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Less rubbish means more environment Important information on the subject of waste Important information on the subject of waste At the end of the year, the staff from the Tips for recycling waste Abfallwirtschaft Mannheim (Mannheim Waste Management Authority) are to distribute the waste A large proportion of our waste consists of recyclable materials: calendar for households. Each year it is placed This includes glass, paper and metal as well as biological waste directly in your post box by the end of December from your kitchen and garden. All of these materials can be and contains the waste collection dates for the fol- recycled. In this context we are talking about recycling. A pre- lowing year. Your street has to be stated by name requisite for recycling is ensuring that everything is carefully on your waste calendar. It is best to check this sorted and collected separately. immediately upon receipt. The “Waste from A to Z” guidebook includes tips for preventing, recycling Here in Mannheim we have special collection systems for the and eliminating waste. The most important different recyclable materials. These can vary, depending on the addresses, telephone numbers and opening hours of the city district in which you live. It is easiest if you look at the Mannheim Waste Management Authority with its recycling cen- following chart, which provides a simple explanation of where tres are also included in the guidebook. Please call us if you certain waste belongs. have not received a calendar. Our waste advisory staff will glad- ly provide you further assistance (telephone: 293-8373). With this info booklet we would like to explain the most impor- tant information to you in your language. Please keep this brochure together with the calendar in a safe place so that you Problem materials always know what to do with your waste. Tips for waste prevention Electrical waste Biological waste You can also provide an important contribution towards the ➜ prevention of waste. This starts with your shopping: ➜ How to separate ➜ • Take a bag or a shopping basket with you so you can do without plastic bags. Residual ➜ Bulk waste waste ➜ • Purchase deposit bottles and non-disposable bottles. • Avoid buying superfluous packages. Purchase personal ➜ ➜ hygiene or cleaning items that you can refill. Waste paper Old clothes your daily waste and shoes • Give your priority to products which you can repair and avoid ➜ ➜ buying disposable goods. Lightweight Used glass packaging How does the waster calendar work? Residual waste container The residual waste container is not used for the disposal of All households receive the waste calendar, stating all of the recyclable waste. collection dates, at the end of the year, directly in their post box. All of the types of waste listed in your calendar must be placed Paper container on the edge of the pavement outside your dwelling by 6:30 am on the day of collection. If individual symbols are not included in The paper container is for newspapers, magazines, cardboard, your calendar, it means you live in a full service area. In this cartons (please crush) and packaging made from paper. You case the dustmen will collect the dustbins and containers for can take larger cardboard boxes to the recycling centres. you straight from their usual locations. Please note: Bio-waste container The waste management guidelines of the city of Mannheim state that on the collection day, the lid of your waste container The bio-waste container is for waste from your kitchen and gar- must be closed, otherwise it will not be emptied by the waste den, such as leftover food, tea, coffee waste and coffee filters, collectors. For occasional larger quantities of residual or bio- leftover fruit and vegetables, plant remnants and green cuttings. waste, you can purchase the 50 litre residual or bio-waste sack at the following locations. Yellow sack • Advisory Centre for Construction and Environment in the The following materials should be disposed of in the sack: Collini Center • Aluminium (e.g. lids from yoghurt containers) • Depot and recycling centre of the Mannheim Waste • Plastics (e.g. margarine containers, shampoo bottles) Collection Authority • Metals (e.g. tin cans) • Public Services • Composite packaging (e.g. milk cartons/juice cartons) • Waste collection vehicles of the Mannheim Waste Collection Authority The following materials should not be disposed of here: • Materials which are not packaging (e.g. plastic toys, cleaning Problem materials drop-off buckets) • Packaging made of glass, paper or cardboard You can hand in the following items free of charge: • Textiles accumulators, batteries, chemicals, disinfectants and wood preservers, scrap electrical and electronic equipment (small You can get yellow sacks free of charge at the following devices only), energy-saving lamps, paints, lacquers, lye, fluo- locations: rescent lamps, medicines, materials containing oil and solvents, Numerous supermarkets plant protection products and pesticides, acids, salts, spray Mannheim Waste Management Authority rubbish trucks only cans, thinners and the