City cleaning Hamburg

Dispose of recyclable materials such as packaging, plastics or metals

Prerequisites

Documents required

Please note

The following belong in the yellow recycling bins and bags:

• Plastics and metals such as:
  • Non-deposit beverage cans
  • canned goods
  • Pet food bowls and aluminum bags for pet food
  • Tubes for mayonnaise, tomato paste or mustard
  • Lids, crown caps and screw caps
  • Aluminum foil and aluminum grill trays
  • Clothes hanger
  • Cutlery, pans, pots, kitchen grater or can opener
  • Nails and fittings, tools
• Plastics such as:
  • yogurt and quark cups
  • Non-deposit PET beverage bottles
  • screw caps
  • Washing and dishwashing detergent bottles, toothpaste and cream tubes, shampoo bottles
  • Plastic bags, garbage bags, freezer or breakfast bags, cling film
  • Toys, games, felt-tip pens
  • Office supplies made of plastic
  • Apertures, switches
  • Shower curtains, clothes hangers, cleaning buckets
  • Folding boxes, transport boxes
  • Gloves
  • Film cartridges
  • Pump spray bottles
• Composite materials such as:
  • Milk and juice cartons
  • Packaging made of aluminum and plastic, for example for instant soups
  • Packaging made of aluminum and paper, for example butter packaging
• Examples of non-packaging materials used in packaging include:
  • plastic or metal bowl
  • plastic or metal bucket
  • Plastic children's toys
  • Plastic flower pots
  • Metal tool

The following do not belong in the yellow recycling bins:

• Glass, paper and cardboard
• Used clothing and textiles
• Electrical appliances and batteries
• Hazardous materials (dangerous waste that can endanger the environment)

Deadlines

Recyclable materials are collected every two weeks.


Please place your recyclables at the curb by 6 a.m.

Procedure

• As a tenant, you can order your yellow recycling bin through your landlord.
• If you are a property owner, please contact the Hamburg city cleaning department with your customer number.
• Yellow recycling bags are available at Hamburg's municipal waste management recycling centers. Alternatively, you can order them online as a subscription via "WERT Wertstoff Einsammlung".
• When you put your recycling bin out for collection, make sure that road users are not endangered by it.

Processing time

Recyclable materials are collected according to the Hamburg city cleaning department's collection calendar.

Fees

no

Legal remedies

No legal remedy is provided for.

Legal basis

Circular Economy Act (KrWG)


https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/krwg/




Law on the placing on the market, the take-back and the high-quality recycling of packaging (Packaging Act - VerpackG)


http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/verpackg/