

3.1) The main requirement of the PP is to control the flow of sewage sludge over up to 120,000 Mg in such a way that smooth and continuous operation of the sewage sludge incineration plant at the MVK is ensured. If the material flow is not secured to the agreed extent, the PP has to provide the MVK economically so as if the MVK could have thermally recycled the agreed mass flow;

3.2) A further essential requirement of the PP is, in the case of plant overhauls or plant shutdowns of the sewage sludge incineration plant, to take over the environmentally sound and all other requirements appropriate recovery or disposal of up to 120 000 Mg OS sewage sludge. The obligation of the PP is understood as including the transport and including the fulfillment of public law requirements such as the recovery of the phosphorus contained in the sewage sludge.

4) If and insofar as the state capital Kiel (hereinafter: "LHK") is to tender the approx. 30 000 Mg OS sewage sludge (hereinafter: "Kieler sludge") generated in its area for recycling or disposal, the MVK will endeavor to ensure that the Surcharge to receive.

4.1) Should the MVK be awarded the contract for the Kieler Schlamm, the PP's obligation to deliver sewage sludge to the MVK from 120,000 Mg OS would be reduced by about 30,000 Mg OS to 90,000 Mg OS. But would not reduce the obligation of the PP for recovery or disposal in case of plant overhauls and plant downtimes (see point 3.2)

4.2) In addition, there is a requirement for the PP, as a subcontractor of the MVK, to carry out the transport of the Kieler Schlamm to the MVK. This requirement is only called up by the MVK if the LHK should uniformly tender the transport of the Kieler sludge and the utilization or disposal of the Kieler sludge.

Continued under VI.3)