like. Mannheim Waste Management Authority recycling centres Advisory Centre for Construction and Environment, Collini Please note: Center Do not place problem materials for collection at the roadside.They City Hall (in E 5 with the porter) must be brought to the collection points on the drop-off dates. Civil services Bulk waste Green waste After prior agreement, the Mannheim Waste Management Authority workers will collect your bulk waste from the pavement The Mannheim Waste Management Authority picks up green – free of charge! Twice a year you can apply for up to four cubic waste twice a year – free of charge! This includes tree and meters or alternatively, one collection of eight cubic meters of shrubbery cuttings as well as leaves.You can buy jute sacks for bulk waste (telephone: 293-7000, over the internet using an 0.40 Euro each at any recycling centre. Please bundle the order card per fax or personally). You then receive an individual shrubbery and branches at a length of no more than 1.50 collection time within two to three weeks. The bulk waste must metres and a diameter of no more than ten centimetres. be placed on the edge of the pavement by 6.30 am. The following items, for instance, will be collected: • Old clothes and shoes • Furniture • Residual waste or yellow sacks • Mattresses, rugs (but no carpets) • Washing machines, dryers, kitchen stoves and other house Electrical waste hold appliances • Refrigerators Scrap electronic and electrical equipment must be collected, managed and recycled according to the Electrical Goods and The following items, for instance, will not be picked up: Old Electrical Devices Law. Electrical equipment from house- • Car tyres with and without rims holds can be handed in directly to dealers or taken to the • Problem materials such as leftover paints, lacquers, etc. Recyclinghof in Morchhof or to the ABG Recyclinghof. You can (can be handed in free of charge during the collection of pro- also take small electrical devices to the mobile problem materials blem materials) collection. Important information on your Important information on your calendar calendar Rat in Sachen Abfall und Umwelt <<< Advice about waste Im Beratungszentrum Bauen und Umwelt, Collini-Center Here you are able to find the most important telephone Abfall- und Umweltberatung 293-4002 Mo–Do 8–17 Uhr numbers for information in the German language Abfallwirtschaft Mannheim Kundencenter You can also find important information and advice in the Käfertaler Straße 258 Mo–Do 7.30–16 Uhr “Waste from A to Z” guidebook and on the internet at Tel. 293-7000 Fax 293-7010 Fr 7.30–13 Uhr www.abfallwirtschaft-mannheim.de [email protected] www.abfallwirtschaft-mannheim.de Service-Telefon für Gelbe Säcke 32254-10 Weitere Hinweise finden Sie in unserem Ratgeber „Abfall von A bis Z“ und im Internet. Öffnungszeiten Recyclinghöfe <<< Your recycling centre and collection area Im Morchhof 37, 68199 Mannheim Mo–Sa 8–16 Uhr At the recycling centre Im Morchhof 37 you can also drop off waste materials such as scrap electrical and electronic-equip- ABG-Recyclinghof Max-Born-Straße 28, Friesenheimer Insel Mo 13–16 Uhr ment, buy yellow sacks and also bio-waste, residual waste and Di–Sa 8–16 Uhr jute sacks. Please take note of the opening hours. Behälterbestellungen und -änderungen richten As a home owner or manager you can order or change waste Sie bitte schriftlich an das Betriebsbüro Entsorgung Jakob-Bensheimer-Straße 19–21, 68167 Mannheim containers by writing to the Disposal Office, Jakob-Bensheimer- Straße 19-21, 68167 Mannheim. Beethovenstraße Erzbergerstraße Lachnerstraße Berliner Straße Friedrichsplatz Lameystraße Charlottenplatz Karl-Ludwig-Straße Maximilianstraße Elisabethstraße Kolpingstraße Mollstraße SAMPLE Important information Important information on your calender on your calender Problemstoffe – Termine und Orte, 10–19 Uhr <<< Problem materials – dates and locations Di 17.04. Neuer Messplatz (Parkplatz an der Waldhofstraße) You can drop off problem materials twice a year at the mobile Do 19.04. Gartenstadt (Baldurstraße, Eingang Carl-Benz-Bad) problem material collection – free of charge! It is very important Di 24.04. Rheinau (Marktplatz, Durlacher Straße) for this material to be collected and disposed of separately, Do 26.04. Seckenheim (Seckenheimer Hauptstr. 68, Am Schloß) since it concerns hazardous waste materials which can con- Do 03.05. Wallstadt (Parkplatz Mosbacher Str./Amorbacher Str.) taminate normal household waste. This material may not be disposed of with your residual waste under any circumstances! Bitte bringen Sie Ihre Problemstoffe an den Abgabeterminen zu Important note Do not place problem materials on the street. They den Sammelorten. must be brought to the collection points on the collection dates. Außerhalb dieser Zeiten können Sie Problemstoffe auch beim ABG- Constant problem material acceptance Recyclinghof abgeben. (Gewerbebetriebe nur gegen Gebühr) ABG recycling centre, Max-Born-Str. 28, Friesenheimer Insel Mon 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm, Alle anderen Abfälle müssen am Abfuhrtag bis um 6.30 Uhr am Tues – Sat 8.00 am – 4.00 pm Gehwegrand bereit stehen.