Wasteful World Germany Case Study
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- Disposal of Waste in a HIC: Germany
- Landfill
- In the 1970's every urban area had a landfill site
- There were 50,000 across the country
- By 2008 there were only 160
- Since 2005 all waste has to be treated before it goes into landfill
- Example: The treatment plant in Luebeck owned by The Group deals with 200,000 tonnes annually
- The treated material has low emissions
- Treatment involves incineration
- It fills in former quarries
- It is cheap
- Land is used up
- Rotting waste can cause problems
- In the 1970's every urban area had a landfill site
- Recycling
- 14 million tonnes of municipal waste is produced every year
- 60% of this is recycled
- 65% of industrial waste is recycled per year
- Germany use the Grune Punkt emblem on recyclable products
- Producers contribute the DSD to pay for collection and recycling
- Any who don't contribute have to pay for all of their own packaging to be recycled
- This costs the average family £100-£200 due to increased costs
- Less waste goes into landfill
- Waste has been reduced by 1 million tonnes per year
- There are not enough facilities to deal with the hug amount of waste
- It is difficult to enforce by law
- It is expensive
- Producers contribute the DSD to pay for collection and recycling
- 14 million tonnes of municipal waste is produced every year
- Exportation
- There are no reprocessing sites for nuclear waste in Germany so it has to be exported
- High level nuclear waste is sent to countries such as France and the UK
- Germany don't have to deal with dangerous waste
- Less landfill
- Contracts are expensive
- Transporting it is extremely dangerous
- Most toxic waste is also exported sometimes arriving in other countries labelled differently as it did in Albania in 1991
- Germany don't have to deal with the waste
- They get a bad reputation with other countries
- Incineration
- Many mini power plants operate locally off refuse driven fuel
- Don't use fossil fuels for power
- Owners receive money to incinerate and an income from the power produced
- They are free to release carbon dioxide without rules
- Many mini power plants operate locally off refuse driven fuel
- Landfill
- After 2025 all nuclear waste will be contained within Germany and countries can send reprocessed waste back
- Producers contribute the DSD to pay for collection and recycling
- Any who don't contribute have to pay for all of their own packaging to be recycled
- This costs the average family £100-£200 due to increased costs
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