EMAS and waste management

All working stations at the Secretariat's premises are equipped with two waste bins. The bin without a plastic bag is used to collect paper waste. Visitors are invited to dispose paper waste into the bins located in its two kitchens.

It is the task of the Secretariat's cleaning company to collect the paper and to dispose of it in a separate paper waste container in the basement of the Am Hof 4 office building.

In order to ease the separation of waste for its citizens and to reduce the volume of transport kilometers, the City of Vienna introduced combined waste containers for plastic and metal in 2019. 

The waste bins for plastic, carton and metal are located in the Secretariat's two kitchens. A clause in the cleaning contract tasks the service provider to dispose the waste at a separate waste collection point once a week.

The Secretariat also separates and recycles glass. For this purpose, there is a waste bin in both 5th and 6th floor kitchens. All glass colours and types can be disposed of there.

Once a week, the Secretariat's cleaning company disposes of the glass at a separate City of Vienna collection point, located 200 meters away from its premises.

Any other waste is to be disposed of in the integrated waste bins located in the kitchens (5th and 6th floor).

It is presently not possible to separate organic waste. At the same time, any service provider catering an event at the Secretariat's premises is requested to have a policy on organic waste disposal in place.