Bioresource Information Tool

Name:
Ostalbkreis (DE11D) Food waste Door to door

Catchment:
Ostalbkreis (DE11D)

Collector:
Gesellschaft im Ostalbkreis für Abfallbewirtschaftung mbH (GOA)

Collection System:
Door to door

Waste Category:
Food waste

Year:
2022

Allowed Materials:

• Food waste: Non-processed plant-based
• Food waste: Processed plant-based
• Food waste: Processed animal-based
• Collection Support Item: Paper bags
• Collection Support Item: Biodegradable plastic bags

Forbidden Materials:

• Food waste: Non-processed animal-based
• Garden waste: Soft materials
• Garden waste: Hard materials
• Collection Support Item: Plastic bags

Frequency:
Total number of collections per season:

• January - December: Standard: 52

Fee System:
Pay as you throw (PAYT)

Specific Waste Collected:

• 37.9 kg/(cap.*a) (2021)
• 37.2 kg/(cap.*a) (2020)
• 33.2 kg/(cap.*a) (2019)
• 33.2 kg/(cap.*a) (2018)
• 31.5 kg/(cap.*a) (2017)
• 31.8 kg/(cap.*a) (2016)
• 31.3 kg/(cap.*a) (2015)

Sources:

• https://www.goa-online.de/leistungen/leistungen/entsorgungsmoeglichkeiten/bioabfaelle/
• https://www.goa-online.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Biobeutel-Tonne_Bestellformular_010122.pdf
• https://web.ostalbkreis.de/bi/vo020.asp?VOLFDNR=5245
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220701133452/https://www.goa-online.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Gebuehrenuebersicht.pdf

Comments:
PAYT-System. Frequency fee based on purchased bags. Certified biodegradable plastic bags are provided and to be used. Paper only as napkins, no bags. No information on connection rate, only number of collected bags (3 415 584).

Last update:
13.02.2023