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The recovery quota is a minimum of 85% by weight over a calendar year, and applies
to the wide range of waste streams mentioned in the Annex (not containing, or
contaminated by dangerous substances).
According to the Ordinance, waste streams at pretreatment facilities should be
separated to meet the 85% minimum recovery target (quota). A pretreatment facilty
can be defined as such if the wastes in question undergo pre-treatment prior to
substance or energy recovery. Examples of pretreatment processes given are sorting,
crushing, compacting, or pelletizing. Though not stated in the Ordinance, for
illustration, an example of substance recovery would be the use of
separated/pelletised plastics used in a plastic moulding process.
Waste Wood Ordinance
In March 2003, the Waste Wood Ordinance came into force. The legal framework of
the Ordinance divides waste wood into four categories, according to pollutant type.
Certain energy recovery or material recycling processes are only admissible for
individual or multiple waste wood categories. Recovery or recycling applies to all
categories except contaminated wood, which must be thermally treated (incinerated).
In addition, the dumping of waste wood on landfill sites is prohibited.
In Austria, the 1993 “Ordinance on the Separation of Materials Generated during
Construction” requires that groups of materials (mineral construction waste,
excavated soil, concrete waste, broken asphalt, wood, metal and plastic waste, as
well as construction site waste) must be separated if they exceed certain threshold
levels. Since this Ordinance entered into force, the recycling has been increased from
the original level of 15 per cent (1985) to more than 70 per cent today.
59.9 Residual Waste Targets
The Flemish-speaking region of Flanders has a population of 6 million living in 2.4
million households. It is divided into five provinces and subdivided into 308
municipalities. In its municipal waste management plan 1997-2001, OVAM, the
public waste agency of Flanders, set the following targets for the generation of
residual waste:
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� 1998: 225 kg per person
� 2001: 220 kg per person
� 2006: 200 kg per person
� 2010: 150kg per person
Success in meeting and exceeding these targets during the plan period led to the
targets being revised and further tightened in the 2003-2007 waste management
plan. The revised targets are:
� 2003: 180 kg per person
� 2005: 165 kg per person
� 2007: 150 kg per person
Figure 59-10 below shows the residual waste per capita against targets from 1991 to
2002 with the targets from 1998 to 2007.
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