Waste Management in Berlin - ATIA ISWA · widely differenciated Waste Management Systems P, P, P+P or PPP ? Dumper, Pyromaniac, Separator, Waste and Recycling Manager and / or Urban

Michael Resch

Waste Management in Berlin Part Two

Europe - Citizens are provided with city-specific and widely differenciated Waste Management Systems

P, P, P+P or PPP ?

Dumper, Pyromaniac, Separator, Waste and Recycling

Manager and / or Urban Miner ?

2 Michael Resch, Abt. VBS Waste Management in Berlin 24 October 2013

Berlin: Financing the Management of Waste and Recyclables

residual mixed waste

organic waste

glass

paper and cardboard

15 recycling and

reuse centers

bulky waste collection

lightweight packaging

/ plastics


BSR: type of company and mandate

Berlin Stadtreinigung (BSR) is commissioned to perform the responsibilities of the State of

Berlin in matters of

Refuse collection

Waste treatment

Street cleaning, snow removal and gritting

Under the legal form of a public law institution the BSR is 100% owned by the State of Berlin.

BSR is organized like a public limited company since 1994.

When fulfilling the responsibilities of public administration, BSR is financing its tasks through

service fees. In this case the generation of profits is strictly ruled out.

BSR is also allowed to operate commercially e.g. via subsidiaries. These Activities shall be

complementary to the public responsibilities.


Principles on the calculation of charges

Equivalence

“right balance” between performance (service that is provided) and reward (waste

management charges to be paid)

Principle of Equal Treatment

to give comparable treatment and to offer comparable opportunities to all customers

(a. same access to services of all customers, v. there should be equal and/or

comparable pay for equal service)

Cost Coverage

the service fees charged for a public or other service must both cover the cost of

providing that service and may not exceed the costs over the accounting period


120 l 240 l 1.100 l 60 l

63,50 € 75,30 € 98,60 € 303,80 €

BSR Service Fees for Mixed Waste Fees per Quarter Related to Weekly Emptying Without Extra-Services

64,08 € 76,94 € 98,59 € 309,34 €

66,75 € 81,87 € 101,88 € 320,09 €

2009/10

2011/12

2013/14

bin size


In the Price Comparison between the largest German Cities, Berlin is ranking at the Top*

* Source: BBU „Preisspiegel 2014“ (September 2014)

city € per m3

€ per m3 * incl. collection of paper & cardboard = 26,75 €

(in brackets: changes vs. year before)


50,0

60,0

70,0

80,0

90,0

100,0

110,0

120,0

130,0

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Preise (2000 = 100) Hausmüll-Tarife Bio-Tarife Reinigungs-Entgelte

Price Increase in Germany and Development of

BSR-Tariffs (Year 2000 = 100)*

* Das Basisjahr 2000 wurde gewählt, da in diesem Jahr die Zielvereinbarung zwischen dem Land Berlin und der Berliner Stadtreinigung abgeschlossen wurde.

Die Entwicklung der Hausmüll- sowie der Biomülltarife basiert auf der Entwicklung der Tarife für die einzelnen Behältertypen. Die jeweiligen Tarife wurden ohne

weitere Gewichtung z.B. nach Anzahl ausgestellter Behältertypen bzw. Umsatzanteil in die Indexierung einbezogen. Die Reinigungsentgelte verlaufen linear,

eine Gewichtung ergäbe kein abweichendes Ergebnis.

Prices (2000=100) Tariffs Mixed Waste Tariffs Bio Tariffs for Street Cleaning


Berlin: typical housing situations

1 x 120l MSC2 (fortnightly)

1 x 60l Bio (fortnightly) or composting

1 x 240l PPK3 or RC4 (monthly)

1 x 240l LVP5 (fortnightly)

Glass is delivered to collecting points

or

3 x 240l MSC (weekly)

1 x 240l Bio (weekly)

3 x 240l PPK (fortnightly)

2 x 240l LVP (fortnightly)

2 x 240l Glass (fortnightly)

2 x 1.100l MSC (twice a week)

2 x 240l Bio (weekly)

3 x 1.100l PPK (weekly)

2 x 1.100l LVP (fortnightly)

2 x 1.100 l Glass (fortnightly)

one family home

(~1 household)

housing block

(~10 flats1)

large housing estate

(~60 flats)

or

1) Used by families, single persons or small businesses 2) Municipal Solid Waste from households and small businesses ( mixed waste) 3) Paper &

cardboard 4) delivery to a recycling and reuse center 5) lightweight-packaging collected via bins or sacks


Current Structure of BSR Service Fees Service Fees for Mixed Waste also Cover the Costs of Other Services

bulky waste

collection

green waste bin

recycling and

reuse center

bin for recyclables

an non-packaging of

similar material

others: christmas tree

and leaf collection

Sperrmüll-

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s (

20

13

)

Costs of

services that

are reduced are

free of charge

mixed waste bin

Costs of

basic services


New Service Fee Structure Starting in 2015* Implementation of a New Household-related Basic Fee (“Eco-Fee“)

• household-related

(per appartment, housing

or utilisation unit)

• regardless of the bin size

and the number of emptyings

• per year

• related to the costs of

services that are calculated

not fully cost-covering

variable charge

• variable charge on mixed waste

related to bin size and frequency

of emptying

reduction by 20%

• variable charge on Green waste

related to bin size and frequency

of emptying

reduction by 20%

• Other cost reduced services:

bulky waste service fee

service for bin transport

Prices for Leaf Sacs

no change in service fees

free of charge

• recycling and reuse center

• collection of recyclables and

non-packaging of similar

material (bin for recyclables)

• christmas tree collection

• provision of bring sites for /

electronic scrup / WEEE-

collection

• etc.

24,60 €

per unit and year no change

basic charge


Role of Municipalities in Producer Responsibility Schemes

municipalities are the main actors in the field of general household waste management

in Germany

there are different roles for municipalities in the field of producer responsibility

schemes in Germany

WEEE: Producer responsibility schemes „divided between producers and

municipalities“: municipalities collect WEEE (and can opt to recover WEEE);

producers have to take over WEEE at the municipal collection points (if required to

do so by the municipalities);

packaging, batteries, etc.: „Full producer responsibility scheme“: producers set up

and/or finance private systems for the collection, recycling and recovery.


Development of Packaging Waste Management DSD had a quasi-monopoly in Germany for the management of packaging waste for

a long time

the Federal Cartel Office at some point demanded more competition in the field

today there are 10 systems which compete in Germany

the collection and the recovery / recycling services in relation to glass and lightweight

packaging are procured for shorter periods

DSD regularly concludes standard agreements in relation to ~ 420 designated areas.

Packaging Legislation in Germany system finances itself via licensing fees on packaging

collection infrastructure for sales packaging was created in accordance with the

municipalities

companies that carry out the collection and the recycling/recovery of sales packaging

locally are selected via competitive procurement procedures by the private system


Thank you!


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Waste Management in Berlin - ATIA ISWA · widely differenciated Waste Management Systems P, P, P+P or PPP ? Dumper, Pyromaniac, Separator, Waste and Recycling Manager and / or Urban