Martina Ableidinger on How Vienna Made Peace with its Waste
"In/visible city? That’s my point!” says Martina Ableidinger at the reSITE 2017: In/visible City conference. In Vienna, she has been working on the topic of waste management for the last 12 years and she is the head of Waste Prevention & External Affairs at the Municipal Department of Vienna. In this presentation, she speaks about how "waste is an aspect of the metabolism of a city".
Every city produces waste. Every citizen produces waste. Vienna is no exception. The city has 1.8 million inhabitants. It is internationally renowned for providing its citizens with a high quality of life, with cleanliness being a contributing factor to Vienna's first-place ranking as the most liveable city on the planet. The city has one of the most innovative waste management systems not only in Europe but worldwide. In this talk, Martina Ableidinger illustrates the system called "the hierarchy of waste management" using the real-world examples employed in Vienna. She details how city authorities approach the problem of waste as an opportunity for developing more energy and cost-efficient environmental technologies, i.e. collecting higher quality recycling materials and turning the trash into a key resource for heating.
Vienna is rife with inspiring stories of how the city authorities have raised awareness and engaged citizens in the various processes of recycling, minimization, and prevention strategies. 48er Tandler project is one of them. It is a store in which items like bicycles, furniture, home trainers in good condition are collected from the city's waste system are fixed and offered back to citizens at reasonable prices. Listen to all inspiring stories of how Vienna takes responsibility for its waste.
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