Legal requi­re­ments for com­mer­cial on-site was­te manage­ment

Beratung zur Standortentsorgung

The Com­mer­cial Was­tes Ordi­nan­ce (Gewer­be­ab­fall­ver­ord­nung, Gew­AbfV) out­lines the on-site was­te manage­ment requi­re­ments for busi­nesses. The Ordi­nan­ce came into force on 1 August 2017 and has been amen­ded seve­ral times sin­ce, most recent­ly tigh­tening the rules and expan­ding the requi­re­ments for pro­du­cers and owners of com­mer­cial was­te (Sec­tions 3 para. 1 and 3, Sec­tion 4(a) Gew­AbfV). Under the Ordi­nan­ce, reusable was­te must be coll­ec­ted and sor­ted in order to extra­ct sub­s­tances that are as pure as pos­si­ble. Homo­ge­nous sort­ing is the key to effi­ci­ent recy­cling and the­r­e­fo­re helps redu­ce the volu­me of non-recy­clable was­te. This increa­ses the effort requi­red of com­pa­nies for sort­ing, recy­cling and docu­men­ting was­te. Exis­ting was­te manage­ment con­cepts must be revi­sed to com­ply with the law, which is some­ti­mes unclear and ambi­guous. Many com­pa­nies are sim­ply not fami­li­ar with the legal details and risk being fined.

Read ori­gi­nal text of the GewAfV (in Ger­man)

Gew­AbfV com­pli­ant with Noven­tiz

Experts with spe­cia­list know­ledge and many years of expe­ri­ence are incre­asing­ly nee­ded to help busi­nesses be com­pli­ant with the Gew­AbfV.

That’s why Noven­tiz has set up a dedi­ca­ted ser­vice for busi­nesses. Start­ing with an ana­ly­sis of the site, we eva­lua­te the was­te manage­ment situa­ti­on in detail. Based on our eva­lua­ti­on, we work with your was­te manage­ment offi­cer to opti­mi­se the con­cept for raw and resi­du­al mate­ri­al manage­ment. Ulti­m­ate­ly, clean sepa­ra­ti­on and coll­ec­tion of indi­vi­du­al extra­c­ted sub­s­tances can help redu­ce cos­ts while giving you the oppor­tu­ni­ty to turn resi­du­al mate­ri­al into reusable mate­ri­al.

How can you bene­fit from an ana­ly­ze of your was­te manage­ment?

How to be sure you com­ply with the Com­mer­cial Was­tes Ordi­nan­ce (Gew­AbfV)

Are you awa­re of your obli­ga­ti­ons under the Gew­AbfV?
We assess your situa­ti­on to ensu­re that you com­ply with the Com­mer­cial Was­tes Ordi­nan­ce.

Tap into savings poten­ti­al

Are your con­tracts with was­te dis­po­sal com­pa­nies trans­pa­rent and com­pe­ti­ti­ve?
We can ana­ly­ze your con­tracts to iden­ti­fy any savings poten­ti­als.

Boost effi­ci­en­cy and cut CO² emis­si­ons

Do you have opti­mi­zed pro­ces­ses?
We shed light on your was­te manage­ment pro­ces­ses and eva­lua­te indi­vi­du­al fac­tors, such as the sepa­ra­ti­on of extra­c­ted sub­s­tances or the coll­ec­tion fre­quen­cy in terms of effi­ci­en­cy and sus­taina­bi­li­ty. 

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Get in touch now to arran­ge a free initi­al con­sul­ta­ti­on.

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Ana­ly­se your was­te manage­ment in 3 steps

Over many years, Noven­tiz has deve­lo­ped a pro­cess to sup­port busi­nesses with imple­men­ting their obli­ga­ti­ons under the Com­mer­cial Was­tes Ordi­nan­ce (Gew­AbfV). The result is a 3‑step pro­cess:

1

Ana­ly­sis

In a first step, one of our experts ana­ly­ses the ope­ra­tio­nal pro­ces­ses at your site.

  • Com­pre­hen­si­ve expert ana­ly­sis of your was­te manage­ment situa­ti­on.
  • Assess­ment of your was­te manage­ment con­cept and its com­pli­ance with the Gew­AbfV.
  • Eva­lua­ti­on of ser­vice con­tracts and dis­po­sal methods.
  • Iden­ti­fi­ca­ti­on of savings poten­ti­als.
2

Con­cept

In a next step, the results of the on-site-ana­ly­sis are trans­la­ted into a con­cept, which includes:

  • Out­line of opti­mi­sa­ti­on poten­ti­als.
  • Ide­as for the crea­ti­on of a new was­te manage­ment con­cept.
  • Ins­truc­tions on how to set up a ten­de­ring sys­tem, taking into account poten­ti­al was­te manage­ment part­ners.
3

Imple­men­ta­ti­on

During the most dif­fi­cult step and the key pha­se – the imple­men­ta­ti­on of the con­cept – we are here to lend a hel­ping hand. The fol­lo­wing ser­vices are available on request:

  • Imple­men­ta­ti­on of the was­te manage­ment con­cept accor­ding to the agreed ser­vice level to ensu­re com­pli­ance.
  • Draf­ting was­te balan­ce sheets in accordance with the KrWG, AbfG (Ger­man Was­te Manage­ment Act) and Gew­AbfV.
  • Coor­di­na­ti­on of all was­te manage­ment part­ners invol­ved, inclu­ding con­tract manage­ment and invoi­cing.
  • Admi­nis­tra­ti­on, inclu­ding moni­to­ring of cer­ti­fi­ca­tes and com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on with the aut­ho­ri­ties.
  • Sup­port from a cer­ti­fied Noven­tiz employee as a was­te offi­cer accor­ding to KrWG.
  • Insol­ven­cy-pro­of reusable mate­ri­al yields.
  • Regu­lar staff trai­ning and con­sul­ting.
  • Ongo­ing pri­ce-per­for­mance moni­to­ring.
  • Ten­de­ring manage­ment.

