dual waste management

To reduce the quantity of packaging waste, and thereby of overall MSW, Germany introduced a far-reaching legislation to reduce waste, based on the producer's responsibility principle. Industry was given the option to set up a third party organization which would carry out the collection and sorting of sales packaging for care of manufacturers and retailers. Thus, Some 600 companies created Duales System Deutschland in 1990 (Dual because it meant creating a second collection system in parallel to the existing waste collection system of the local authorities). Duales System Deutschland (DSD) now has overall responsibility for the separate collection and recycling of packaging. At present the Dual System is the only nationwide system for the collection and sorting of sales packaging. Packaging participating in this collection system is marked with the Green Dot. (Source: EPEBE)