Tips for avoiding waste
- Feasts
- Use reusable tableware (plates, glasses, cutlery),
- Wrap gifts in an environmentally friendly way - Shopping
- Always take a cloth bag with you when shopping,
- Buy products without packaging or with little packaging, e.g. loose fruit, bulk packaging,
- Buy reusable bottles instead of disposable bottles,
- prefer refillable packaging,
- choose durable or repair-friendly products - Household
- Replace batteries with rechargeable batteries,
- Use environmentally friendly products (e.g. household cleaners) (Blue Angel),
- Give away instead of throwing away (flea market, advertisements),
- Borrow appliances that are rarely used instead of buying them yourself,
- Avoiding disposable or single-use products, e.g. lighters, pens, razors
Waste utilization
Recycling processes that make it possible to produce new products from waste such as waste paper, waste glass, organic waste or lightweight packaging have been in place for years. The prerequisite for the success and quality of the recycling process is that the recyclable materials are collected by type.
Waste sorting and disposal
A comprehensive waste ABC can also be found on the MyMüll.de app, which not only includes a reminder function for the provision of waste garbage cans, but also information on waste disposal.
| Type of waste | What does it include? (examples) | Where to put it? |
| Used glass |
Bottles (without deposit), jars, separated by color (white, green, |
Used glass container |
| Old clothes | Textiles, bed linen, comforters, blankets, shoes not: rags, other waste |
Used clothing container |
| Waste paper |
Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, cardboard boxes, cardboard |
Waste paper container, |
| Old tires | Car/truck/bicycle tires with and without rims | Diebesstieg waste disposal facility |
| Asbestos | Asbestos sheets, asbestos flower boxes (packed in foil or BigBag) |
Diebesstieg waste disposal facility |
| Construction waste | Foils, pipes, wallpaper residues, hardened paint residues |
Diebesstieg waste disposal facility |
| Building rubble | Concrete, tiles, sanitary ceramics, bricks | Diebesstieg waste disposal facility |
| Organic waste |
Food waste, fruit and vegetable waste, egg shells, bread, |
Organic waste garbage can or composting |
| Soil | Topsoil, excavated soil | Diebesstieg waste disposal facility |
| Electrical appliances | Washing machine, stove, microwave, fridge/freezer, PC, printers, telephones, televisions, hi-fi systems, fluorescent lamps, vacuum cleaners, toasters, hair dryers, electric toothbrushes, drill, electric lawnmower, electric toys, etc. |
Diebesstieg waste disposal facility, |
| Green waste | Lawn, tree and shrub cuttings, leaves | Diebesstieg waste disposal facility |
| Wood | Boards, slats, wooden furniture, wooden fences, wooden doors | Diebestieg waste disposal facility |
| Mineralfaser |
Steinwolle, Mineralfaserabfälle, Dämmstoffe (in Folie oder BigBag verpackt) |
Abfallentsorgungsanlage Diebesstieg |
| Metal/scrap | Metal racks, buckets, pots, bicycles, sheet metal | Diebesstieg waste disposal facility; Bulky waste collection |
| Residual waste |
Ash, sweepings, dishes, vacuum cleaner bags, hygiene articles, |
Residual waste containers |
| Pollutants | Paints, chemicals, household cleaners, pesticides | Diebesstieg waste disposal facility, pollutant mobile |
| Bulky waste | Couch, sofa, armchair, table, chairs, wall unit, cupboards, carpet |
Bulky waste collection, Diebesstieg waste disposal facility |
| Packaging | Plastic packaging (yogurt pots, shampoo bottles, bags, polystyrene packaging); food cans, TetraPak (packaging with the Green Dot except paper and glass) |
Yellow recycling bag |