Siemons JAEM ; Duvoort GL ; Have FHM ten ; Nieuwenhuis
JW
76 p
in Dutch
1991
Toon Nederlands
English Abstract This report concerns a research on the composition of
bulky domestic waste in the Netherlands, following a prior study in 1977.
In ten selected municipalities the bulky domestic waste has been examined
which was placed in the street or delivered at municipal depots. The
composition determined in physical components, objects and in direct
reusable materials. Finally this study pays much much attention to factors
that have much influence on on the production of bulky domestic waste. The
conclusion is that since 1977 the composition of bulky domestic waste has
changed significantly: less paper/cardboard, metals, textile and more wood,
plastics, stone and organic waste. This could be the effect of changed
material-applications in products or the use of other ways for
waste-collection. The object-classification shows that especially
construction- and demolition waste, garden waste, furniture and carpets
appear in bulky domestic waste. Direct reuse of materials (without specific
(up)grading techniques is most difficult with textile (carpets, furniture),
non-ferrous metals (electrical appliances) and plastics (carpets, electrical
appliances).
