The county of Aschaffenburg (Germany) is an excellent example of the development of an integrated waste management strategy and its systematic implementation and improvement. As far back as 20 years ago the local authority established an ambitious waste management strategy, based on collected and analysed waste data. The strategy has been regularly updated and improved based on the waste streams arising and the needs of the residents.
Table 1 shows the important milestones for the waste management strategy in the county of Aschaffenburg.
Table 1. Important milestones in the implementation of an integrated waste management strategy of the county of Aschaffenburg (Germany)
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Measure as part of the strategy |
Year |
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Introduction of an identification system with weighing both for residual and biowaste, and later also for bulky waste; close cooperation with the municipalities including financial support, installation and continuous development of recycling stations in the municipalities and one central recycling station of the county (Aschaffenburg, 2013, Aschaffenburg, 2014) |
1996/1997 |
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Introduction of paper/paper board collection in dedicated bins from all households (no weighing system) (Aschaffenburg, 2002) |
2002 |
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Analysis of the composition of residual and bulky waste in order to identify additional recycling options (Aschaffenburg, 2011) |
2011 |
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Systematic weighing of green cuttings |
2012 |
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Reassessment of the collection and disposal of green cuttings (Morlok, 2013) |
2013 |
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Waste sorting analysis of residual waste, biowaste, paper, light packaging, glass and metal packaging in order to identify additional optimisation potential (Hoeß and Ammon, 2014) |
2014 |
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Latest annual waste management report, for 2013 (Aschaffenburg, 2014) |
2014 |