The future policy on solid waste started already 15 years ago. At that time the Federal Government of
Germany obcided to launch an ordinance on pre-treatment of solid waste before landfilled. In 1992 with the
introduction of the packaging ordinance to first step to establish the extended and shared producer responsibility
in Germany was done. With the “vision of 2020” introduced to the public in 1999 Germany plan to avoid having
any landfill anymore for solid waste
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