Companies with more than 100 employees are obliged under § 11 AWG 2002 to appoint a professionally qualified person as waste manager. However, many companies lack the training, time or personnel capacity to cover this role internally on a permanent basis. Audits by the authorities, new locations or uncertainties regarding documentation obligations are frequent triggers for external assignment.
The requirements are clearly defined: timely EDM reports, complete records on the type, quantity, origin and whereabouts of waste, compliance with official notices and ongoing monitoring of waste legislation requirements. Late reports or incorrect declarations can result in administrative penalties and liability risks. At the same time, inefficient disposal structures often lead to unnecessarily high costs.
Interzero provides external waste management officers throughout Austria and assumes the legally defined information, consulting and monitoring duties. These include appointments and reporting to authorities via the EDM portal, regular inspections, support in updating the waste management concept, employee training and communication with authorities and waste disposal companies. This is supplemented by structured site analyses and concepts for more efficient collection and disposal.
Seven trained waste management officers – trained at ÖWAV and WIFI, among others – form the professional foundation of this area: Benjamin Leschke, Clemens KammerhuberJulian Hafner, Alina Zechmeister, Martina Steinhauser, Sophie Danheland Santino Schreiner. Customers have a fixed contact person. In the background, there is a well-established team with reliable representation and standardized quality processes.
Interzero brings over 30 years of experience in the Austrian waste and recycling management market to the table. The integration into the corporate structure enables the rapid implementation of identified optimization potential, from the optimization of disposal logistics to the structured reduction of ongoing disposal costs.
For companies, this means: legal certainty, relief for management and an economically optimized waste organization.
Would you like to clarify whether there is an obligation for your company or whether the function should be outsourced? Arrange a personal meeting with our team: rsi.austria@interzero.at
Further information on the scope of services can be found on our landing page for the external waste manager, as well as in the compact OnePager.
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About Interzero:
Interzero is one of the leading service providers for closing product, material and logistics loops and an innovation leader in plastics recycling with the largest sorting capacity in Europe. Under the guiding principle of “zero waste solutions”, the company supports over 80,000 customers across Europe in the responsible handling of recyclable materials, helping them to improve their own sustainability performance and conserve primary resources. With around 2,000 employees, the company generates a turnover of over one billion euros (2021). According to Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Interzero’s recycling activities saved 1.04 million tons of greenhouse gases and 8.09 million tons of primary raw materials compared to primary production in 2024 alone. As a pioneer for the circular economy, Interzero is the winner of the German Sustainability Award 2024 and the corresponding special prize in the transformation field “Resources”. Further information can be found at www.interzero.at .
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