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Deponierate

English translation: landfill rate/[waste] disposal rate

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:Deponierate
English translation:landfill rate/[waste] disposal rate
Entered by: Arkadiusz Witek

22:11 Nov 2, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology
German term or phrase: Deponierate
Steigerung der Kapazität
durch Verringerung der Deponierate
vorrangig in Ländern der Gruppe 2 und 3
um rund 35 Mio. t/a = 60 %

140 Anlagen (á 250.000 t/a)
Investitionsvolumen >20 Mrd.
Arkadiusz Witek
Poland
Local time: 06:26
landfill rate/[waste] disposal rate
Explanation:

... reduction of landfill rate/[waste] disposal rate

Reducing landfill waste volume through resource recovery
Total waste volume from Group manufacturing sites in Japan for fiscal 2005 was 28,403 tons, the volume of recovered resources was 27,667 tons and the landfill volume was 148 tons. Accordingly, the resource recovery rate was 97.4% and the final disposal rate (landfill rate) was 0.5%.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8BjHeRE...

1 The MCC Group considers "zero emissions" to have been achieved when final landfill disposal volume falls below 1% of waste generated — a final landfill disposal rate of less than 1%.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vFeaRYy...

In an actual state report, the future scenario for the total and material-specific recovery, combustion, and landfill rates would be based on the state’s MSW management goals and activities.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Y8QEpbCrvvQJ:epa.g...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-11-03 00:29:58 GMT)
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Part of the reason that Germany managed to achieve such a low landfill rate was due to 35% of its municipal waste being incinerated, with Denmark (54%), Sweden (49%) and the Netherlands (39%) being the main users of this treatment method.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:rmp9YJF...

At the same time, as for the non-manufacturing sector where reduction of final disposal rate is rather difficult due to the high general waste rate, research laboratories and the logistic division achieved a final disposal rate of under 0.5% in fiscal 2007.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jdYai6D...
Selected response from:

Marga Shaw
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:26
Grading comment
Thanks, tthis is it!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3amount of waste sent to landfill
Lancashireman
4reduced necessity for landfill disposal
Corina Holzherr
3 +1landfill rate/[waste] disposal rate
Marga Shaw
4dumping of waste
casper (X)
3 -1landfill fee
Annie and Rolf Reiser (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
@Marga Shaw
hazmatgerman (X)

Discussion entries: 12





  

Answers


24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
landfill fee


Explanation:
the fee for dumping trash at the landfill

Annie and Rolf Reiser (X)
Local time: 22:26
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Steffen Walter: No. "Rate" refers to a share in the quantity/volume of waste that is sent to landfill.
13 hrs
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Verringerung der Deponierate
reduced necessity for landfill disposal


Explanation:
in the absence of further context, this should make sense

Corina Holzherr
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
landfill rate/[waste] disposal rate


Explanation:

... reduction of landfill rate/[waste] disposal rate

Reducing landfill waste volume through resource recovery
Total waste volume from Group manufacturing sites in Japan for fiscal 2005 was 28,403 tons, the volume of recovered resources was 27,667 tons and the landfill volume was 148 tons. Accordingly, the resource recovery rate was 97.4% and the final disposal rate (landfill rate) was 0.5%.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8BjHeRE...

1 The MCC Group considers "zero emissions" to have been achieved when final landfill disposal volume falls below 1% of waste generated — a final landfill disposal rate of less than 1%.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vFeaRYy...

In an actual state report, the future scenario for the total and material-specific recovery, combustion, and landfill rates would be based on the state’s MSW management goals and activities.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Y8QEpbCrvvQJ:epa.g...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-11-03 00:29:58 GMT)
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Part of the reason that Germany managed to achieve such a low landfill rate was due to 35% of its municipal waste being incinerated, with Denmark (54%), Sweden (49%) and the Netherlands (39%) being the main users of this treatment method.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:rmp9YJF...

At the same time, as for the non-manufacturing sector where reduction of final disposal rate is rather difficult due to the high general waste rate, research laboratories and the logistic division achieved a final disposal rate of under 0.5% in fiscal 2007.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jdYai6D...

Marga Shaw
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thanks, tthis is it!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lancashireman: In the UK, 'rates' is used to mean the price per tonne. This is about proportions (%) rather than costs. Despite the examples quoted above, the term should be avoided, as it is ambiguous. // Your links are to Konica, Sanyo, Mitsubishi...
19 mins
  -> Please read my links, none refer to cost! As far as I am aware "rate" does not only refer to cost/price.//Why should "rate" be avoided? What is wrong with a Konica etc. link, e.g. there are a number of Japanese Co. in the UK which produce good English.
agree  hazmatgerman (X): Quite agree, your research shows the proper technical understanding. Looking also for "landfill percentage/quota" gives excactly the result applicable here. Point is to reduce the percentage of untreated landfill.
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Thank you, hazmatgerman!
neutral  Helen Shiner: with Andrew./ Please don't presume to tell me, as a native speaker, what to think!
6 days
  -> See this def. and think again: 'Rate' is a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&tbs=lr:lang_1e...
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
amount of waste sent to landfill


Explanation:
Das Ziel der Reduzierung der Deponierate führt in den jeweiligen Ländern zu einer Nachfrage nach Abfallverbrennungskapazität. In den Ländern mit geringer Deponierungsrate ist für die Abfallverbrennung eine Marktsättigung eingetreten.
http://www.ask-eu.de/default.asp?Menue=20&ArtikelPPV=17536&K...

