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Composting food

Composting food ()

Recycling is a requirement in Germany. If you live off-installation, be sure to ask your landlord or neighbors for the local schedule and requirements.

Here’s a clear list of what to recycle:

PAPER

  • Boxes (from cereal boxes to shoe boxes)

  • Cardboard

  • Envelopes

  • Paper

  • Paper bags

  • Reading materials paperback books newspapers magazines catalogs mail

  • paperback books

  • newspapers

  • magazines

  • catalogs

  • mail

  • Wrapping paper

  • paperback books

  • newspapers

  • magazines

  • catalogs

  • mail

NON-PAPER PACKING MATERIAL

  • Aluminum foil

  • Bottle tops

  • Jar lids

  • Metal cans/packaging

  • Produce net bags

  • Plastic bags storage bags food packaging grocery bags

  • storage bags

  • food packaging

  • grocery bags

  • Plastic bottles/cartons

  • Styrofoam

  • storage bags

  • food packaging

  • grocery bags

BIODEGRADABLES/COMPOST

  • Branches

  • Bread

  • Coffee filters

  • Egg shells

  • Flowers/Plants

  • Fruit

  • Hay and straw shavings

  • Nut shells

  • Paper towels

  • Tea bags

  • Untreated wood

  • Vegetables

  • Wood chips

RESIDUAL

  • Ashes

  • Cat litter

  • Diapers

  • Feminine products

  • Kleenex

  • Meat (including bones)

  • Mirrors

  • Non-packaging metals/plastics

  • Seafood (including shells)

  • Soiled paper products

  • Vacuum cleaner bags

GLASS

  • White, clear, green, brown, blue and other colored glass

  • Drinking glasses

  • Non-returnable glass jars/bottles

  • Other glass packaging

*No ceramics, porcelain, at glass or metal/plastic lids

BULK AND HAZARDOUS WASTE

  • Batteries

  • Chemicals/detergents/pesticides

  • Construction waste

  • Cooking oil

  • Electronics

  • Furniture

  • Large branches

  • Lightbulbs

  • Mercury thermometers

  • Other oils

  • Paint

  • Scrap metal

  • Tires

  • Trees

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