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4) landfill ban for specific recyclable and combustible materials, which impacted
upon C&D waste, in 2000. 832
The evolution in recycling rates is shown in Figure 48-1, where the rate of recycling is
seen to increase to over 90% during 1995, when the impending implementation of
the landfill tax was announced, and before the other policies had been formally
implemented. 833 This suggests that the requirement to sort may have had a
significant impact, which was supported by the announcement of the landfill tax.
Figure 48-1: Proportion Waste to Landfill and C&D Recycling Rates in the Netherlands
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Source data: OECD (2002) Case Studies on Policy Instruments for Environmentally Sustainable
Buildings, Accessed 21 st January 2009,
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2001doc.nsf/LinkTo/NT00000C46/$FILE/JT00128202.PDF
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry report that the annual generation of
C&D waste and excavated soil in Austria is estimated to be approximately 28 million
tonnes, therefore accounting for approximately 52 % of the total waste generated in
Austria each year. Since the Ordinance on the Separation of Materials Accumulated
832 Although the ban covers construction and demolition waste, in practice, the way the ban is
implemented tends to imply that such wastes are still likely to be accepted at Dutch landfills since the
ban is implemented through reference to a density threshold.
833 OECD (2002) Case Studies on Policy Instruments for Environmentally Sustainable Buildings,
Accessed 21 st January 2009,
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2001doc.nsf/LinkTo/NT00000C46/$FILE/JT00128202.PDF