Collection model:
Kitchen waste collected door to door with wheeled bins; 80% of households connected. Mixed kitchen and garden waste allowed. Bring centres available for garden waste.
Treatment model:
Bio-waste: Wet anaerobic digestion; Garden waste: Composting (alone or mixed with digestate).
Key elements:
Variable fees by bin number and size for bio-waste and residual waste; garden waste fees based on purchased bags; no plastic bags for kitchen waste.
Evidence of success:
(2020 data) 72% MSW separate collection rate. Bio-waste: 48 kg/inhab./yr. Impurities 4.2%; plastic contamination 1.3%. Diversion rate 74%.
Germany
Scale: Local (municipal)
Demographic type: Urban/rural
Population: 319,441 inh.; 1,037 inh./km² (2022)
Organisation in charge: AWM (City of Münster Waste Management)
Source: LIFE BIOBEST (2024). D3.1 Guidelines on Separate Collection: Annex 1 — Best Practice Cases on Bio-waste Collection.