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HerforstSpangdahlem Air Base

WASTE MANAGEMENT

  • Battery collection point

    Waste Management

    Wertstoffhof Sehlem

    Am Orschbach 1

    54518 Sehlem

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    Opening Hours

    Monday - Friday: 8.30 a.m. - 4.45 p.m.

    Saturday: 8.30 a.m. - 11.45 a.m.

  • Bulk waste

    Waste Management

    Bulk waste is collected upon request and includes waste wood, electrical appliances, and metal parts.

    Each household registered for waste disposal has the opportunity to have bulk waste picked up up to 6 times a year (up to 5 cubic meters per pickup).

    Please place the bulk waste on the curb before 6 a.m. on the collection day but not before the day prior 6 p.m.

    Contact information for requests

    Phone: 0651 9491414

    E-Mail: abfall-telefon@art-trier.de 

  • Collection dates

    Waste Management

    In Herforst, garbage is collected on Tuesdays or Fridays.

    Non-recyclable waste ("Restmüll"; black can) is picked up every other week on Fridays. 

    Recyclable materials ("Gelber Sack"; yellow bags) and paper waste ("Altpapier"; blue can) are collected every 4 weeks on Tuesdays.

    Please place the respective waste can at the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day.

    Check the waste collection schedule to find out the specific dates for the collection of the different kinds of waste.

  • Garden clippings

    Waste Management

    Collection point

    You can dump organic waste that cannot be composted in your garden at: 

    Herforst

    L46 towards Trier, across entry Herforst

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    Speicher

    Am Sportplatz

    54662 Speicher

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    Waste separation

    To ensure high-quality compost, it is essential that the collection point is not contaminated by other waste.

    What you may dump:

    - clippings of trees and hedges, trunks and root stocks without soil with a max. diameter of 40 cm

    - grass clippings

    - leaves

    - plants

    - plant parts

    What you may NOT dump:

    - biodegradable waste such as fruit, vegetables, food leftovers

    - construction waste

    - grave decorations

    - non-recyclable waste

    - pet litter

    - root stocks and hedges exceeding 40 cm diameter

    - stones

    - straw and hay

    - timber and furniture wood

    - used clothes

    - windfalls

    - wooden fences

    Opening hours

    Daily without restriction

    Contact information

    Phone: 06575 1323

  • Glass containers

    Waste Management

    Location in Herforst

    Römerstraße 37

    54662 Herforst

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    Drop-off hours

    Monday - Saturday: 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.

    It is not permitted to discard glass at other times. Particularly not on Sundays and German holidays.

    Correct separation

    Please put glass without lids, screw caps or corks, separated by color into the designated containers. Dumping glass, paper or other waste on or near the containers is prohibited and will be penalized as an administrative offense.

    What goes in the glass container

    Clean and empty non-returnable glass bottles, flasks and jars

    Glass of other colors: Please put glass that isn’t white, brown or green into the container for green glass.

    What does NOT go in the glass container

    chinaware, stoneware, glass panels/window panes, light bulbs, leaded glass, vases, heat-resistant glass

  • Hazardous waste truck

    Waste Management

    Collection point and dates

    Hazardous waste includes everything that is harmful for humans, animals or the en­vironment. For reasons of public safety it is not collected together with other waste. 

    Hazardous waste may under no circumstance be disposed of in household garbage cans or toilets.

    Private households can take small amounts of hazardous waste free of charge to the hazardous waste truck (“Schadstoffmobil”). The hazardous waste truck stops in Speicher at the parking lot near the market on February 17, May 5, July 29, and November 18, 2021 from 9 to 10 a.m.

    What can be taken to the hazardous waste truck

    Paints and varnishes, all types of batteries, medicine without packaging, pesticides and wood preservers, leaches, acids, diluents, other toxins and hazardous substances and chemicals.

  • Recycling center

    Waste Management

    Wertstoffhof Trier

    Metternichstraße 35

    54292 Trier

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    Opening hours

    Monday - Saturday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.  

    Contact information

    Phone: 0651 94912510 or 0651 94912511