Waste disposal is one of the most important environmental issues of our age.

Waste disposal comprises the necessary measures for collecting, transporting, storing and treating waste. The German Recycling and Waste Management Act, which entered force in October 1996, established guidelines for protecting natural resources and promoting the environmentally compatible disposal of waste.

The obligation to utilise Waste » expands the use of recyclable materials as a secondary raw material to achieve closed substance cycles. The principle underlying waste disposal is, where they cannot be avoided, to utilise waste materials either physically or for energy (incineration).