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Environmental Advisors (Sachverständigen Rat für Umweltfragen, SRU)<br />

Environmental Report („Umweltgutachten“) 2002, July 2002.<br />

Specific report for the County Darmstadt-Dieburg:<br />

� DA-Di Werk <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Concept (“Abfallwirtschaftkonzept 2007“),<br />

County Darmstadt-Dieburg, August 2007.<br />

9.5 Environmental Benefits<br />

PAYT systems are observed to stimulate the recycling <strong>of</strong> material fractions <strong>of</strong><br />

household waste if appropriate services are in place. It is not so straightforward,<br />

however, to assess the impact on waste prevention. Figure 9-1 shows the waste<br />

streams for Darmstadt-Dieburg, a county with a sophisticated PAYT system using barcoded<br />

wheeled bins.<br />

Figure 9-1: <strong>Waste</strong> Streams Per Capita and Year in County Darmstadt-Dieburg<br />

kg / capita / year<br />

500<br />

450<br />

400<br />

350<br />

300<br />

250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

0<br />

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006<br />

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

Year <strong>of</strong> First Implementation<br />

Source: County Darmstadt-Dieburg (2007) DA-Di Werk <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Concept<br />

“Abfallwirtschaftkonzept 2007”, August 2007.<br />

Metal cans (recycled)<br />

Packaging plastics<br />

(recycled: yellow bag)<br />

Glass (recycled)<br />

Paper (recycled)<br />

Kitchen and garden<br />

waste (composting)<br />

WEEE (separated)<br />

Residual waste<br />

(households)<br />

The figure shows the total amount <strong>of</strong> household waste (excluding bulky waste which is<br />

not a target <strong>of</strong> the PAYT system, but including waste from small companies)<br />

increasing from 311 kg/capita in 1990 to 423 kg/capita in 2001 – the first year with<br />

the application <strong>of</strong> the system in all municipalities <strong>of</strong> the county. However, this<br />

increase may have been significantly driven by the enhanced centralised composting<br />

service in the county (increase from 13 kg to 176 kg/capita) which may have resulted<br />

in increased waste arisings (see Sections 8.5 and 33.7.1 <strong>of</strong> the Annexes). Centralised<br />

collections may have reduced home composting (there is a high proportion <strong>of</strong><br />

detached houses in the county).

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