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Provincial Waste Management Plan Styria - 2005
3.2.7 Waste electrical and electronic equipment
In Styria, waste electrical and electronic equipment from households is being collected separately in
municipal waste material collection centers and collection cells for problematic substances since 1995.
In addition, the agreement on a "Voluntary commitment on environmental friendly collection, recovery,
and disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment in Styria" was signed in the year 2000. This
paper was initiated by FA 19D of the Province of Styria in cooperation with the Styrian waste
management associations and the regional Economic Chamber of Styria (Section Waste and Waste
Water Management, Provincial Board for Trade of Radios and Electrical and Electronic Equipment,
Provincial Board for Trade of Secondary Raw Materials, Recycling, and Disposal). Since then,
retailers are obliged to take waste electrical and electronic equipment back free of charge if a new
device is bought.
Styria's medium term target is to reach a collection volume of 4 kg/inhabitant as set down in the Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Ordinance, Federal Law Gazette II No. 121/2005, implementing
EU Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) 18 .
When analyzing the municipal collection volumes as illustrated in Figure 14 it has to be remembered
that documentation on large electrical and electronic appliances is still insufficient.
1.000
0.900
0.800
0.700
0.600
0.500
0.400
0.300
0.200
0.100
0.000
kg/inhab/year
0.006
Municipal waste electrical and electronic equipment
0.03
0.01
0.06
0.06
0.08
0.29
0.02
0.12
0.33
0.40
0.07 0.08
0.19 0.18
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Screen appliances appliances, excluding refrigeration equipment Small appliances and appliance parts
Fig. 14: Trends in municipal collection volumes of waste electrical and electronic equipment,
1995 - 2003
3.2.8 Sewage sludge from municipal waste water purification
59% of the total sewage sludge quantities generated in 2003 (22,650 t) were recycled by agriculture
and landscaping, 24% were deposited in landfills, and 9% were thermally recovered.
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Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Official Journal No. L37 of February 13
2003 (implemented on August 13 2005)
0.41
0.07
0.28
0.40
0.16
0.30
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