Bernburg. Small quantities of green waste and bulky waste from private households in the Salzlandkreis may continue to be disposed of free of charge at the recycling centres operated by the Salzlandkreis District Economic Enterprise – even if delivered using a company vehicle. District Administrator Markus Bauer has issued a directive to this effect to Operations Manager Ralf Felgenträger, amending the regulation recently introduced by the District Economic Enterprise.
"We will continue to regulate the collection of green and bulky waste from private households in accordance with the statutes and pragmatically in the interests of the citizens." The district administrator explains that he can understand the approach of the district administration. "However, anyone who credibly assures us that it is green waste or bulky waste from their private household will be able to hand it in at our recycling centres without paying an additional fee. Anything else would be unrealistic!"
According to the waste disposal statutes of the Salzland district, the disposal of small quantities of up to one cubic metre of green waste and bulky waste from private households is covered by the waste disposal fee and can therefore be disposed of free of charge at the recycling centres. Businesses, allotment and bungalow owners, on the other hand, pay a lower waste fee, but must pay an acceptance fee at the recycling centres if they wish to dispose of small quantities of green waste or bulky waste there.
Recently, however, the district's waste management company has often found that green waste and bulky waste has not only been handed in to the recycling centres by private households, but also comes from so-called other areas of origin, i.e. from commercial or industrial production. Private individuals who had applied for exemption from the organic waste bin at the district administration company had apparently also handed in green waste. This development forced operations manager Ralf Felgenträger to decide to charge a fee for deliveries by company vehicles.
With these examples in mind, District Administrator Markus Bauer appeals: "In the spirit of the principle of solidarity, it is right to take the guidelines into account. Anyone who fails to do so is enriching themselves at the expense of others."