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local intentions regarding separate collection. The collection system in Italy is funded<br />

pre-dominantly by the municipal waste charge. 644 There is no householder obligation<br />

to recycle, but the variable portion <strong>of</strong> the Pay-As-You-Throw waste charge encourages<br />

participation in sorting schemes (see Section 8.2.2).<br />

Netherlands<br />

According to Section 10.12 <strong>of</strong> the Environment <strong>Management</strong> Act for the Netherlands,<br />

municipalities must provide householders with the ability to source-segregate their<br />

biowaste (food and garden waste), though there is no obligation on the householder<br />

to separate their waste at source. In 2001, according to the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Housing,<br />

Spatial Planning and the Environment, approximately 75 % <strong>of</strong> the population<br />

separated their biowaste. 645 In addition, separate collection <strong>of</strong> paper/cardboard,<br />

glass and textiles is specified in the provincial environmental ordinances. These<br />

requirements have been in place since 2001. 646<br />

It should be noted that there is only limited separate collection <strong>of</strong> metals in the<br />

Netherlands due to the large amount <strong>of</strong> incineration in the country, whereby a<br />

significant proportion <strong>of</strong> metals can be removed from ashes post-incineration for<br />

subsequent recycling. 646 This is linked to the ban on landfilling <strong>of</strong> household waste,<br />

which has led to incineration becoming the major means for dealing with residual<br />

waste, as well as the high tax on landfilling.<br />

Slovenia<br />

Under its Environmental Protection Act (2001), municipalities in Slovenia separately<br />

collect the following wastes from the householder: paper, plastic, metal (and<br />

packaging in general), garden waste and vegetable food waste (there is no<br />

specification for collection <strong>of</strong> Animal By Products).<br />

South Korea<br />

South Korea introduced its Volume-based <strong>Waste</strong> Fee (VBWF) in 1994. This ‘pay-byuse’<br />

based service was established in order to provide an economic incentive for<br />

waste reduction by households and also to generate revenue for the provision <strong>of</strong> a<br />

mandatory recycling service. Recyclable waste (paper, cans, bottles, metal, plastics,<br />

textiles) and food waste are all separately collected for free from the<br />

644 European Topic Centre on Resource and <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> (2006) Country Fact Sheet: Italy,<br />

available at http://eea.eionet.europa.eu/Public/irc/eionetcircle/etc_waste/library?l=/country_fact_sheets/italypdf/_EN_1.0_&a=d<br />

645 Ministry <strong>of</strong> Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (2001) Kitchen and Garden <strong>Waste</strong>,<br />

available at http://www.vrom.nl/Docs/internationaal/14277_174kien_garden%20was.pdf.<br />

646 ECOTEC Research and Consulting Limited (2000) Beyond the Bin: The Economics <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong><br />

<strong>Management</strong> Options, Report produced for Friends <strong>of</strong> the Earth, UK <strong>Waste</strong> and <strong>Waste</strong> Watch. Available<br />

at http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/reports/economics_waste_options.pdf<br />

548<br />

29/09/09

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