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waste per inhabitant <strong>of</strong> any <strong>of</strong> the regions examined in the study (Flanders, Wallonia,<br />

Nord Pas-de-calais, Nordrhein Westfalen, Brussels Region and the Netherlands). 960<br />

In addition, our own work in Germany examining pay-by-use schemes suggests that<br />

the cost differential between landfill and incineration / other pre-treatment<br />

anticipated by some local authorities in the years prior to the restriction on landfilling<br />

being enforced led to them reconfiguring the charging schemes they used to<br />

incentivise households to increase recycling and prevent waste. 961 Figure 52-5 also<br />

demonstrates a quite significant drop <strong>of</strong>f in municipal waste, though the picture is far<br />

less clear in respect <strong>of</strong> production and commercial waste (equivalent to commercial<br />

and industrial waste in the UK). This has shown a more volatile trend. It should be<br />

noted that in the Figure, the main change in total waste quantities comes through<br />

reductions in construction and demolition waste landfilled, this being affected by<br />

different drivers to the landfill ban.<br />

Figure 52-5: Evolution in <strong>Waste</strong> Arisings in Germany, 2000-2006<br />

960 OVAM (2007) Market Study <strong>of</strong> the Final Treatment <strong>of</strong> Residual Household <strong>Waste</strong> and Industrial<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Similar to Household <strong>Waste</strong> in Flanders and Neighbouring Regions: a Summary Report, August<br />

2007.<br />

961 See the case <strong>of</strong> Landkreis Schweinfurt in D. Hogg (2006) Impact <strong>of</strong> Unit-based <strong>Waste</strong> Collection<br />

Charges ENV/EPOC/WGWPR(2005)10/FINAL, Paris: OECD and Eunomia (2003) To Charge or Not to<br />

Charge? Final report to IWM (EB).<br />

768<br />

29/09/09

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