Paying the waste fee 
If you are a landowner or owner of a private residential unit (apartments, terraced houses and detached houses), a waste disposal fee applies. Find out more here.
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Basic information
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.
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Procedure
You can pay the waste disposal fee in two ways:
SEPA procedure
- With a SEPA direct debit mandate, you give us permission to collect the fees from you.
Invoice
- Every year, you will receive a waste disposal fee notice showing 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.
Each inhabited property must be equipped with sufficiently large residual waste garbage cans.
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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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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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Legal Bases
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The official information in German is complete and correct. 17.04.2025