Witzenhausen-Institut für Abfall, Umwelt und Energie GmbH
Werner-Eisenberg-Weg 1
37213 Witzenhausen
Thomas Raussen – project manager
Telephone: +49 (0)5542 9380-0
E-mail: t.raussen@witzenhausen-institut.de
Dr. Michael Kern – direct contact person
Telephone: +49 (0)5542 9380-0
E-mail: m.kern@witzenhausen-institut.de
Dr. Felix Richter – further contact person
Telephone: +49 (0)5542 9380-25
E-mail: f.richter@witzenhausen-institut.de
Results available only in German.
Although the German Waste Management Act (enacted in 2012) stipulates clearly that biowaste from private households should be collected and treated separately from residual waste, considerable optimisation potentials still exist. This refers in particular to about 2 - 3 Mio. t/a of kitchen and food waste as well as packed (spoiled) food stuffs which are currently disposed via residual waste systems. Hence the energetic (biogas) as well as material (compost, fermenting products) recycling opportunities are underutilised.
Main aims of the project are to determine – based on a detailed description of the current situation on the collection of kitchen and food waste from private households – optimisation approaches and to identify remaining deficits. Further, the significant repercussions of an enhanced collection of kitchen and food waste on the whole chain of players (collection, pre-treatment, fermentation, use of fermentation products) will be explored.
Main aims are: