Important message to all tenants of MIWO
09.12.2024
From January 1, 2025, new guidelines for waste disposal in residual waste bins and organic waste bins will come into force.
This affects all federal citizens and all tenants.
Starting next year, there will be a ban on residual waste for some materials. What consumers/tenants should note:
A new law ensures that used clothing from 2025 may no longer end up in residual waste - even if they are damaged - but must be disposed of in used clothing containers. The change is intended to help enable more recycling and thus focus on sustainability here too. The textiles affected are not only clothing; in addition to old T-shirts, jeans or jackets, bed linen, towels or curtains must now also be thrown into the used clothing container. In-house residual waste is therefore prohibited for all textiles. The reason for this is that these goods should no longer be burned or dumped, but can be reused or recycled. As the North Rhine-Westphalia Consumer Advice Center explains, the clothing industry produces more greenhouse gases than all international flights and ships combined. For this reason, in future all textiles should only be disposed of in the used clothing container in order to ensure better recycling of the textile materials.
Another change from 1 January 2025 concerns the stricter organic waste separation. In particular, it concerns a limit value for "contaminants" that make the production of high-quality compost from organic waste increasingly complicated and expensive for waste management companies. In Germany, there is a requirement to separate waste, but unfortunately too much of the wrong waste - so-called contaminants - ends up in the organic waste bin, which is why a new law will soon come into force.
Every consumer should actually know which substances are allowed to end up in organic waste. Nevertheless, permitted substances listed here again: Compostable waste such as unpackaged food, solid food scraps, cheese and bread scraps, pasta, salad, fruit and vegetable waste, eggshells, coffee and tea grounds, but also gardening residues such as flowers, leaves, grass clippings and weeds, hay, straw and wood chips (but not materials contaminated with feces or urine such as animal litter), potted plants without plant pots, egg cartons, napkins and kitchen paper.
Unfortunately, the organic waste bins are often filled with the wrong waste. This is not allowed Glass, plastic, plastic bags, cans, aluminum foil, beverage cartons, diapers and other hygiene items, liquid food waste, ash, cigarette butts, vacuum cleaner bags, garbage, leather, wool and textiles, cat litter and other animal excrement, wood and coated paper (including baking paper), large green waste such as tree or shrub cuttings must be disposed of in the organic waste. It is also forbidden to throw oils, fats and thick pieces of wood into the organic waste bin.
Paper should be disposed of in the paper collection. Small amounts of newspaper are also allowed in the organic waste, for example to absorb moisture in the bin. Egg cartons can also be disposed of in the waste paper, provided they are free of any contamination, such as egg residue or chicken droppings.
In order to prevent the incorrect filling of the residual waste and organic waste bins in the future, there will soon be high fines for incorrect waste separation. Each municipality sets its own fines for these administrative offences within the framework of a catalogue of fines. For serious violations, fines of up to 2,500 euros can be imposed.
From May 1, 2025, an extension of the 2022 organic waste regulation will also come into force. If checks reveal that an organic waste bin contains more than three percent of foreign substances, emptying can be refused. As a result, full organic waste bins will remain and waste offenders will have to take care of the disposal themselves. This will then be the tenants themselves! For this reason, in your own interest, we ask you to follow the new guidelines for waste disposal in residual waste bins and organic waste bins.
Information on this topic can also be found on the website of the city of Bonn at www.Bonn.de / www.bonnorange.de
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