Register waste collections for charitable and commercial purposes
Abfallsammlungen für gemeinnützige und gewerbliche Zwecke anzeigen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Charitable and commercial collections of recyclable waste from households must be notified no later than three months before the collection begins. The authority may impose conditions and requirements or limit the collection to a set period.
A commercial collection must be prohibited if:
1. there are concerns about the reliability of the person responsible for the collection, or
2. overriding public interests stand in the way of the collection, i.e. it prevents the public-law waste disposal authority (öffentlich-rechtlicher Entsorgungsträger; in Berlin, the BSR) from fulfilling the disposal duties incumbent on it under economically balanced conditions, or significantly impairs its planning certainty and organisational responsibility. The latter is assumed to be the case if
a. waste is collected for which the public-law waste disposal authority carries out household-based or other high-quality separate collection and recycling,
b. the stability of fees (Gebühren) is jeopardised, or
c. the non-discriminatory and transparent competitive award of disposal services is significantly hindered or undermined.
As a general rule, waste electrical equipment (Alt-Elektrogeräte) may only be collected or taken back by the BSR, the manufacturer or distributor, and their authorised agents.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• No public interests conflict with the collection
Commercial collections of waste can be prohibited if overriding public interests conflict with them.
• Proof of proper and non-hazardous recovery
Collectors must enclose documents proving that the recovery of the waste is carried out properly and without harm.
• Reliability of the collector
A collection can be prohibited if facts are known that give rise to concerns about the reliability of the collector.
• Collections must be reported no later than three months before the collection begins
Documents you need
• Notification for commercial and non-profit collections of waste in the State of Berlin
(under "Forms")
• The notification can also be submitted informally.
• Notification forms from other federal states (Bundesländer) are also accepted.
• Information about the company
Size and organization of the company (company name, address, telephone number, name of the managing director, non-profit status yes/no; legal form, number of employees, activity in other federal states).
• Information about the collection
Details on the type, scope, duration and location of the collection: start (enclose trade registration/Gewerbeanmeldung), type (door-to-door collection, container collection, other), frequency, collection area, planned duration
• Information about the waste to be recovered
Details on the type, quantity and destination of the waste to be recovered: naming of the waste fractions, expected collection volumes, destination (sorting facility, export, direct marketing)
• Information about the recovery and the recovery pathways
Present the recovery pathways, including how the recovery capacities are secured. The documents on the recovery pathways must contain the following information: names of the recovery companies, permits/capacities of the disposal facilities, contracts with recovery companies, certificates from recovery companies or other documents proving proper recovery.
Forms
• Notification for commercial and charitable collections of waste in the State of Berlin www.berlin.de/sen/uvk/_assets/umweltschutz/service/formulare
Fees
50,00 to 100,00 euros
Legal basis
• Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz (KrWG, Circular Economy Act) §§ 17 and 18 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/krwg/__18.html
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Senatsverwaltung für Mobilität, Verkehr, Klimaschutz und Umwelt
- SenMVKU (Brückenstrasse 6)
Original
Service number 326666 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326666/