Good practice from CZ household waste

Ivo Kropáček, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic

and CEE Bankwatch Network

Subotica, 2 June 2011

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Situation in CZ

• Landfill fee: 20€/t

• Responsibility on municipalities

• Take back system for packaging, WEEE

• Hazardous waste separation twice/year

• Widely (85% municipalities) used: tax per capita (max. 20€/year) Possible to have payment per frequency

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Bag system with motivation

• Nový Bor, Mladá Boleslav, Letohrad

• Separation: plastics, paper, beverage cartons, (glass, metal)

• Enables the control quality of separation

• Dwellers (have to buy) bags (0,15€/pc.)

• Each full bag = lower payment for waste

• Works in house as well as flats

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Home composting• Biowaste = 1/3 of MSW

• Municipalities rent composters to househols and request them to seperate biowaste

• Signature of agreement

• Definitely lead to decrease of MSW

• Brumov-Bylnice saved 18% of MSW

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Community composting

• Special/ common community composter

• Enable composted to residents from house of flats

• Possible to lock

• (Special boxes for separation biowaste)

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PAYT: Example Rozsochy

• 720 dwellers have to buy counters

• Counter system: pay per each counter on waste bin

• Waste company will empty only waste bin with counter – give back to municipality for evidence

• Bag system for plastic, containers for paper, glass and metal

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Hustopeče nad Bečvou

• 1800 dwellers have to buy min. one counter for mixed and one for plast

• Counter á 2,6€/mixed, 0,8€/plast

• Counters possible to buy in shops

• Municipality planed motivation

• Results: 115 kg MW/head/year

Less than 100 kg mixed waste/head

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Separation of biowaste

• Lead to higher recycling ratio

• Could lead to higher production of MSW

• In CZ it is cheaper to compost waste than to landfill it

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Biowaste

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• Easy separation: Door-to-door collection/bag system

• Focus to biowaste: Support home- and comunity- composting

• Motivation: PAYT

• Focus to waste prevention

• Shift responsibility to producers

Suggested measures

Ivo KropáčekSenior waste campaigner

CEE Bankwatch Network

Thanks for your attention

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