You can dispose of recyclables in the yellow recycling bins and bags. Recyclables include sales packaging made of plastic, metal, and composite materials. Other items made of these materials also qualify as recyclables, known as non-packaging items made of the same material. These include, for example, ordinary household items that are not contaminated and consist of at least 50% plastic or metal.
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Publisher
Hamburg
Last update or date of publication
Contact
The government service telephone number 115 – your point of contact for questions related to the federal, state and local.
Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 18:00 (and beyond these times in some regions).
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Preconditions
You want to dispose of your recyclable materials.
Hints
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)
fee
- Advance payment
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Basis for legal action
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/
Legal Remedies
No legal remedy is provided for.
Related Links
- Bulky waste (Hamburg city cleaning)Currently this link is only available in german
- Municipal Waste / RecyclingCurrently this link is only available in german
- Packaging, metals, plastics - disposal and recyclingCurrently this link is only available in german
- Packaging, plastic and metal (Hamburg city cleaning)Currently this link is only available in german
- Recycling yards - mobile collection of problematic substances (Stadtreinigung Hamburg)Currently this link is only available in german
- Separating garbage is worth it - flyerCurrently this link is only available in german
- Tips for waste separation (Hamburg city cleaning)Currently this link is only available in german
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.
Deadlines
Recyclable materials are collected every two weeks.
Please place your recyclables at the curb by 6 a.m.
Processing time
Recyclable materials are collected according to the Hamburg city cleaning department's collection calendar.