Waste: Advice

The Department of Waste Management/City Cleaning provides advice and information on all questions regarding waste management and city cleaning in Dresden on its pages at www.dresden.de/abfall.

You can also get information by telephone or by email:

• Private households: questions about waste prevention, separation, disposal, transportable collections, waste charges, recycling centres and more
• Property owners and landlords: questions about registering, re-registering and deregistering for waste collection, optimal waste container orders, waste container locations in line with by-laws and more
• Teachers and educators: questions about topic-based information events as part of environmental education, projects about environmentally conscious education in schools and children’s facilities and more
  • Waste info telephone: 0351-488 9633
  • Email: abfallberatung@dresden.de
• Companies and public institutions: questions about waste prevention options and recycling, disposal partners, waste disposal provisions and handover obligations
  • Waste info telephone for businesses: 0351-488 9644
  • Email: gewerbeabfallberatung@dresden.de