Waste: Dispose of household waste
The collection and disposal of waste and thus also of household waste / residual waste from private households as well as other disposal waste from other areas of origin is the task of the municipalities belonging to the district, the independent cities and the rural districts.
Description
The collection and disposal of waste from private households and other disposal waste from other areas of origin is the responsibility of the public waste disposal authorities (the municipalities belonging to the district, the independent cities and the rural districts). Regulations on the applicable waste disposal system and individual provisions are laid down in the statutes. This includes, among other things, information on waste charges, waste containers (prescribed size of the garbage can, ordering option), waste calendars (collection intervals, route plans of pollutant mobiles), collection and delivery systems for various waste (e.g. green waste, e-waste, paper), disposal of biowaste, bulky waste disposal and the types of waste approved for disposal in the grey bin.
Online services
- Bad Soden am Taunus (District Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse)
- Bensheim (District Bergstraße, Hesse)
- Birstein (District Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse)
- Cölbe (District Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse)
- Dreieich (District Offenbach, Hesse)
- Ehrenberg (Rhön) (District Fulda, Hesse)
- Freigericht (District Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse)
- Frielendorf (District Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse)
- Ginsheim-Gustavsburg (District Groß-Gerau, Hesse)
- Großalmerode (District Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Hesse)
- Gudensberg (District Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse)
- Hammersbach (District Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse)
- Hattersheim am Main (District Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse)
- Heusenstamm (District Offenbach, Hesse)
- Hochheim am Main (District Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse)
- Kassel (Hesse)
- Kaufungen (District Kassel, Hesse)
- Kelkheim (Taunus) (District Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse)
- Kelsterbach (District Groß-Gerau, Hesse)
- Langen (Hessen) (District Offenbach)
- Lauterbach (Hessen) (District Vogelsbergkreis)
- Linsengericht (District Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse)
- Maintal (District Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse)
- Marburg (District Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse)
- Neuberg (District Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse)
- Offenbach am Main (Hesse)
- Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe) (District Fulda, Hesse)
- Rauschenberg (District Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse)
- Rödermark (District Offenbach, Hesse)
- Rodgau (District Offenbach, Hesse)
- Stadtallendorf (District Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse)
- Tann (Rhön) (District Fulda, Hesse)
- Usingen (District Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse)
Alternatively, please enter a location or postcode in the City / Location input field to see the responsible online service in this section
Competent office
The public waste disposal authority responsible for you is the municipality belonging to the district, the district-free city or the district of your residence.
Contact point
The public waste disposal authority responsible for you is the municipality belonging to the district, the district-free city or the district of your residence.
Contact person
Please enter a location or postcode in the City / Location input field to see the responsible contact person
Required documents
Please ask the public waste disposal authority responsible for you which documents you need to submit.
Forms
Consultation with the public waste disposal authorities required
Prerequisites
Consultation with the public waste disposal authorities required
Basis for legal action
Local statutes of the municipalities belonging to the district, the independent cities and the rural districts (usually separated by waste disposal statute and waste fee statute, published on the Internet or the official gazette/district gazette)
Procedure
Consultation with the public waste disposal authorities required
Deadlines
Consultation with the public waste disposal authorities required
Processing time
individual
Costs
Consultation with the public waste disposal authorities required
As for waste disposal as a whole, there is no nationwide uniform fee regulation for the collection and disposal of household waste/residual waste by municipalities belonging to the district, independent cities and rural districts.
Information on the costs incurred can be found in the respective waste fee statutes of your public waste disposal authority.
Area of validity
Hesse
Official approval
Officially approved by Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection on 14.12.2022
Keywords
Restabfall, Restmüll, schwarze Tonne, Müllabfuhr, Restmülltonne