Paying waste disposal fees
If you are a property owner or owner of a private residential unit (flats, terraced houses and detached houses), a waste disposal fee applies. Find out more here.
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Basic information
The waste disposal fee consists of the annual basic fee, the annual service fee and any fees that may be incurred for additional collections.
Basic fee
The basic fee is charged for each private residential unit. Private residential units include flats, terraced houses and detached houses. This also includes vacant units that do not have a residual waste bin on site.
The basic fee means that all citizens and commercial enterprises contribute to a portion of the fixed costs incurred. These fixed costs are independent of the amount of waste and serve to maintain waste management operations. Fixed costs include, among other things:
- Personnel
- Vehicle fleet and work equipment
- Operation of recycling stations and container sites
Service fee
The service fee covers the remaining fixed costs and all variable costs of waste management. 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 on the residual waste bin and is based, among other things, on the size of the bin 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 fees are incurred if the residual waste bin is emptied more frequently than the specified regular emptying schedule during the calendar year – the regular emptying schedule comprises 9 emptying operations for single-person households and 18 emptying operations for multi-person households.
Requirements
- You are a property owner or owner of a private residential unit.
- You are a resident of the municipality of Bremen.
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Procedure
You can pay the waste collection fee in two ways:
SEPA procedure
- With a SEPA direct debit mandate, you authorise us to collect the fees from you.
Invoice
- Each year, you will receive a waste collection fee notice stating the amount to be paid. You can pay this by invoice.
More information
If the number of people living in the household changes, you are obliged to report this change.
Every inhabited property must be equipped with sufficiently large residual waste bins.
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Necessary Documents
- Customer number
You will find this information on your waste disposal fee notice.
- Bank account
- Customer number
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Competent Department
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Bremen City Cleaning Services Die Bremer Stadtreinigung
- +49 421 361 3611
- An der Reeperbahn 4, 28217 Bremen
- Website
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@dbs. bremen. de
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Fees / Costs
53,50 EUR Basic fee per calendar year per usage unit
Service fee per calendar year: depends, among other things, on the size of the garbage can and the number of empties carried out. Individual calculation.
Fee for each additional emptying: If you exceed the specified standard emptying times per calendar year
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Deadlines & processing time
What deadlines must be paid attention to?
The waste fees are due immediately on 15.02./15.05./15.08./15.11. as stated on the waste fee notice.
How long does it take to process
Incoming payments are usually processed within two weeks.
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The official information in German is complete and correct. 25.02.2026