The Municipal Services Standards Committee (NKT) of the

German Institute for Standardization German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

(DIN) is responsible for

standardisation Standardization (American English) or standardisation (British English) is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organiza ...

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 monitor ...

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 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 containers 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 {{sci-org-stub