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FEDERAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2017 PART 1 IMPRINT IMPRINT Media owner and publisher: FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND TOURISM Stubenring 1, 1010 Wien bmnt.gv.at Text and editorial team: Section V Picture credits – Part 1: Special thanks to all organisations having provided pictures! Mag. Stefanie Grüssl/BHÖ – Thanks to the Airborne Police of the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior: p. 12, p. 26, p. 131, p. 137, p. 169 Court of Justice of the European Union (G. Fessy©CJEU): p. 15 European Commission: p. 19 TINA Vienna GmbH: p. 34 NUA Abfallwirtschaft GmbH - A company of the Brantner group: p. 36, p. 119 Ecobat Technologies: p. 67 Pixabay.com: p. 128, p. 150, p. 243, p. 245, p. 277 bottom, p. 281 OECD (Michael Dean): p. 193 BALSA GmbH: p. 81, p. 293, p. 296, p. 297, p. 300 Büro Pieler ZT GmbH: p. 301 Pöttinger Entsorgungstechnik GmbH: p. 103 Bioenergie Schlitters GmbH: p. 220 Verwertungsanlage Schöcklland Erde Handels GmbH: p. 105, p. 120 Seiringer Umweltservice GmbH: p. 104 Wolf Systembau Gesellschaft m.b.H.: p. 102, p. 221 Municipal Department 48 – City of Vienna: © Felicitas Matern: p. 57, p. 154, p. 215 UBA: p. 83, p. 109, p. 117, p. 284, p. 298 Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management: p. 17, p. 23, p. 29, p. 31, p. 39, p. 43, p. 45, p. 46, p. 54, p. 61, p. 66, p. 68, p. 69, p. 75, p. 80, p. 84, p. 86, p. 88, p. 90, p. 93, p. 98, p. 108 top, bottom, p. 111, p. 112, p. 115, p. 132, p. 139, p. 141, p. 144, p. 148, p. 163, p. 171, p. 174, p. 201, p. 203, p. 204, p. 209, p. 216, p. 219, p. 228, p. 236, p. 238, p. 240, p. 247, p. 249, p. 253, p. 256, p. 258, p. 261, p. 263, p. 266, p. 269, p. 272, p. 277 top Concept and design: WIEN NORD Werbeagentur ISBN.: 978-3-903129-69-6 (complete edition) 978-3-903129-70-2 (Volume 1) 978-3-903129-71-9 (Volume 2) All rights reserved. Vienna, December 2017 --- 2 --- TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.1. General ................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 1.2. The definition of waste ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 1.2.1. European Court of Justice (ECJ) case law on the definition of waste ................................................................... 14 1.2.2. Supreme Administrative Court (VwGH) case law on the definition of waste ..................................................... 16 1.3. The waste hierarchy .......................................................................................................................................................... 19 1.4. EU Circular Economy Package ...................................................................................................................................... 20 2. Overview of waste management in Austria ................................................................................................................. 23 2.1. Waste management data in Austria ................................................................................................................................ 23 2.1.1. Provincial Waste Management Plans ............................................................................................................................ 24 2.2. Summary of the analysis of the waste management situation in Austria ............................................................... 25 2.3. Evaluation of the development of waste streams in the future ................................................................................ 31 2.4. Organisation of the Austrian waste management ....................................................................................................... 33 3. Selected waste streams ..................................................................................................................................................... 43 3.1. Municipal waste from households and similar establishments ................................................................................ 43 3.1.1. Mixed municipal waste (residual waste) from households and similar establishments ..................................... 50 3.1.2. Bulky waste from households and similar establishments ........................................................................................ 52 3.1.3. Separately collected hazardous household waste ....................................................................................................... 53 3.1.4. Separately collected recoverables from households and similar establishments .................................................. 54 3.1.5. Separately collected biogenic waste from households and similar establishments ............................................. 55 3.1.5.1. Home and community composting in home gardens ............................................................................................... 57 3.2. Municipal sewage sludge ................................................................................................................................................. 58 3.3. Other waste from residential areas ................................................................................................................................ 59 3.3.1. Biogenic waste from green areas .................................................................................................................................... 59 3.3.2. Catering waste .................................................................................................................................................................... 60 3.3.3. Street-cleaning residues ................................................................................................................................................... 61 3.4. Packaging waste ................................................................................................................................................................. 62 3.5. Waste electrical and electronic equipment .................................................................................................................. 64 3.6. Waste batteries and accumulators .................................................................................................................................. 66 3.7. End-of-life vehicles ........................................................................................................................................................... 68 3.7.1. End-of-life tyres ................................................................................................................................................................. 69 3.8. Wood waste and residues from the treatment and processing of timber ............................................................... 70 3.9. Construction and demolition waste .............................................................................................................................. 71 3.10. Excavated materials – soils .............................................................................................................................................. 74 3.11. Animal by-products .......................................................................................................................................................... 76 3.12. Asbestos waste ................................................................................................................................................................... 80 3.13. Waste oils and mineral oil-based waste (including specifically contaminated soils) .......................................... 81 3.14. Medical waste ..................................................................................................................................................................... 84 3.15. Incineration residues from combustion plants and from thermal waste treatment ............................................. 87 3.16. Selected other waste ......................................................................................................................................................... 89 3.17. Hazardous waste ................................................................................................................................................................ 91 4. Treatment plants ................................................................................................................................................................ 97 4.1. Thermal treatment plants for municipal waste ............................................................................................................ 97 4.2. Thermal treatment plants (excluding treatment plants for municipal waste) ....................................................... 99 4.3. Mechanical-biological treatment plants ..................................................................................................................... 100 --- 3 --- TABLE OF CONTENTS 4.4. Anaerobic-biological treatment plants (biogas plants) ........................................................................................... 102 4.5. Aerobic biological