Paying the waste fee

The waste fee is made up of the annual basic fee, the annual service fee and any fees for additional emptying.

Basic fee

The basic fee is charged for each private residential unit. Private residential units are apartments, terraced houses and detached houses. This also includes vacant units that do not have a residual waste garbage can on site.

All residents and businesses are charged a share of the fixed costs incurred via the basic fee. These fixed costs are independent of the amount of waste and serve to maintain waste management operations. Fixed costs include

• personnel
• Vehicle fleet and equipment
• Operation of recycling stations and container sites

Service fee

The remaining fixed costs and all variable costs of waste management are included in the service fee. These services include

• Provision and emptying of residual waste, organic waste and paper bins
• Collection of bulky waste
• Disposal and recycling of waste and recyclable materials

The service charge is levied via the residual waste garbage can and is based on the size of the garbage can and the number of times it is emptied. The size is calculated based on the number of people living in the household (including children).

Additional fees

Additional charges are incurred if the residual waste garbage can has been emptied more frequently than the specified standard emptying times in a calendar year - the standard emptying times are 9 emptying times for single-person households and 18 emptying times for multi-person households.

Requirements

• You are a property owner or owner of a private residential unit.
• You are resident in the municipality of Bremen.

What documents do I need?

• Customer number
  

  You will find this information on your waste disposal fee notice.

• Bank account