Future policy on solid waste management

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