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Recycling islands in Sendling will continue to have to be on public property.
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Sendlingen district politicians called for recycling islands where the waste comes from: in the supermarkets.
But the city sees no chance for this.
Recycling islands are often overloaded with large amounts of waste.
In order to put an end to this, the Sendlingen SPD launched the project “Disposal of recyclable materials where the waste is created!” last fall (we reported).
According to initiator Philip Fickel (SPD), the waste should be disposed of where it occurs.
The responsibility lies with the local suppliers.
Fickel demanded that a small number of parking spaces be made available for recycling waste disposal.
He named Aldi Süd and Edeka as examples on Implerstrasse.
“Two to three parking spaces can be converted into recycling islands without any problems,” says Fickel.
Dual systems are responsible for packaging waste
But nothing will come of this idea for the time being.
In a reply from the state capital, local authority representative Kristina Frank (CSU) points out that since 1991, the responsibility for the disposal of sales packaging has no longer been the responsibility of the public waste disposal agency, but of so-called dual systems and their subcontractors.
In Munich these are the companies Wittmann and Remondis.
Nevertheless, the local government representative sees the problem.
“Parking spaces in supermarkets are generally suitable for setting up recycling containers.” The waste management company (AWM) also supports the initiative and has already made several attempts together with the dual systems.
Supermarket parking spaces are private property
But: The Aldi Süd and Edeka parking spaces are private property.
Property owners can decide what to do with their parking spaces.
“However, the interest of retailers and large supermarkets in setting up recycling islands on their premises is extremely low,” says Frank.
When asked by our newspaper, Edeka said: “Our position has not changed.” Aldi Süd did not respond.
SABRINA PROSKE