Public Awareness on separate collection in Austria

Public Awareness on separate
collection in Austria
report to the seminar of EU-TAIEX project on
implementation of packaging producer responisibilityfor
Turkish Cypriotic Community
21., 22.11.2013 in Nicosia
Mag. Dr. Johann Mayr
federal coordinator der ARGE
public awareness
task of recycling PR:
to motivate and inform people, why separate collection of
recyclables makes sense and is important::
secondary raw material can be utilized in the economic
production process
recycling is almost always the more cost efficient way of
waste treatment, as the material has an economic value
To declare that it is of interest for the general wealth of
society and environmental protection to collect seondary
raw material separately
public awareness increase
• public awareness for separate collection of non PRS-secondary raw
material is an important task of the community
•
paper (non packaging)
•
biowaste
•
wood
•
metals (non packaging),
•
plastics (non packaging)
• instruments
•
waste cosultants (app. 300 persons in Austria) are employed by the
municipalities for
•
school-information programs (Kindergarten to secondary schools)
•
public social advertising campaigns (PR-campaigns)
•
Information folders for every household for the correct separation
public awareness –
example of measures
Kindergarten: pupett-theater
play
Information in Public exhibitions
public awareness – waste
consultants
public awareness –
example of measures
public awareness –
example of measures
public awareness –
stickers for waste bins
public awareness – separation
guide
GAUM Mistelbach
www.abfallverband.at www.trennabc.at
A
Abbruchholz ........................................... Altholz an manchen ASZ (Sperrmüll)
Abdeckplanen, -folien ..................................................... Restmüll (Sperrmüll)
Abflussreiniger ............................................................ Problemstoffsammlung
Aceton ......................................................................... Problemstoffsammlung
Acrylglas ......................................................................... Restmüll (Sperrmüll)
Acryllacke ................................................................... Problemstoffsammlung
Actimel-Fläschchen ................................................ Gelbe Tonne/Gelber Sack
Adventkalender aus Papier/Karton .................................................... Altpapier
Adventkalender anderer Zusammensetzung ..................................... Restmüll
Adventkränze ................................................... Biotonne/Eigenkompostierung
(ohne Draht, Schleifen, Styroporreifen)
Agrarfolien ...................................................................... Restmüll (Sperrmüll)
Akkus ..................................................... Fachhandel, Problemstoffsammlung
Altautos ................................................................ Fachhandel, Schrotthändler
Altöle, mineralisch .................................... Fachhandel, Problemstoffsammlng
Altspeisefette und -öle .......................................................... NÖLI-Sammlung
Product
s and
where
they
should
go
public awareness
• producer responsibility systems use the information schemes of the
communities and pay their share to it
•
Packaging (0,44 €/inhabitant)
•
WEEE and batteries (0,055 €/inhabitant)
• they have their own image campaigns for their collection services
• they finance a campaign against littering (mainly packaging)
• (1 mio € per year)
public awareness: antilittering campaign Vienna
public awareness: antilittering campaign Vienna
Camaign „toss it in the bin“
ARA finances a
campaign against
littering (mainly
packaging)
(1 mio € per year)
Public awareness
examples
• ARA campaign “separat right!” for packaging
• paper:
http://youtu.be/C2U2QrfHaRY
• Plastics:
http://youtu.be/GXtIX3Zkwsw
• Metal:
http://youtu.be/fHGutSQpoYM
• Glass:
http://youtu.be/OE7f4L338JA
• Waste:
http://youtu.be/XXhqf1eeRnY
• Minimization:
http://youtu.be/SPC6axkTvOw
• http://www.ara.at/d/konsumenten/verwertungskino.html
• Environmental Professionals
• Umweltprofis : http://youtu.be/hYgGGAvaDBk
thank you for your attention!
hans.mayr@argeabfallverband.at