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Description of the waste collection system

Scope of municipal waste

Household waste	Similar waste	Other
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Responsibility of collection: Collection of PPW fractions is done in a combination of bring and collections systems (see below for each PPW fraction). Of main importance for the bring system are the 12 civic amenity sites and several hundres so called "Wertstoffinseln" - recycling points/depot container. The recyling points are owned by the respective waste management companies. AWM (the Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb München) performs the duties of the public waste disposal authority of the city of Munich. It is operated as a separate entity and public body. Among other things, It is responsible for the collection and transportation of household waste, which is collected separately for different fractions (3-bin-system). Is further operates the 12 civic amenity sites of the city. Additionally to the collection system and the CAS, there are 930 recycling stations / depot containers installed in Munich. They are part of the Dual System and are emptied by the respective operators (as part of the Dual System). AWM is only providing special use permits for the installement of the recycling stations. Paper & cardboard: - The main part of generated paper & cardboard waste is collected via the blue paper bin (part of the 3-bins-system) from door-to-door. Metal: - Metal is mainly collected via civic amenity sites and to smaller parts via the bulky waste collection or mobile recyclable collection. Metal collected via bulky waste collection and mobile collection is also brought to containers at the civic amenity sites. Plastics: - Large plastic parts (such as styrofoam formed components) that cannot be collected via the container for light packaging, is collected via press containers at civic amenity sites. This does also apply for plastics which are not supposed to go to material recycling. - Hard plastics (e.g. polyethylene (PE( and polypropylene (PP)), which are suitable for recycling, are collected via a separate container at civic amenity sites. To a smaller extent, there is also a collection of such plastics possible at mobile recycable collections. - Light packaging (plastics of the dual system - German: Duales System) is collected via one of the 930 recycling points ("Wertstoffinseln") Glass: - Collection of packaging glas is done via the recycling points (part of the Dual System). There is a separate depot containers for each of the colours white, brown and green.

Implementation ongoing for: Composite

Fee system

Pay-as-you-throw: No

Annual waste fee: 65.13 €/cap

Description of the waste fee: 2017

Separation system

	Single or comingled
Glass	Single
Paper and cardboard	Single
Composite	Co-mingled
Plastic	Co-mingled
Metal	Single

Collection mode

	Door-to-door	Bring bank	CAS
Paper	92920.0		5700.0
Glass		25582.0




Co-mingled materials		7354.0

Door-to-door collection scheme

Waste Stream	Collection frequency	Collection coverage in %	Additional remark
Residual waste	weekly or bi-weekly
Glass
Paper and Cardboard	weekly or bi-weekly
Paper and cardboard, packaging
Paper and cardboard, non-packaging
Plastic
Metal
Composite

Bring bank scheme

Waste Stream	Number of inhabitants per bring bank	Additional remark
Glass	1654
Paper and Cardboard
Paper and cardboard, packaging
Paper and cardboard, non-packaging
Plastic	1654
Metal
Composite	1654

Performance of the waste collection system

Residual waste: 202.3 kg/cap

Additional comment: Paper

Running costs: Sales: 204.061.114€ Other operating income: 1.886.850€ Operating costs: 127.360.959€ Personal expenses: 84.670.080€ Total expenses: 212.031.039€ Accumulated profits: 33.036.891€

Number of direct jobs: 1500

Description of the jobs: Employees with a female quota of 14% (administration 47%, operating area 2%)

References and disclaimer

References: [1] Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb München, Abfallwirtschaftskonzept 2017 – 2026; Landeshauptstadt München; https://www.awm-muenchen.de/fileadmin/PDF-Dokumente/awm/2017_AWM_Abfallwirtschaftskonzept.pdf [2] Landeshauptstadt München, 2018, Abfall- und Wertstoffmengen der Stadt München 2016 - 2017; https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtinfos/Statistik/Umweltschutz.html [3] 2018, Statistisches Amt der Landeshauptstadt München, Analyse des Münchner 3-Tonnen-Systems für den Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb München.pdf; https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/dam/jcr:d0be2075-ffa4-4be9-9cef-3ad1d241efed/MueSta_2Q18_AWM_Analyse%203-Tonnen-System.pdf [4] 2016, AWM, Geschäfts und Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2015; https://www.awm-muenchen.de/fileadmin/PDF-Dokumente/awm/2015_AWM_Geschaeftsbericht.pdf

Glass	First sorting or treatment destination
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Paper and cardboard	First sorting or treatment destination
	Output from first sorting or treatment
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Paper and cardboard, packaging	First sorting or treatment destination
	Output from first sorting or treatment
	Subsequent sorting or treatment steps
Paper and cardboard, non-packaging	First sorting or treatment destination
	Output from first sorting or treatment
	Subsequent sorting or treatment steps
Plastic	First sorting or treatment destination
	Output from first sorting or treatment
	Subsequent sorting or treatment steps
Metal	First sorting or treatment destination
	Output from first sorting or treatment
	Subsequent sorting or treatment steps
Composite	First sorting or treatment destination
	Output from first sorting or treatment
	Subsequent sorting or treatment steps
Residual waste	First sorting or treatment destination
	Output from first sorting or treatment
	Subsequent sorting or treatment steps