M G ACH Recycling is a priority! UR T B M M I Did you know that, on average, each resident of Ham- T A ! burg produces around 460 kg of household waste and The non-recyclable refuse bin Electrical appliances, batteries, H recyclable material per year? Since the RECYCLING household hazardous waste OFFENSIVE was launched in 2011, residents For all non-recyclable waste have been recovering a lot more recyclable material The non-recyclable refuse bin is Household hazardous waste pro- from their household waste. However, not all Ham- for all non-separable and non- ducts such as batteries, fl uorescent burg residents have joined in the OFFENSIVE yet. As a avoidable residual household and energy-saving lights, LEDs, result, a great deal of renewable resources is still being waste. As this residual waste is paints, solvents and any type of thrown into non-recyclable refuse bins and therefore incinerated, no raw materials can electrical or electronic appliance ending up at waste incineration plants. be recovered from it. may not be disposed of in the non- recyclable refuse bin. Our results for 2011 to 2014 and our goals for 2020 and 2025:

Make use of 300 What goes in here: – the recycling yards run by the city’s cleansing depart- 250 Vacuum cleaner bags ment (Stadtreinigung) – the mobile collection services available in many city Cat litter districts 200 Nappies (diapers) and sanitary towels – the collection points available at specialist electrical retailers 150 Wallpaper – the collection points for waste batteries set up in retail 100 stores kg of recyclable Hygienic paper products, rubber, leather material / The addresses are provided in the annual INFO brochure 50 resident published by Hamburg’s cleansing department or under What doesn’t go in here: kg of non-recyclable www.stadtreinigung.hamburg 0 refuse / resident Electrical/electronic appliances 2011 2014 2020 2025 Batteries, energy-saving lights Recycling is well worth the effort! Refuse bins still contain a lot of paper, glass plastic, Hazardous waste such as paint remnants, toxic metal and biowaste. Indeed, these valuable raw substances, solvents materials still make up 70% of residual household It not only saves raw materials; waste. Recyclable materials such as paper, biowaste, Publisher it also saves you money! glass, plastic, metal Behörde für Umwelt und Energie Separate your waste – conserve resources – save money! (Ministry for the Environment and Energy) Neuenfelder Straße 19, 21109 Hamburg Refuse is subject to refuse Telephone 040 / 4 28 40 - 0 collection fees. [email protected] www.hamburg.de/recycling

Party responsible as per German press law: Jan Dube Design Landesbetrieb Geoinformation und Vermessung, Kommunikationsdesign Münzen: Designed by Freepik.com Edition 2nd revised edition 2016 Recycling valuable materials saves money!

The recovered paper bin The biowaste bin The Hamburg recyclable material bin / the yellow bag Bottle Bank

Recovered paper is an Biowaste makes up the largest The recyclable material bin, for Recovered glass can always important raw material. proportion of household waste. recycling metals and plastics. be re-melted and recycled. Paper recycling helps protect Biowaste is fermented to create These materials are much too Recycling recovered glass forests and the climate. biogas. The residue from this valuable to be incinerated. saves raw materials. As with Recycling just 1 kg of recovered process is then composted and Together with their packaging, recovered paper, recycling

paper saves 2 kg of C02. thereby returned to the natural they can be separated from ALTGLAS glass results in lower CO2 cycle. other waste and returned to the emissions, which is good economic cycle. news for the climate and the environment.

What goes in here: What goes in here: What goes in here: What goes in here:

Newspapers and magazines and remnants Drinks and cartons Jam and honey jars Card and cardboard fi lters, tea leaves and coffee grounds Plastic packaging (bottles, plastic fi lm, bags) Jars for preserved fruit or Catalogues, brochures and advertisements Cooked and uncooked food leftovers Items made of plastic (, buckets, toys) Bottles used for vinegar, oil, ketchup and Books and notebooks Bread, leftovers and eggshells Cans and tubes Baby food jars Letters, envelopes and forms Small pet bedding made from wood chippings, Aluminium foil and aluminium containers Sparkling bottles, wine bottles, fruit juice straw or hay bottles Paper bags, wrapping paper and corrugated Items made of metal (cooking pots, pans, tools) cardboard Garden waste, potted plants and cut fl owers

What doesn’t go in here: What doesn’t go in here: What doesn’t go in here: What doesn’t go in here: Drinks and milk cartons Vacuum cleaner bags and fl oor sweepings Glass, paper and cardboard Window glass and mirrors Plastic wrapping paper and ribbon Cat litter Old clothes and textiles Light bulbs, neon tubes and energy-saving lights Wallpaper Nappies (diapers) and sanitary towels Electrical and electronic appliances, batteries Earthenware bottles, porcelain and ceramics Hygienic paper products Hazardous materials Hazardous materials Lead glass

The recovered paper bin is free of The biowaste bin is inexpensive. The yellow bins/yellow bags are free Containers for recovered glass are charge. Refuse is not. Refuse is not. of charge. Refuse is not. free of charge. Refuse is not. To order, call: To order, call: To order yellow bins or yellow bags, To fi nd out where the containers in 040 / 25 76 - 27 77 or visit 040 / 25 76 - 27 99 or visit please call: your area are located, call: www.stadtreinigung.hamburg www.stadtreinigung.hamburg 040 / 25 76 - 33 33 or visit www.wert.de 040 / 25 76 - 33 33 or visit (Tenants should contact their landlords) (Tenants should contact their landlords) (If you are a tenant, please contact your landlord) www.stadtreinigung.hamburg