Diversifying the Fleet of Collection Vehicles

System Overall yield (typical) Garden waste % Actual capture of food waste 

DtD 170-250 g/inhab/day 0% (where delivery is banned) to 10 % (maximum, due to low available volumes) 160-250 g/inhab/day 

Adapted from E. Favoino in the Proceedings of the Biodegradable Plastics 99 Conference, Ed., A. Beevers, Frankfurt, Germany, April 1999, European Plastic News, Croydon, UK, 1999 [3] and Provincia di Milano, Produzione, Smaltimento, Raccolte Differenziate Anni 1996197, Milan, Italy 1998 [11]  

Area Mixed MSW (with DO segregation of food waste) Food waste (both with DtD schemes and road containers) RW in DtD schemes (frequencies cut down, thanks to the high capture of food waste) RW in road container schemes (no difference from previous mixed collection) 

Northern Italy 3 times weekly 2 times weekly (sometimes once weekly during wintertime) 1-2 times weekly 3 times weekly 

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