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absolute terms, i.e. in terms <strong>of</strong> weight per household), they prevent the ‘over-delivery’<br />

<strong>of</strong> garden waste into the waste stream when such material can be readily composted<br />

at home. Furthermore, they capture kitchen waste more accurately so the proportion<br />

<strong>of</strong> biowaste in the residual waste fraction tends to be lower.<br />

Table 59-4: Amount <strong>of</strong> Separately Collected and Composted Bio- and Green <strong>Waste</strong> in<br />

the EU<br />

Country Country Country Total Total Total MSW MSW MSW<br />

Organic Organic Organic MSW MSW<br />

MSW<br />

889<br />

excl excl excl home home<br />

home<br />

composting<br />

composting<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>: Annexes<br />

incl incl incl home home<br />

home<br />

composting omposting<br />

omposting 1<br />

Separately<br />

Separately<br />

collected<br />

collected<br />

TOTAL<br />

TOTAL<br />

Separately Separately<br />

Separately<br />

collected collected<br />

collected<br />

as% as% total<br />

total<br />

Separately Separately<br />

Separately<br />

collected<br />

collected<br />

and and and home home<br />

home<br />

composted composted<br />

composted<br />

as% as% total<br />

total<br />

(inc (inc (inc home home<br />

home<br />

comp) comp)<br />

comp)<br />

Austria 2,800,000 800,000 1,570,000 600,000 75.00% 87.26%<br />

Flanders 3,126,044 1,158,795 1,264,795 723,795 62.46% 65.61%<br />

Denmark 2,780,000 973,000 652,000 67.01%<br />

Germany 49,100,000 9,000,000 7,000,000 77.78%<br />

Netherlands 8,220,000 3,452,400 1,790,000 51.85%<br />

Sources: Amlinger, F. (2000) ‘Composting in Europe: where do we go?’ Paper for the<br />

<strong>International</strong> Forum on Recycling, Madrid, 14 November 2000; Barth, J. (2000)<br />

‘Composting, quality assurance and compost utilisation - sustainable solutions in the<br />

European countries’, unpublished mimeograph; Hogg, D. et al. (2002) Economic<br />

Analysis <strong>of</strong> Options for Dealing with Biodegradable Municipal <strong>Waste</strong>, Final Report to<br />

the European Commission.<br />

1 In most <strong>of</strong> the European countries no statistical data about home-composting is<br />

available, so an estimation about full extent <strong>of</strong> the potential <strong>of</strong> organic waste is very<br />

difficult.<br />

As an example <strong>of</strong> the differentials between captures <strong>of</strong> food waste and captures <strong>of</strong><br />

garden waste, OVAM estimated that in 2005, capture rates for garden waste 94%,<br />

but captures for ‘GFT’ (non-meat kitchen waste) were 53%. It would seem reasonable<br />

to aim for very high captures <strong>of</strong> garden waste in Ireland. Ireland could achieve high<br />

captures <strong>of</strong> kitchen waste if the collection systems are well-designed. Captures <strong>of</strong> the<br />

order 60% would appear to be possible.<br />

59.7 Levels <strong>of</strong> Achievement for Non-household <strong>Waste</strong>s<br />

It is less common to find targets set for ‘commercial waste’ or ‘industrial waste’. Brief<br />

reflection suggests that this may be because the targets could not be made to<br />

meaningfully ‘stick’ on any specific addressee. The approach to improving<br />

performance in these areas focuses upon the use <strong>of</strong> one or more <strong>of</strong> the following:<br />

• Producer responsibility measures;

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