The Municipal Services Standards Committee (NKT) of the
German Institute for Standardization
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(DIN) is responsible for
standardisation
Standardization or standardisation is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments. Standardization ...
in the field of
waste management
Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.
This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitorin ...
and city cleaning. It chairs a number of European standardisation committees (CEN) and it issues specifications on technical and logistical aspects in waste handling, road cleaning,
highway maintenance
A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation.
There are many types of ...
and winter service.
Organization
The full title is "" (standards committee on municipal engineering) "" (in the DIN German institute for standardisation). The NKT was founded on 26. November 1968 in Frankfurt on the initiative of the municipal authority associations like the "VKS im VKU" (full title "" / association on municipal waste management and city cleaning) and the "BDE" (full title "" / federal association of German waste management, water management and natural resources).
The current organization is substructured in five departements ( - basics; - containers; - vehicles; - facilities; - electronic data processing) running 29 projects. There are 106 national standards and 9 recommendations created by the NKT. The NKT is member of 31 national standardization boards, 10 European standardization boards and 2 international standardization boards.
Standards
* DIN 30722 on
roller container
A roller container is a container type that can be carried by trucks to be pushed to ground level by help of a hook and level arm with the container possibly sliding on steel roller wheels.
Its original usage was in the collection of bulk waste ...
s also used in containerized firefighting equipment
* DIN EN 840 on mobile waste and recycling containers
* DIN EN 12574 on stationary waste containers
External links
* http://www.nkt.din.de/
Deutsches Institut für Normung
1968 establishments in Germany
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