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The online application "Abfallratgeber Bayern" provides private households and companies with comprehensive information on the handling and disposal of waste.
The "Abfallratgeber Bayern" is an online information system that contains all the information that is important for the handling and disposal of waste.
Private households and companies can find contact persons for their district or town, information on separating recyclable materials and disposing of residual materials, opening times of recycling collection points, facts and figures on waste management in Bavaria and in the municipalities, as well as interesting facts about waste avoidance and recycling.
Businesses receive information on operational environmental protection, waste treatment, recycling companies or disposal firms, funding programs and information on cross-border waste shipments.
A comprehensive collection of relevant EU, federal and state legislation as well as a collection of publications with a wealth of information on various waste management topics round off this service.
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Districts can transfer individual waste disposal tasks to the municipalities belonging to the district. The municipalities belonging to the district support the district in carrying out recycling measures on their territory.
In Bavaria, the enforcement of waste legislation is the responsibility of the governments and district administrative authorities (district administrations and independent cities) as well as the State Office for the Environment, while the implementation of waste disposal is the responsibility of the districts and independent cities.
The State Office for the Environment contributes to updating the state of the art in prevention, recycling, disposal and other measures for recycling and waste management.