Dresden Waste Guidebook English Imprint

Dresden Waste Guidebook English Imprint Publisher: City of Dresden Urban Green and Waste Management Office telephone (03 51) 4 88 96 33 fax (03 51) 4 88 96 03 email [email protected] Press, Public Relations and Protocols Office telephone (03 51) 4 88 23 90 fax (03 51) 4 88 22 38 email [email protected] Post office box 12 00 20 01001 Dresden www.dresden.de facebook.com/stadt.dresden Central administration number 115 – we love questions Images/graphics: Urban Green and Waste Management Office, Stadtreinigung Dresden GmbH, Sächsische Bildungs- gesellschaft für Umweltschutz und Chemieberufe Dresden mbH November 2019 Electronic documents with a qualified electronic signature can be submitted using a form. Furthermore, it is possible to en- crypt emails to the City of Dresden with an S/MIME certificate or to send secure emails with De-Mail. Further information can be found at www.dresden.de/kontakt. This information material is part of the public relations work of the City of Dresden. It may not be used for election advertising. However, parties may use it to inform their members. www.dresden.de/abfall 2 Contents Waste reduction and reusable materials 4 Second-hand goods 6 Information and advice 7 Environmental education courses 8 Organic waste 9 Green waste 10 Christmas tree collection points 11 Paper and cardboard 12 Glass packaging 13 Light-weight packaging 14 Plastic waste 15 Hazardous substances 16 Disposable and rechargeable batteries 17 Hazardous waste vehicle 18 Old electrical appliances 20 Bulky waste and waste wood 21 Mixed municipal waste 22 Construction waste 23 Notes on disposal 24 Disposal in winter 26 Recycling depots 27 Other collection points 29 Street cleaning 30 Urban cleanliness 31 Dresden spring cleaning 33 3 Waste reduction and reusable materials If you generate as little waste as possible and reusable cups and bottles for hot and properly separate what you do produce, you cold drinks will preserve resources and protect the environ- lunch boxes, food storage bins and ment. This also helps to reduce waste charges. containers rechargeable batteries reusable drinking straws made of plastic, Longer and more efficient use glass or stainless steel reusable dishes and cutlery made of It makes sense to use what you have acquired porcelain, plastic, melamine or aluminium for as long as possible. Therefore, when pur- muffin and cake baking tins made of chasing new products, make sure that the stainless steel, ceramic, glass or silicone products are durable and can be repaired. You reusable ice trays can also buy well-kept second-hand goods – such as clothes, bicycles, toys, electrical appliances, furniture or prams – in second-hand Take-away drinks and meals shops, via online classified ads or in newspa- pers and at flea markets. You can also sell items In Dresden, about ten million disposable you no longer need, or donate them to social cups are used each year. They overflow from institutions (→ page 6). public dustbins and litter the streets and green spaces. Therefore, it is recommendable to drink from your own reusable cup for hot or Borrowing cold drinks. They can be used as often as de- sired, keep the drink warm or cold for longer Things you rarely use, you can rent instead of and are more leak-proof. More and more buying. There are numerous rental options for shops are filling drinks in reusable cups and cars, bicycles, festive costumes, as well as gar- sometimes they even give discounts. den and construction equipment. For books, Also when you buy take-away food, there films and music there are book, video and me- is a lot of packaging waste. The containers for dia libraries at your disposal. fast food, pizza, soup, salad, sushi, etc., are thrown away shortly afterwards. Upon re- quest, however, many suppliers will also put Use reusable products their food into reusable containers you bring with you. For longer transport distances, con- You can save a lot of packaging waste and dis- tainers with an insulating function are suitable posable items if you use reusable products, for for keeping food warm or cold. For people who example: like to eat on the move, the purchase of light reusable cutlery is worthwhile. reusable and washable bags 4 Waste reduction and reusable materials Conscious shopping Avoid food waste Plan your shopping in advance so that you In Germany, a great amount of food is thrown buy only as much as you really need and can away, often because too much was bought consume. With bulk unpackaged goods, you and things were poorly stored. New goods can choose the quantity you require your- should be placed behind older ones when self. Fruit and vegetables are better stored in unpacking. This makes it easy to see what needs a washable, reusable freshness net than in a to be consumed first. Opened food should be plastic bag. At sausage, meat and cheese coun- well covered and the