You can put garden waste in the organic waste bin.

Or you can take garden waste to a collection point for garden waste.

You can also compost garden waste on your own property.

For example:

• You can leave the garden waste where it is.
• You can bury the garden waste.
• You plow the garden waste into the soil.
• You can make compost from the garden waste.

You’re allowed to do this on your own property.

You don’t need permission to do this.

Cities and counties are responsible for this.

These include:

• the city of Cuxhaven
• the city of Göttingen
• the city of Lüneburg
• the waste management companies of Lüneburg
• the Celle and Hildesheim Waste Management Association
• the Hanover region
• The municipal public-law institutions in Goslar
• the Heide District
• Lüneburg
• Nienburg
• Peine

You can’t just throw away garden waste from your yard.

You have to recycle garden waste.

That means: You have to be able to put the garden waste to good use.

Sometimes you can burn garden waste.

But only when it’s absolutely necessary.

The disposal of garden waste from private households is the responsibility of the counties and independent cities. Regulations regarding this are set forth in the individual waste disposal bylaws and fee schedules.
This includes, among other things, information on waste fees, trash bins (organic waste bins, ordering options), waste collection schedules (collection intervals), and available pickup and drop-off systems for garden waste.
If the public waste management authority does not yet offer an organic waste bin, alternative disposal options are available through the drop-off system (such as dropping off garden waste at recycling centers or container services) as well as, in some cases, the use of an organic waste bin from private providers (commercial or nonprofit collection).
In addition to disposing of garden waste via the organic waste bin, most municipal regulations list home composting as an option for self-recycling of garden waste. If a resident can demonstrate the ability to recycle garden waste through composting on their own property, they may be exempted from the requirement to subscribe to the organic waste collection service.
The separate collection and subsequent recycling of yard waste has several environmental benefits: It reduces the volume of residual waste and simplifies the treatment of residual waste. Separate collection facilitates the high-quality recycling of garden waste and allows for the use of the humus components and nutrients it contains.