Noven­tiz deve­lo­ps tail­o­red con­cepts for all manu­fac­tu­ring indus­tries

Plegekräfte in einem Krankenhaus
Hos­pi­tals and health care
Granulat
Pla­s­tics indus­try
Labor
Che­mi­cal and phar­maceu­ti­cal indus­try
Frau arbeitet in einer Schreinerei
Fur­ni­tu­re indus­try
Mann arbeitet auf einer Baustellen
Con­s­truc­tion indus­try
Fleisch in Verpackung
Retail and food

Your bene­fits with Noven­tiz

Noven­tiz – your cer­ti­fied part­ner

Noven­tiz is the ide­al part­ner for your on-site was­te manage­ment, not least becau­se our pro­ces­ses have been under­go­ing exter­nal audits for many years. Noven­tiz is a cer­ti­fied was­te manage­ment com­pa­ny – and also holds a DIN ISO EN 9001:2015 cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on for qua­li­ty manage­ment.

Per­so­nal cont­acts:

With Noven­tiz, you have a per­so­nal cont­act across the enti­re pro­cess. You will be working with an expe­ri­en­ced spe­cia­list who will respond quick­ly and fle­xi­bly to all your ques­ti­ons about on-site was­te manage­ment. Thanks to regu­lar trai­ning and deve­lo­p­ment, your on-site was­te manage­ment is in the best of hands.

Natio­nal covera­ge:

Our strong net­work allows us to offer our ser­vices for all extra­c­ted sub­s­tances any­whe­re in Ger­ma­ny. Our modu­lar, 3‑step model enables us to respond to your spe­ci­fic situa­ti­on quick­ly, fle­xi­bly and com­pe­ti­tively. Medi­um-sizes com­pa­nies in par­ti­cu­lar can find the exact on-site was­te manage­ment solu­ti­on they need.

Trans­pa­ren­cy and secu­ri­ty:

We only col­la­bo­ra­te with cer­ti­fied logi­stics, dis­po­sal and recy­cling com­pa­nies, and ensu­re con­sis­tent pro­cess and inte­gra­ti­on qua­li­ty by set­ting our own stan­dards.

Would you like to learn more about the ways in which Noven­tiz can help you com­ply with the Gew­AbfV?

Sim­ply book a free con­sul­ta­ti­on with one of our experts.

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Fre­quent­ly asked ques­ti­ons about on-site was­te manage­ment

Sec­tion 56 para. 2 of the Cir­cu­lar Eco­no­my Act (KrWG), the imple­men­ta­ti­on of the Euro­pean Direc­ti­ve 2008/98/EC, pro­vi­des a defi­ni­ti­on of a cer­ti­fied was­te manage­ment com­pa­ny. For a com­pa­ny to obtain cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on, it must meet spe­ci­fic requi­re­ments and have par­ti­cu­lar skills. Requi­re­ments include relia­bi­li­ty, spe­cial exper­ti­se on the part of the busi­ness owner and staff, sui­ta­ble tech­ni­cal equip­ment and the obli­ga­ti­on to docu­ment all was­te manage­ment acti­vi­ties. A busi­ness may per­form a num­ber of dif­fe­rent acti­vi­ties, each of which is sub­ject to strict regu­la­ti­ons, and audi­ted and cer­ti­fied sepa­ra­te­ly. The­se acti­vi­ties include coll­ec­tion, trans­port, sto­rage, tre­at­ment, reu­se, trade and bro­ke­ring of was­te.

A cer­ti­fied was­te manage­ment com­pa­ny is a relia­ble part­ner that is sub­ject to spe­ci­fic regu­la­ti­ons and is regu­lar­ly audi­ted and re-cer­ti­fied. This cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­on makes it easy to reco­g­ni­se a relia­ble ser­vice pro­vi­der for was­te manage­ment.

The amen­ded ver­si­on of the Was­te Manage­ment Offi­cer Ordi­nan­ce (Abfall­be­auf­trag­ten­ver­ord­nung, AbfBe­auf­trV) came into force in June 2017. It cle­ar­ly defi­nes which orga­ni­sa­ti­ons must appoint a was­te offi­cer. The­se include land­fills, hos­pi­tals and cli­nics, as well as pro­du­cers and dis­tri­bu­tors who take back spe­ci­fic amounts of sales pack­a­ging or trans­port pack­a­ging per year. For a com­ple­te list of all com­pa­nies that are requi­red to appoint a was­te offi­cer, see the Was­te Manage­ment Offi­cer Ordi­nan­ce (in Ger­man).

A was­te offi­cer is a pro­ven expert who is respon­si­ble for moni­to­ring was­te – from its crea­ti­on to its recy­cling or dis­po­sal – within a com­pa­ny (Sec­tion 9 AbfBe­auf­trV). The law per­mits the appoint­ment of an exter­nal expert (Sec­tion 5 AbfBe­auf­trV).

Beratung mit externen Abfallbeauftragten

Do you need an exter­nal was­te offi­cer?

We’re hap­py to help you com­ply with legal requi­re­ments. Noven­tiz is a relia­ble part­ner and a cer­ti­fied was­te manage­ment com­pa­ny. Our expe­ri­en­ced spe­cia­lists alre­a­dy act as exter­nal was­te offi­cers for a ran­ge of cus­to­mers. Sim­ply book a free con­sul­ta­ti­on with us.

We are hap­py to sup­port you as exter­nal was­te offi­cers

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