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than in large cities due to the habitant density and the higher share <strong>of</strong> large housing<br />

stocks in the larger towns. However, special waste sluices with a volume based fee<br />

levied for disposal <strong>of</strong> household waste are in practice in several German cities in<br />

certain housing areas. In Erfurt for instance, waste sluices have been installed for<br />

4,730 apartments since January 2008. 194<br />

Starting in 1996 in the county Darmstadt-Dieburg, a waste disposal charge per<br />

volume was introduced and implemented using a barcode-sticker on the wheeled bin.<br />

Countywide application <strong>of</strong> the PAYT scheme in all municipalities was achieved by<br />

2001.<br />

The latest structure <strong>of</strong> the waste disposal charges includes a basic flat fee which<br />

includes 12 bin collections per year, as well as supplementary charges levied for<br />

additional pick ups (maximum 12 per year). These fees are described in Table 9-1.<br />

Table 9-1: <strong>Waste</strong> Disposal Charge Structures in Darmstadt-Dieburg County<br />

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29/09/09<br />

Size Size <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> wheeled wheeled bin bin<br />

Basic Basic fee fee per per year year a Fee Fee Fee for for additional additional pick pick-up pick up<br />

50 litre €96.00 €8.00<br />

60 litre €115.20 €9.60<br />

80 litre €153.60 €12.80<br />

120 litre €230.40 €19.20<br />

240 litre €460.80 €38.40<br />

1,110 litre b €3,162.00<br />

a Including 12 collections b Collection every fortnight<br />

Other household wastes, like the Duales System Deutschland “Gelber Sack” for<br />

packaging waste (see Annexes 13.0 and 14.0) and waste paper are not directly<br />

included in the above mentioned pay-by-use system, but the lower costs associated<br />

with those waste streams are taken into account in the overall-calculation <strong>of</strong> waste<br />

charges. Further information on the structure <strong>of</strong> waste disposal charges in the county<br />

Gießen is given (in German) at www.trend-abfall.de.<br />

Authorities recommend a standard volume residual waste wheeled bin at 15 litres per<br />

person per week. Citizens are advised, however, that high separation can mean a<br />

lower minimum volume <strong>of</strong> 7.5 litres per person per week is possible. This minimum<br />

volume relates to this minimum fee which has to be paid by individual households.<br />

Typically, the fees shown in Table 9-2 are applied for residual waste. Lower fees for<br />

organic waste are shown in Table 9-3.<br />

194 EUWID (2008), German news website, www.euwid-recycling.com

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