Recycling in Germany over the last fifty years'

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Recycling in Germany over the last fifty years.
A Powerpoint by the British Team
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Advertisements about Recycling

• In Germany recently there have been very few
  advertisements about recycling and because of
  this (our German partners believe) many people
  are not separating their waste properly.
• As people are not separating their waste it means
  that less recycling can occur.
• Our German partners think that advertising
  schemes would help a lot to influence more people
  to recycle.

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Guidelines

• For the consumer in Germany there are very few
  guidelines for recycling. The only important
  guidelines are for recycling green and organic
  waste.
• The green waste falls under the Grünepunkt system
  (green point). This is where the product comes
  with a green dot on it and so it goes in a
  different bin to other waste.
• Organic waste goes in special brown bins so it is
  separate from regular household waste.

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When did the Recycling initiatives begin?

• The First proper recycling initiatives began
  after the reunification of East and West Germany.
  The recycling began in 1990 with the introduction
  of the Grünepunkt system.
• This means that all statistics are the same for
  the east and the west.

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Waste Collection

• In Germany a Household has four bins A yellow
  bin for products with the Grünepunkt A brown bin
  for organic waste and black and blue bins for
  household waste.
• The yellow bins and the brown bins are emptied
  every two weeks whilst the collection for the
  blue and black bins varies between one week and
  two weeks.

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Recycling Data

• These are the 2002 figures for Germanys
  recycling of Glass, Paper, Metals and plastic
• 30 Million tons were recycled. This amounts to
  250kgs per person per year.
• This is remarkably better than British Recycling.
  In Germany 70 of all plastic produced is
  recycled. This compares to Britain who only
  recycles 3 of all plastics produced.

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Government Targets

• The main targets Germanys new government have
  set are
• All Landfills to be closed by 2010
• After this all of Germanys waste will be burned
  or recycled.

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Facts and Stats

• Germans can elect to do community service
  instead of military service and many of the
  people involved in the community service work in
  the recycling industry.
• Overall Germany recycles about 50 of their waste
• Germany recycles 80 of its Steel which makes it
  the top recycler in europe of the metal.

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