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48.2.1 Austria<br />

Under the Ordinance on the Separation <strong>of</strong> Materials Accumulated during Construction<br />

Work (Federal Law Gazette no. 259/1991), C&D companies are obliged to separate<br />

their waste into groups <strong>of</strong> materials (mineral construction waste, excavated soil,<br />

concrete waste, broken asphalt, wood, metal and plastic waste, as well as<br />

construction site waste) if they exceed certain threshold levels as shown in Table<br />

48-1.<br />

Table 48-1: Threshold Quantities for Mandatory Separation & Recovery in Austria<br />

674<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> Fraction Fraction<br />

Threshold Threshold Quantities Quantities (tonnes)<br />

(tonnes)<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> <strong>of</strong> mineral origin 40<br />

Excavated soil 20<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> concrete 20<br />

Non separated C&D<br />

waste<br />

Road construction waste 5<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> wood 5<br />

Plastic waste 2<br />

Scrap metal 2<br />

29/09/09<br />

10<br />

Source: C. Pladerer (2006) ‘Towards Sustainable Plastic Construction and Demolition <strong>Waste</strong><br />

<strong>Management</strong> in Europe’ Initiatives for a Sustainable Plastic C&D <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> in Europe; The<br />

Case <strong>of</strong> Austria, Presentation by the Okologie Institut for the European Workshop – Brussels, 24 th April<br />

2006.<br />

48.2.2 Germany<br />

The Ordinance on the <strong>Management</strong> <strong>of</strong> Municipal <strong>Waste</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Commercial Origin and<br />

Certain Construction and Demolition <strong>Waste</strong>s (Commercial <strong>Waste</strong>s Ordinance) came in<br />

effect from 1 st January 2003. This stipulated the separate collection <strong>of</strong> C&D waste<br />

where the waste had been produced separately for the following materials:<br />

� glass;<br />

� plastic;<br />

� metals; and<br />

� concrete.

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