content of canned good ters, some sellers also allow the fresh goods should be transferred into sealable contain- to be packed in a reusable box you bring with ers and placed in the refrigerator. These have you. You should avoid food that is packaged in different cold zones for optimal storage. Home- mini or single portions. Buying coffee cream or cooked food is placed right at the top, cheese sugar in larger packages avoids a lot of waste. and dairy products in the middle, perish- You should also avoid goods with unnecessary ables such as meat and fish on the lower glass additional packaging, such as tea or toothpaste, plate, fruit and vegetables that can tolerate and disposable products, such as disposable cold go in the vegetable compartment, while razors or plastic straws. Opt for reusable bottles eggs, butter and drinks are placed in the door. for drinks, refills for soaps and detergents, and You can boil, pickle or freeze any leftover food recycled products made of cellulose. More and or in case you have bought too much. Make a more plastic bottles and packaging are made of note of the date of manufacture. recycled plastic. Use reusable containers such as baskets, shopping boxes, cloth bags or reusable tote bags to transport your purchases. It is Waste reduction in the office always worth carrying a bag in your pocket or purse or car boot for spontaneous purchases. Opt for electronic communication and filing It also makes sense to buy regional prod- to save paper. If printing is required, double- ucts in supermarkets or at weekly markets. Due sided printing on recycled paper is recom- to shorter transport routes, a lot of secondary mended. The reverse side of rough paper can packaging is no longer necessary. You can re- be used as note paper. Pens, pencils, fountain duce packaging even more in packaging-free pens, highlighters or correction pens can be shops, where you can fill the goods loosely into refilled. Instead of stapling, paper clips or reusable containers you bring along. stapleless staplers are recommended. Trans- parent sleeves and file fasteners can be used multiple times. A „No advertising“ sticker on your letterbox helps to reduce the number of advertising brochures. 5 Second-hand goods This includes Donate used goods furniture such as sofas, armchairs, Well-preserved furniture, large electrical tables, chairs, cupboards, beds, shelves, appliances and other used goods are picked dressers up free of charge by the Social Furniture household items such as dishes, cutlery, Service after consultation with you, and passed drinking glasses, pots, bowls, baking tins, on to those in need. For an appointment, laundry stands, pictures, tools, clocks please contact the Sächsische Umschulungs- and watches und Fortbildungswerk Dresden e. V. (SUFW), electrical appliances such as refrigerators which operates the Social Furniture Service and freezers, electric cookers, micro- with the support of the City of Dresden: Phone waves, coffee machines, mixers, washing (0351) 8 94 10 20, email: [email protected]. machines, irons, vacuum cleaners, lamps, You can also make your donation personally telephones, radios, televisions, cameras, at the SUFW in Pieschen at Industriestrasse 17, computers, tablets, game consoles Monday–Friday 7.30 a.m.–5 p.m. bicycles, prams, sledges, skis, toys, books, The social department store of the SUFW, jewellery the consumer electronics second-hand shop clothing, textiles, shoes ‚Zweiter Frühling‘, and the bicycle shop of Lebenshilfe Dresden, the ‚Zweite Chance‘ second-hand shop of the Salvation Army, the ‚Fair- Using second-hand goods Kauf‘ clothes shop of the German Red Cross, Grüne Liga Dresden‘s for-free shop, as well as Used goods that are no longer needed but are privately run buying and selling shops are also still in good condition do not have to be thrown happy to receive well-kept second-hand goods. away. There are various facilities where you can hand them in to be reused. Instead of buying new things, you can also repair, exchange, Repair used goods borrow or buy used goods. The RepairCafé offers everyone the opportu- nity to repair their electrical appliances them- Exchange and giveaway market selves. Tools and professional support are pro- vided on site if required. Please bring your own You can exchange or give away your well-kept spare parts. The RepairCafé opens five times used goods in the online exchange and give- a month on a voluntary basis – once each in away market of the City of Dresden and also Johannstadt, Gorbitz, Pieschen, Löbtau and place wanted advertisements. You can find this Gruna. The dates, addresses and information free service at www.dresden.de/tauschen. on the procedure can be found at repaircafe. fueralle.org. 6 Information and advice Waste info hotline you can exchange, give away or search for well- kept used goods free of charge.

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