Waste management

Waste management

We all know that lots 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 give our souls some rest.

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
• please don't trash good banana boxes. Consider keeping big cardboard boxes.

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 (closest: 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, plaster
• depending on the place it's more or less important to have purely mineral 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.
• DSB Degenhardt, Grube Lübschütz. Nice place and probably cheapest and easiest option for up until 1.5 tons. About 10€ per m³ (guess)
• ancient Kanthaus sources say Alba takes construction waste for 32,47€/ton

Wood

• There are 4 categories of Altholz and it can be quite expensive to dispose of, so consider reusing or burning. Small amounts can probably be disposed off at the Wertstoffhof.

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

• collect in bags outside, take out batteries. Consider disassembling, especially when there are batteries built in.

• good experience with Wertstoffhof. TiAx also takes them, although no experience yet

Batteries

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

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. Generally store outside and rainsafe.
• Schadstoffmobil takes some stuff but by far not everything, might be that they need original packaging
• ZAW Cröbern probably takes most stuff but is super far away

Bin guide

Black bin

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

Yes

• small sized glued or painted wood
• dried paint
• floor sweepings, vacuum bags

No

• bulky stuff
• cardboard/paper with organic leftovers -> green bin
• ceramics, porcellain -> collect with construction waste
• metal -> better collect and sell
• textile -> collect in bags
• stuff that can also go in other bins

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

Green Bin

• Everything organic
• Dirty egg cartons (some paper is generally fine)

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 bulky waste you can dump each time (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
  • Textiles go in here and get seperated later
• Electric waste/cable stuff without batteries or solar panels
• Batteries, accumulators
• Scrap Metal (better sell it at TiAx)
• Construction waste (10€ per 100 kg)

TIAx Transport und Recycling

• place to sell mainly scrap metal (mixed and or sorted)
  • they also take electric waste, although no TV's and Fridges
• 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
• B107, 800 meters to Lübschütz coming from B6. 7,5km from KH

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