Combining Innovative Recycling Initiatives and Job Creation in Graz
An Effective Practice
This practice has been Archived and is no longer maintained.
Description
The Öko-Service company started a variety of specialised services in the recycling and gardening sector. The nonprofit organisation offers new services as well as cooperation with private waste management companies which test new areas of waste management. At the outset Öko-Service was established as a socio-economic company mainly engaged in garden maintenance, garden waste shredding and composting service.
Goal / Mission
The goals of the program include both ecological waste management and job creation.
Results / Accomplishments
Through its various recycling services, Öko-Service accomplished some of the following waste reduction efforts:
-minimisation of 550 tons of garden waste in 1996
-approximately 1000 tons of wood per year is re-used in the chipboard industry
-glass is used as additive in luminous paint from the recycling of displaced window units
-collected oil equivalent to production of approximately 5000 kg of diesel oil (total Graz production of diesel oil in 1995 was 43,000 kg)
-minimisation of 550 tons of garden waste in 1996
-approximately 1000 tons of wood per year is re-used in the chipboard industry
-glass is used as additive in luminous paint from the recycling of displaced window units
-collected oil equivalent to production of approximately 5000 kg of diesel oil (total Graz production of diesel oil in 1995 was 43,000 kg)
About this Promising Practice
Organization(s)
The European Academy of the Urban Environment
Primary Contact
Dieter Reif
43/ 316/ 261 55 55
43/ 316/ 261 55 55
Topics
Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Economy / Employment
Economy / Employment
Organization(s)
The European Academy of the Urban Environment
Date of publication
2/27/1998
Date of implementation
1994
Geographic Type
Urban
Location
Austria