190,000 hits for this whole phrase: http://tinyurl.com/27vsxdk

Nothing to do with 'necessity' or 'trash' (an Americanism that would not be used in EU documents)


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Note added at 49 mins (2010-11-02 23:01:05 GMT)
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Alternatively, "proportion of waste sent to landfill" @ 8,000 hits: http://tinyurl.com/23hrd34

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-11-03 01:18:43 GMT)
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I have run out of space to comment on Marga Shaw's answer.

I did not suggest 'rate' because it rarely works as a straight translation of 'Rate'. As stated below, 'rates' (plural) are generally understood to mean price payable. 'Rate' (singular) is generally understood to mean the speed at which something happens, e.g. how fast the landfill sites are reaching full capacity. Therefore, in order to avoid ambiguity, I would translate 'Reduzierung/Verringerung der Deponierungsrate' as 'reduction in the amount of waste sent to landfill'.

As your document presumably refers to EU directives, it is best not to rely on sources from outside Europe.


Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 83

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Phil. Apparently, 'Rate' = 'rate'.
agree  Steffen Walter: proportion/share of waste sent to landfill / Thank you for your reply to hazmatgerman's disagree - exactly what I was trying to say in my comment on Annie and Rolf Reiser.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Steffen. Apparently, 'Rate' = 'rate'
agree  writeaway: well, someone in the future might prefer this more idiomatic-sounding/accurate solution
4 days
  -> What this question needed was someone who could speak with real authority on the English language as it is spoken in Central Europe. Fortunately, that person stepped up to the plate.
disagree  hazmatgerman (X): As has been shown before and said by S. Walter: rate as proportion is correct; simple amount is not.//So your "share/proportion" is not a percentage, then? I give up.
4 days
  -> Steffen Walter: No. "Rate" refers to a share in the quantity/volume of waste that is sent to landfill. He was, of course, referring to the German word 'die Rate', or did you fail to spot the upper case 'R'? Re 'proportion', see above at 49 mins.
agree  Helen Shiner: This is correct in my view and with your comments re rates/Rate.
6 days
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dumping of waste


Explanation:
Try this.

The example sentences show that the dumping of waste is measured in tonnes per year and its reduction is indicated as a percent.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-11-03 04:29:58 GMT)
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In my reading of the (con)text provided, the 'deponieren' need not be restricted to landfills.

Example sentence(s):
  • ...dumping of industrial wastes dropped from 17 million tonnes per year in the ...
  • Ocean dumping of industrial wastes dropped by about 32 percent between 1973 and 1975...

    Reference: http://tinyurl.com/2fs4mty
    Reference: http://tinyurl.com/2fs4mty
casper (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lancashireman: See asker's later question: "It is about subsidies from the EU". Disposal of waste at sea is not at issue here. http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/environment/waste_man...
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, Mr Swift, for making me see the behind-the-scenes context. My answer is based on the context provided by the asker here.
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Reference comments


1 day 15 hrs
Reference: @Marga Shaw

Reference information:
Just in case the use of "rate" by E.N.S. in this context were doubted, here are some examples.
http://www.gmwda.gov.uk/about-us/tonnage-statistics
http://cmis.derby.gov.uk/CMISWebPublic/Binary.ashx?Document=...
http://committee-web.gedling.gov.uk/aksgedling/images/att369...
and see below. Best regards.


    Reference: http://www.clearitgreen.co.uk/furniture_recycling.html
    Reference: http://www.doeni.gov.uk/ni_municipal_waste_management_statis...
hazmatgerman (X)
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Marga Shaw: Thank you for your UK related links and your support, which is very much appreciated. I know that "rate" is not only monetary related and there is no ambiguity in using this term otherwise. This should actually be basic knowledge. Would you not agree?
2 hrs
  -> Well yes, if this nonnative be permitted his say. I reckon though the n.s. web sites I gave will dispel any doubt that this percentage use is both legitimate linguistically and common culturally. Regards.
disagree  Lancashireman: I asked a councillor on Gedling Borough about the local ‘landfill rate’ and he said that it had slowed down considerably since the EU directive. // Oh, and kindly refrain from misquoting other contributors.
3 days 0 min
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