Lansink’s Ladder
Former Member of Parliament Lansink submitted a motion in 1979 regarding the desired management of waste. The Lansink Ladder ranks the most environmentally friendly methods of waste treatment. The higher a method is on the Lansink Ladder, the more environmentally friendly it is. The Lansink Ladder consists of the following steps:
- Waste prevention
- Product reuse
- Material reuse (recycling)
- Incineration with energy recovery
- Incineration
- Landfilling (prohibited for packaging in the Netherlands)