Provincial Waste Management Plan Styria - Abfallwirtschaft - Abfall ...
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3.3.4.4 Lightweight fraction<br />
<strong>Provincial</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>Styria</strong> - 2005<br />
Within the municipal lightweight fraction collection system implemented by ARGEV, all packagings<br />
made of plastic, wood, textile fibers, ceramics, and material composites are collected in the "yellow<br />
bag" or "yellow container". Country-wide 45,889 collection containers are available in <strong>Styria</strong> for this<br />
purpose and 243,501 households are serviced by a bag collection system.<br />
The average collection interval is between 2 and 6 weeks (in particular in the case of bag collection).<br />
According to data provided in the "ARA Report 2003", the provided specific container volume is<br />
566 l/inhabitant/year. In 2003, the gross collection volume of the municipal lightweight fraction (Fig.<br />
11) in <strong>Styria</strong> contained the following mass fractions: materially identical non-packagings, weight<br />
percentage 7.6% (approx. 1,609 tonnes); residual waste, weight percentage 18.4% (approx. 3,895<br />
tonnes); and wood, weight percentage 0.3% (approx. 63.5 tonnes).<br />
Composite drinks cartons are collected separately by Fa. ÖKOBOX and also within the ARGEV<br />
collection system ("yellow bag" or "yellow container").<br />
Moreover, the total remaining plastic waste (e.g. foils, polystyrene, toys, etc.) is accepted and<br />
collected separately within the bulky waste collection and in waste material collection centers.<br />
In four municipalities of the Mürzverband, a pilot project for the joint collection of plastic packagings<br />
and plastic non-packagings was carried out. This deliberate opening towards the collection of plastic<br />
non-packagings did not lead to a relevant increase in collection volumes. In any case, it did not reduce<br />
the load on the residual waste collection as expected.<br />
3.3.4.5 <strong>Waste</strong> wood<br />
According to the requirements of wood treatment plants, waste wood is already collected separately<br />
with regard to certain waste wood qualities or is delivered as "mixed fraction" in sorting and processing<br />
plants. On community level, the collection is either performed on site (pick-up system, separate bulky<br />
waste collection) or via waste material collection centers (bring-it-yourself system). <strong>Waste</strong> wood is<br />
collected at industry and trade company sites in a similar way.<br />
3.3.4.6 Textiles<br />
The collection of textiles (e.g. old clothes and non-packagings made of textile fibers) is organized by<br />
the private waste disposal industry and also performed by NGOs (Red Cross, Caritas, Humana, etc.).<br />
Furthermore, old textiles can be passed on to waste material collection centers. In addition, reusable<br />
(wearable) textiles are accepted in church-related collection centers.<br />
As already mentioned packaging materials made of textile fibers can be collected in the "yellow bag"<br />
or "yellow container".<br />
3.3.5 Problematic substances<br />
The collection of problematic substances is either performed in the collection centers (collection cells<br />
for problematic substances) implemented by the municipalities for this purpose or at least twice a year<br />
within a mobile problematic substance collection by authorized waste collectors. The collected<br />
problematic substances are passed on to authorized collectors of waste or processors of hazardous<br />
waste (cf. § 25 AWG 2002).<br />
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