Germany's 'Green Dot' Waste Management System
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Case Details:
Case Code : BENV011
Case Length : 21 Pages
Period : 1990-2007
Pub Date : 2007
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : DSD GmbH
Industry : Services (Waste Management)
Countries : Germany
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Allegations of Monopoly Abuses
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DSD had no collection infrastructure of its own. It had entered into long-term
contracts (10-15 years) with local waste management companies as well as
municipal bodies to collect and sort waste.
Till 2000, DSD was the only waste collection/sorting option available to German
companies. In 2000, a couple of firms had started similar waste collection and
sorting systems.
However, as DSD had control over the entire collection infrastructure, competing
firms were forced to use its system. DSD also charged the customers of competing
firms...
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The Deposit Scheme
In early 2003, Germany introduced a deposit scheme for single-use drinks
packaging (Refer Exhibit VIII for the logo of the deposit scheme). Under the
scheme, both producers and retailers had to charge a deposit of € 0.25 on
mineral water, beer, and soft drink packaging and return the deposit when
customers returned the empty bottles. However, the scheme resulted in
problems for consumers as well as for DSD...
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DSD as a For-Profit Organization
In December 2004, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) stated that it had offered to acquire DSD and that 95% of DSD's shareholders had accepted its offer. In early January 2005, Deutsche Umwelt Investment AG, a wholly-owned German subsidiary of KKR, acquired 75% stake in DSD for € 260 million. By January 13, 2005, KKR received regulatory approval for the purchase. At the time of purchase, in all the years of its existence, DSD had collected around 57 million metric tons of packaging for recycling... |
Outlook
Germany, in the last few decades, had been at the forefront of waste management,
in terms of both legislation (Refer Exhibit IX for Some Recent German laws
pertaining to waste) as well as implementation (Refer Exhibit X for recycling
rates of different materials in Germany). The country was able to achieve a much
higher standard of waste management than other developed countries. As of 2006,
the waste management industry in Germany employed 250,000 people, including
engineers, waste management specialists, refuse collectors and administrative
staff. The industry had a turnover of over € 50 billion...
Exhibits
Exhibit I: A Landfill in Northern Germany
Exhibit II: Abridged Version of the Amended Packaging Ordinance
Exhibit III: The Green Dot
Exhibit IV: Sorting Waste in Germany
Exhibit V: Images of Some Products before and after the Packaging Ordinance
Exhibit VI: Change in Residual and Recovery Rates in Germany
Exhibit VII: Per Capita Waste Generation by Country
Exhibit VIII: The Deposit Scheme Logo
Exhibit IX: Some Recent German Laws Pertaining to Waste Management
Exhibit X: Total Packaging Consumption and Recovery Rate of Packaging Waste (as
of 2005)
Exhibit XI: DSD Rates in 2007
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