HOW SHOULD I SORT MY HOUSEHOLD WASTE? - Heidelberg

HOW SHOULD I SORT MY HOUSEHOLD WASTE?
Biodegradable waste
Organic waste, such as kitchen or
garden waste
Use this bin for:
Dead fl owers, eggshells, garden waste,
vegetable waste, hair, coffee grounds,
potato peelings, food leftovers, nut
shells, fruit peelings, tea leaves, paper
towels, tissues, house plants, citrus
fruit rinds
Biowaste bin
It should go to:
Please no:
Ashes, fi sh leftovers, meat leftovers,
animal litter, hygiene articles,
sweeping, vacuum cleaner bags,
diapers, cigarette butts these go in
the bin for residual waste
Plastic bags Yellow ton/Yellow bag
Light-weight packaging
All packaging material made of
plastics, metal and compound
materials (no glass or paper)
Use this bin for:
Aluminium foil, empty paint pails, and
tubes, drink cartons, tin cans, bottle
caps, plastic containers and bottles,
metal packagings, milk cartons, plastic
bags, plastic cups, styrofoam parts, lids
It should go to:
Yellow bin/Yellow bag
Please no:
Paper, cardboard these go in the
Paper bin
Glass bottles these go to the Glass
container
Wood, buckets, china, pots, pans, toys
these go to the Recycling yard
Paper, cardboard
Paper
Use this bin for:
Cardboard fi les, brochures, books,
offi ce stationery, copy paper, boxes,
prospectuses, corrugated paper, clean
paper bags, magazines, newspapers
It should go to:
Paper bin, recycling yard
Please no:
Coated paper, grease-proof paper,
wallpaper these to in the Residual
waste bin
Beverage containers these go in the
Yellow bag/Yellow bin
Glass
Bottles, glass
Please sort according to colour –
green, brown, white
Use this bin for:
Wine, sparkling wine, juice and ketchup
bottles, jars that had vegetables, jam
and other canned goods in them, other
glassware
It should go to:
Public glass containers,
recycling yard
Please no:
Broken glass this goes to the repair
shop; Lead glass, light bulbs, heatresistant
glass, ceramics, china these
go in the bin for residual waste; Window
panes, energy-saving bulbs, mirrors
these go to the Recycling yard
Residual waste
All waste that has no recycling
value
Use this bin for:
Pharmaceutical waste, ash, CDs, slides,
fl oppy disks, paint (dry), colour ink
cartridges, duvets, meat and fi sh residues,
photographs, light bulbs, animal
bedding, hygiene articles, sweepings,
broken china, vacuum cleaner bags,
wallpaper, diapers, cigarette butts.
It should go to:
Residual waste bin
Please no:
Mirrors, pollutants, building waste
these go to the Recycling yard
Pollutant waste
Pollutants
Use this bin for:
Paint remover, waste oil, batteries,
disinfectants, energy-saving bulbs,
paints (liquid), stain removers, wood
preservatives/coatings, adhesives,
varnish, leach, fl uorescent lamps,
pesticides, detergents
It should go to:
Recycling station Kirchheim or
recycling station Wieblingen
Please no:
Colour ink cartridges, paints (dry),
medicines these go into the residual
waste bin
Paint cans (empty) Yellow bag/
Yellow bin

The Heidelberg Recycling Stations
Kirchheim: Oftersheimer Weg
Wieblingen: Compost station, Mittelgewannweg
Emmertsgrund: former waste intake station
Handschuhsheim: near farmer’s market
Ziegelhausen: Stiftsmühle parking lot
Second-hand clothes
Old tyres
Construction waste
Glass
Energy-saving bulbs
Big electric appliances
Small electric appliances
Flat glass
Garden waste
Yellow bags
Wood
Plastic material
Scrap metal
Paper, cardboard
Pollutants
Bulky waste
Kirchheim
Wieblingen
Emmertsgrund
Handschuhsheim
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Sorry, we don’t take in household waste or kitchen waste
Limited acceptance of construction waste, used tyres and pollutants.
You may obtain “Heidelberg Compost” and “Kurpfalz Soils” at all
recycling stations.
Ziegelhausen
Bulky refuse
Large and bulky items that do not fi t into the waste bin because
they are too big
Simply sign-up to get rid of your junk:
Please register at least three weeks in advance in writing for the
relevant date
by post or fax: 58-29900.
send an e-mail to sperrmuell@heidelberg.de
on-line form at www.heidelberg.de/abfall
citizen’s offi ces (sign up card)
For bigger housing areas with more than 20 apartments, please ask your
building manger for separate dates. Commercial waste will be accepted
against a fee.
If things must go quickly:
Bulky refuse may be delivered to the recycling stations in Kirchheim and
Wieblingen against payment, or collected by our friendly personnel of
the „Sperrmüll Express“.
This includes:
Electric household appliances, fl ooring and carpeting, metal items, furniture,
oil stoves (completely empty), oil tanks (with proof from offi cial
tank cleaner)
Please don’t come here for:
Waste bags, waste from remodelling or renovating projects, waste
containing asbestos, car parts, car tyres, bath ceramics, construction
waste, paint buckets, glass panes (e.g. mirrors)
Trade-in and give-away markets in Heidelberg
Things you don’t need or use any more, which would be a pity to throw
away, can be traded in or given away at the City of Heidelberg’s Internet
Trade-in Center.
Make use of the free, private online service at:
www.heidelberg.de/abfall
Where to turn in your energy-saving bulbs
and fl uorescent lamps:
Energy-saving bulbs and fl uorescent lamps contain mercury; they have
to be collected separately and recycled in special recycling plants and
facilities.
Energy-saving bulbs and fl uorescent lamps can be turned in free of
charge at the recycling stations in Kirchheim (Oftersheimer Weg) and
Wieblingen (Mittelgewannweg 2a).
You can also turn in your energy-saving bulbs at:
Heidelberger Stadtwerke GmbH, Kurfürsten-Anlage 42-50
Hornbach Baumarkt AG, Eppelheimer Straße 80
Praktiker Baumarkt GmbH, Englerstraße 8-12
Wohnland Breitwieser GmbH, Hertzstraße
Contact:
City of Heidelberg
Amt für Abfallwirtschaft und Stadtreinigung
Hardtstraße 2, 69124 Heidelberg