Organic Waste Recycling

498 Organic Waste Recycling: Technology and Management

ActionNew company planned to handle reclamation from refuseProvision under tax law for accelerated depreciation in investments of immediate and exclusive benefit to the environment. Government is considering regulations to make recovery from certain types of waste obligatoryUnder proposed law, Government may order the separate collection of domestic wastesLaw of March 1941 requires communities with over 50,000 population to segregate refuse (not in use)Public education program plannedPublic education program on waste and recovery planned

CountryBelgiumGermany NetherlandsItaly FranceGermany

Type of measure4. Other measures to assist with separation and use of reclaimed material 5. Public education programs

Table 10.4 General measures in selected European countries for promoting reclamation (Environmental Resources Ltd 1978)(continued)