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Table 9-2: Charges for Residual <strong>Waste</strong><br />

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Size Size <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> the the the bin bin Emptying Emptying intervals intervals<br />

Fee<br />

Fee<br />

60 litre<br />

120 litre<br />

240 litre<br />

1.100 litre<br />

once a month<br />

twice a month<br />

once a month<br />

twice a month<br />

once a month<br />

twice a month<br />

once a month<br />

twice a month<br />

Table 9-3: Charges for Organic <strong>Waste</strong> Collection<br />

Size Size <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> the the bin bin Emptying Emptying interval interval Fee<br />

Fee<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>: Annexes<br />

€71.40<br />

€147.60<br />

€133.20<br />

€277.20<br />

€262.80<br />

€538.80<br />

€1,212.00<br />

€2,472.00<br />

120 litre twice a month €28.80<br />

240 litre twice a month €57.60<br />

In addition to the residual waste, organic waste and packaging waste (dual system)<br />

collection systems described above, 240l waste paper bins are provided for all private<br />

households free <strong>of</strong> charge. This waste paper bin is emptied monthly.<br />

The county <strong>of</strong> Landkreis Schweinfurt in Bavaria is another case in point. In the late<br />

1980s, the system started changing from a one bin to a three bin system. By 1994,<br />

the doorstep collection <strong>of</strong> residual waste, biowaste and producer responsibility<br />

funded recycling fractions (see Dual System Deutschland, Sections 13.0 and 14.0),<br />

supported by separate collections for glass, cans, and paper and card at bring sites,<br />

was delivering a recycling rate <strong>of</strong> 58.6% with households only paying for residual<br />

waste collections on an annually charged volume based fee related to the size <strong>of</strong> bin<br />

chosen (i.e. not a “variable” charge after the household’s beginning <strong>of</strong> year decision).<br />

In 1997, by modification <strong>of</strong> the existing system, the County decided to improve the<br />

incentive for waste reduction to reduce costs through the incorporation <strong>of</strong> an<br />

additional (frequency based) emptying fee and also a weight-based fee. The charging<br />

system was calculated in such a way that on average, householders would pay the<br />

same cost after the system’s introduction as before (with higher waste producers<br />

paying more and others less). It is notable that prior to the system’s introduction, the<br />

quantity <strong>of</strong> residual waste per inhabitant was already extremely low by international

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