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Belgium (particularly Flanders)<br />

The provision <strong>of</strong> separate collections <strong>of</strong> certain household waste streams by the<br />

municipality has been required since the 1990s. At the kerbside, separate collection<br />

<strong>of</strong> paper/cardboard, vegetable, fruit and garden waste (VFG), biowaste (including food<br />

but excluding meat), glass, plastic bottles, metal packaging, drink cartons, other<br />

metals and textiles is the responsibility <strong>of</strong> the provinces. This provision follows Article<br />

16 in Chapter 4 <strong>of</strong> the Belgian Decree concerning Prevention and <strong>Management</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Materials. In addition, one bring bank each for bottles and paper must also be<br />

provided for every 20,000 individuals. 640 The householder does not have a legal<br />

obligation to separately collect their waste, but is encouraged to do so by the Pay-As-<br />

You-Throw system that operates in Belgium, which charges a lower rate for<br />

separately-collected recyclables than for residual waste.<br />

Czech Republic<br />

A recent amendment to <strong>Waste</strong> Act 127/1997 in the Czech Republic now stipulates<br />

that by the end <strong>of</strong> 2010, municipalities must allow their householders to sourceseparate<br />

the following waste materials – paper/cardboard, plastics, glass, drinks<br />

cartons and biodegradable waste. 641 Packaging Act 477/2001 previously only<br />

encouraged such separation. The collections are organised by the local authority with<br />

both financial and public relations support from the Czech Republic’s producer<br />

responsibility organisation, Eko-Krom. No legal responsibility is placed on the<br />

householder to ensure that they separately collect recyclable materials. However,<br />

households and companies are incentivised to recycle, as they receive money for<br />

sorting their waste when they otherwise have to pay to dispose <strong>of</strong> their unsorted<br />

waste. 642<br />

Denmark<br />

Denmark has employed a minimum recycling policy since 1990, when it introduced<br />

the separate collection <strong>of</strong> packaging glass. In 2004, the separate collection <strong>of</strong><br />

paper/cardboard via kerbside collection schemes was also made mandatory for those<br />

municipalities with private built-up areas <strong>of</strong> greater than 1,000 inhabitants that were<br />

collecting less than 55 % <strong>of</strong> their total paper/cardboard potential in 2002. In addition,<br />

the householder in Denmark has a duty to sort their waste for separate collection. 643<br />

640 H. Fogarty, L. Reid and H. Sprott (2008) <strong>International</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> Recycling Policies, Scottish<br />

Government Social Research. Available at<br />

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/231872/0063356.pdf<br />

641 Ministry <strong>of</strong> the Environment <strong>of</strong> the Czech Republic (2008) [Online] Amendment to <strong>Waste</strong> Act- For<br />

Better Sorting and Recycling, [Accessed on 26 th September 2008], available at<br />

http://www.mzp.cz/__C12571F40024D359.nsf/$pid/mzpjkfohsria<br />

642 Resource Recovery Forum (2006) The Czech Republic – Improvement in <strong>Waste</strong> Sorting, Second in<br />

EU.<br />

643 <strong>Waste</strong> Centre Denmark (2007) <strong>Waste</strong> from Households, available at<br />

http://www.wasteinfo.dk/waste+and+collection+companies/sources+types+and+fractions/waste+fro<br />

m+households<br />

546<br />

29/09/09

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