The disposal of garden waste from private households is the responsibility of the districts and independent cities. Regulations on this are laid down in the individual waste disposal statutes and fee statutes.
This includes, among other things, information on waste fees, waste containers (organic waste bin, ordering option), waste calendar (collection intervals), existing collection and delivery systems for garden waste.
If the public waste disposal authority does not yet offer an organic waste bin, there are alternative disposal offers in the delivery system (such as the delivery options for garden waste at recycling centres or container services) and, in some cases, the use of an organic waste bin from private providers (commercial or non-profit collection).
In addition to the disposal of garden waste through the organic waste bin, most statutes mention self-composting as an option for self-recycling of garden waste. If there is a proven possibility of self-recycling by composting on one's own property, the citizen can be exempted from the obligation to connect to the organic waste bin.
The separate collection and subsequent recycling of garden waste has several advantages for the environment: it reduces the amount of residual waste and simplifies the treatment of residual waste. Separate collection simplifies the high-quality recycling of garden waste and enables the use of the humus components and nutrients contained in it.