"Germany has legislation, regulations, and ordinances requiring that the management of municipal solid waste (MSW) be conducted in an integrated manner. The integrated management of MSW in Germany is to be accomplished in accordance with a hierarchy, most recently articulated and clarified in Kreislaufswirtschaft und Abfallgesetz (The Closed Loop Economy and Waste Management Act) which passed the Bundesrat in July 1994." (Quoted from paper)