English Abstract This report presents the results of sorting analyses
with household waste, collected after separate collection at source in the
municipality of Weert. Weert is one of the pilot projects, mentioned in the
Packaging Convention, an agreement between the Government and the packaging
industry in order to reduce the amount of packaging waste. In one pilot
district of Weert (1,000 households) every single household is provided with
two wheeled bins. The first, a weekly collected 240-litre dual-chamber
wheeled bin, contains a putrescible fraction (garden, fruit and vegatables
called 'GFV') and a residual fraction; the second wheeled bin (single
compartment) is collected two times a month and contains a mixture of
valuable dry components (paper/cardborad, plastics, metals and textile).
The GFV-fraction is composted and the valuable fraction is separated for
further recovery and recycling. In this report the results of the second
series of sorting analyses, which took place in november 1991, are
discussed. Besides, an (interim) evaluation of the sorting analyses,
carried out that year, is given. A provisionally estimate, based on the
results of the analysis, completed with the overall amounts of waste
collected during the year 1991, showed that 57% of refuse has been recycled.
To calculate the actual recycling rate, more information about some
uncertainties is needed, for instance: - The seasonal variations and the
reduction of weight due to evaporation in the putrescible fraction; - The
actual amount of waste, collected with so called bring-systems (paper,
glass) from participating households; - The actual market of valuable
components - The total amount of bulky waste
