If you discharge wastewater into a body of water, you must pay a tax under certain conditions. To calculate the levy, you may need to submit data and associated documents to the responsible authority.
You must notify the responsible authority under certain conditions of any change in the location, condition or operation of a wastewater treatment plant.
A waste officer or company officer for waste advises the entrepreneur or operator of a plant and the employees in all matters that have to do with recycling management and waste disposal in the company.
As the highest state waste authority, the Waste Management Department of the Authority for the Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture ensures disposal safety and cleanliness in Hamburg.
You can get advice on the disposal of hazardous waste. You will receive information about suitable waste disposal facilities, possible disposal routes and necessary documentation.
Since April 1st, 2010, the electronic waste verification procedure with a qualified electronic signature of the parties involved has been mandatory as verification procedure for the disposal of hazardous waste.
You are not allowed to burn garden waste such as leaves or branches, or wood scraps such as pallets or lumber. Use environmentally friendly disposal methods.
Would you like to collect usable waste, so-called recyclables, from private households for non-profit or commercial purposes? Then you must report this to the responsible authority before starting your collection.
If you want to discharge commercial wastewater into a public wastewater plant or sewer system, you need a permit. Under certain conditions, the competent authority may allow you to start discharging before you have received approval.
If you want to discharge commercial wastewater into a private wastewater plant or sewer system, you need a permit. Under certain conditions, the competent authority may allow you to start discharging before you have received approval.
Would you like to discharge commercial wastewater into a private wastewater plant and be exempt from the permit requirement? You must then submit an application for exemption from the approval requirement to the responsible authority.
In order to clearly assign your waste production sites, you must indicate the establishment numbers issued to you in all waste law procedures. You must apply for the company numbers from the responsible authority.
Would you like to have a sewage collection pit built on your property in a water protection area? Then you can use an online service to obtain an exemption from the relevant water protection area regulations.
Waste disposal from private households and thus also garden waste from private households is the responsibility of the respective public waste disposal authority. In Hamburg, the Hamburg city cleaning department is responsible for this as the ...
If you want to dispose of radioactive residues or waste from the medical, research and commercial sectors, you need a permit to deliver radioactive waste for storage at the state collection point.
A wastewater charge is levied for discharging wastewater into surface water or groundwater. The wastewater charge you pay can be offset against certain investments you have made if certain conditions are met.
Do you operate a waste incineration plant or a combustion plant that burns waste? Learn how to determine pollutant emissions through periodic measurements here.
Do you operate a waste incineration plant or a combustion plant that co-incinerates waste? Learn how to determine pollutant emissions through continuous emission measurements here.
If you dispose of waste or are involved in disposal processes for which you have to keep evidence and a register, you can apply to the responsible authority for an exemption from this obligation to provide evidence or register.
Do you operate a biological waste treatment facility? Learn how to submit a report on individual air pollutant measurements to the responsible authority here.
Do you operate a large combustion plant, gas turbine, or internal combustion engine plant that co-incinerates waste? Learn how to submit the annual information about your plant here.
If you want to discharge wastewater (sewage or stormwater) into a public sewage treatment plant or sewer system, you need a permit. Here you can find information about costs, duration, and required documents.
If you want to infiltrate pre-treated wastewater from a small sewage treatment plant or discharge it into a surface water body, you must apply for a water law permit from the responsible water authority.
If the sewage disposal of a property is only possible via another property, you must secure the development with a building burden. You must apply for registration of the building burden with the responsible authority.
If you want to change a discharge from a small sewage treatment plant for which you have a water law permit, you must apply to the responsible authority for a permit change.
Do not dispose of old electrical appliances from your private household in your regular household waste bin. Approved collection points and take-back centers are available for old electrical appliances.
If you, as the operator of a landfill, are obliged to submit an emissions declaration, you can be exempted from the obligation to submit an emissions declaration under certain conditions.
If you're a specialist company that wants to maintain small wastewater treatment plants, you need a permit. Here you can find information about the process, costs, duration, and required documents.
If you, as a qualified person, want to perform recurring inspections of separator systems, you will need a permit. Here you can find information about the process, costs, duration, and required documentation.
If you are a specialist company that wants to clean and maintain separator systems, you need a permit. Here you can find information about the process, costs, duration, and required documents.
Are you subject to the obligation to provide proof of hazardous waste and must have proof of disposal approved? Then, under certain conditions, you will need an officially confirmed proof of disposal.
If you as a company want to treat animal by-products after their collection (sorting, cutting, cooling, freezing, salting, removing skins, fur or specific risk material), you must be authorized for this activity by the competent authority.
Entrepreneurs who handle animal by-products must inform the competent authority before starting the activity and will be registered there accordingly, unless it is part of an activity of an approved company
Entrepreneurs who handle animal by-products must inform the competent authority before starting the activity and will be registered there accordingly, unless it is part of an activity of an approved company.
Only return energy-saving lamps and LEDs to approved collection and return points. Do not dispose of energy-saving lamps and LEDs in the household waste bin.
The Hamburg Investment and Development Bank (IFB Hamburg) provides subsidies for measures that increase the share of renewable energies in the heating supply of buildings.
Would you like to know whether there is a suspicion of soil contamination on your property, such as legacy waste or harmful soil changes? Then you can request information from the legacy waste register from the responsible authority.
