View community or commercial waste collections

Prerequisites

• You may only collect waste from private households for commercial or charitable purposes.
• Your collection must not conflict with the interests of other citizens.
• Your ad must contain the following information:
  • Name, address, contact details and responsible person(s) of the company,
  • Information about the size and organization of your intended collection
  • Information about the type, extent, scope and duration of your intended collection
  • Information about the type, quantity and whereabouts of the waste intended for collection
  • a description of the recovery routes planned within the indicated period, including the necessary measures to ensure their capacities
  • an explanation of how you will ensure the proper and harmless recycling of the collected waste

Documents required

• Business registration
• Commercial register extract, if available
• Copy of the notification according to § 53 KrWG (notification of the activity as a collector, transporter, dealer and broker of waste)
• Waste disposal company certificate, if certified
• Detailed proof of the proper and harmless recycling of the collected waste, including the respective waste disposal company certificates. If the companies are not certified, the further disposal route must also be shown.

Please note

Mixed waste from private households may not be collected commercially or for non-profit purposes (e.g. bulky waste). Electronic waste (defective old electrical devices) must be returned to the public waste disposal agency or to the dealers who are obliged to take it back.

If there are subsequent changes to the information provided in your advertisement, you must also notify the responsible authority of these changes 3 months in advance.

If you do not display your non-profit or commercial collection, do not display it correctly or do not display it on time, you are committing an administrative offense. This can be punished with a fine of up to EUR 10,000.

Deadlines

You must report the collection at least 3 months before it begins.

Procedure

• You fill out the notification form completely and sign it with your signature
• You send the completed form including all necessary documents to the responsible authority on time
• The responsible authority will check your report and, if necessary, request any missing documents from you
• If all factual and legal requirements are met, the responsible authority will inform you in writing of its consent to your collection

Processing time

Up to 3 months.

Fees

150.00 EUR - 350.00 EUR

Legal remedies

No

Legal basis

§ 17 Circular Economy Act (KrWG)

§ 18 Circular Economy Act (KrWG)

§ 69 Closed Substance Cycle Act (KrWG)

Recyclable materials from private households must be handed over. This means that they are generally left to the public waste disposal providers. The commercial or non-profit collection of recyclable materials from private households (recyclable waste) is only permitted if this has been reported to the responsible authority in advance.

If you want to carry out a non-profit or commercial collection of recyclable waste, so-called recyclables from private households, you must report the collection to the responsible authority in advance.

For example, you have to advertise street collections or container collections of textiles and shoes, but also points of purchase of waste paper and other collections. The responsible authority can set a time limit, impose conditions or prohibit your collection.