User:Liou/Waste management

Waste management

We all know that lot's of things which are considered waste can be very valuable. It's great to learn and teach about repairing and upcycling. But there comes the point where we have to get rid of some of the potential in order to establish an overview.

This page wants to inform about how different materials are handled and where they are stored. Also there's information on recycling places and landfills and guides on what to put in which bin.

Different kinds of materials

Old textiles

pure cotton things can be turned into butt towels
textile without holes can go to Free Shop first
with holes/sorted out/broken: old textile containers in the city or at Wertstoffhof Kell
oily rags and similar: black bin

Paper/cardboard

Paper could be sold at TIAx but is probably not worth the effort. Off to the blue bin!
Cardboard should get folded and put in the blue bin
banana boxes are nice so consider keeping them

Bottles and Jars

size 77 jars and lids are being kept
the rest gets collected in K20-basement
empty bottles and jars go into the recycling containers that are around the town (Lidl parking lot)
deposit (Pfand) can be returned best at Rewe

Organic

everything organic, can be accompanied by some paper
messy egg boxes

Compost

most organic stuff
no: cooked things, meat, citrus

Construction waste

tiles, bricks, stone, concrete, ceramics, porcellain
depending on the place it's more or less important to have purely mineral waste

Wood

there are 4 categories of Altholz and it can be quite expensive to dispose of

Metal

we keep some things out of metal for building and soldering in K18 basement
most things can be collected and sold at TIAx, alternatively people like to come by and collect it for free

Electric devices

to do: find out if TIAx also takes it

Batteries

non-rechargables can be brought to any supermarket from time to time
rechargables and devices containing rechargables are stored waterproof outside, can be brought to Kell from time to time

Paint

let it dry in the sun, as soon as the surface cracks it can be put into the black bin

Hazardous stuff

this is a quite wide variety. Generelly store outside and rainsafe.
Schadstoffmobil takes some stuff but by far not everything
ZAW Cröbern probably takes most stuff

Black bin

Each emptying costs 10€. Please consider some things when using it.

Yes

small amounts of broken porcellain and mixed construction waste
smaller sized glued or painted wood
dry paint
floor sweepings
old dirty rags

No

bulky stuff
metal (better collect and sell)
stuff that can also go in other bins
textile that's not super destroyed

Yellow bin

Packaging material (styrofoam, plastic, tin, containers, plastic bags, wrapping foil, to-go-cups)
some sources say that it's okay to put small amounts of hard plastics in the yellow bin

Blue bin

Paper
Folded cardboard
If they're too full, you can climb in and trample the contents down

Construction waste

Kell Wertstoffhof takes it for 10€ per 100kg (not sure if this is true as there's old KH information saying 15€/ton)
TiAx is offering containers (5,7,10m³), costs are about 130€ + 27,50€ per ton (source: phone call 6/25). Additionally needs Antrag to place container on the street.
Unclear option: DSB Degenhardt, Grube Lübschütz. Apparently some landfill. Probably cheapest and easist option for up until 1.5 tons. Not contacted yet.
ancient Kanthaus sources say Alba takes construction waste for 32,47€/ton

Recycling places

Kell Wertstoffhof Wurzen

public recycling place where they take a wide variety of stuff
opening hours: tu-fr, 09:00-17:00
- also open @2nd saturday of each month, where they also take hazardous material (Schadstoffmobil)
most services here are free for Wurzeners
- they could ask for a proof of residency
- there's a limit on how much you can dump (something like 2 m³)

What they take and how they want you to seperate

Bulky waste/Sperrmüll
- glued wood, pressboard panels, tapestry, bulky plastic stuff
Electric waste/cable stuff without batteries or solar panels
Batteries, accumulators
Scrap Metal (better sell it at TiAx)
Textiles
Construction waste (10€ per 100 kg)

TIAx Transport und Recycling

place to sell mainly scrap metal (mixed and or sorted)
they say prices are based on the daily value.
- mixed scrap metal: 128€ per ton (03/2025)
opening hours: mo-fr, 07:00-12:00 & 13:00-16:00

Grube Lübschütz, DSB Degenhardt

opening hours: mo-fr 7:00-16:00. from april to october until 17:00 and also on saturdays until 12:00

Zentraldeponie Cröbern - Zweckverband Abfallwirtschaft Westsachsen

far away, only reasonable for some special stuff

Am Westufer 3, 04463 Großpösna/OT Störmthal

Telefon: 034299 705-0 ; E-Mail: info@zaw-sachsen.de
Mo-Fr 16-19:00

Remondis Recyclinghof Trebsen

similiar to Kell Wurzen

Alba Wurzen

similiar to Kell Wurzen (probably)

Things we keep which might be considered trash elsewhere

Egg cartons
candle butts
soap bar remainings
kitchen sponges