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� Council <strong>of</strong> Environmental Advisors (Sachverständigen Rat für Umweltfragen,<br />

SRU) Environmental Report („Umweltgutachten“) 2004, July 2004 Council <strong>of</strong><br />

Environmental Advisors (Sachverständigen Rat für Umweltfragen, SRU)<br />

Environmental Report („Umweltgutachten“) 2002, July 2002.<br />

For the reduction <strong>of</strong> greenhouse gases by the landfill ban and other measures in<br />

Germany see:<br />

� Contribution <strong>of</strong> waste management to climate protection and its potentials<br />

(Beitrag der Abfallwirtschaft zum Klimaschutz und mögliche Potenziale),<br />

Dehoust, G. (Öko-Institut e.V.); Umweltbundesamt workshop „Energy from<br />

waste – a significant contribution to climate protection” 6 November 2006,<br />

Berlin.<br />

For the development <strong>of</strong> waste quantities in intermediate storages see:<br />

� Further decrease <strong>of</strong> quantities in intermediate storages, EUWID from 15 July<br />

2008.<br />

53.5 Environmental Benefits<br />

The landfill ban has reduced the share <strong>of</strong> landfill for untreated waste since the<br />

Nineties until the final implementation <strong>of</strong> the ban in June 2005. The Federal Ministry<br />

<strong>of</strong> Environment has announced a reduction <strong>of</strong> 31 million tons CO2-equivalents until<br />

2010 (compared to 1990) resulting from the landfill ban, and further measures for<br />

landfill gas collection and energy recovery. 1000<br />

Furthermore member states <strong>of</strong> the EU-27 with a low share <strong>of</strong> landfill are showing the<br />

highest rates regarding recycling/recovery <strong>of</strong> municipal waste. Concerning the issue<br />

<strong>of</strong> waste prevention, a moderate reduction <strong>of</strong> the waste intensity (amount <strong>of</strong> waste<br />

per GDP) has been detected for Germany. So, a slight decoupling <strong>of</strong> waste production<br />

from GDP could be said to have occurred, not necessarily related only to the landfill<br />

ban. 1001<br />

53.6 Implementation Costs<br />

According to the BDE, the Technische Anleitung Siedlungsabfall - TaSi (incorporating<br />

the announcement <strong>of</strong> the disposal ban from 1 June 2005) has promoted investments<br />

<strong>of</strong> 20 Billion Euro in new treatment, recycling and incineration plants since 1993 in<br />

Germany. 1002<br />

1000 Facts about sustainable waste management, September 2007, www.bmu.de/5886.<br />

1001 Council <strong>of</strong> Environmental Advisors (Sachverständigen Rat für Umweltfragen, SRU) Environmental<br />

Report („Umweltgutachten“) 2008, July 2008 (See: http://www.umweltrat.de for further information).<br />

1002 BDE: Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungswirtschaft, EUWID, Nr. 28. 12. 07.2005.<br />

29/09/09

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