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There are 46 services for Waste, noxious substances and emissions

Waste, noxious substances and emissions

Do you want to dispose of a special waste material? Proper waste disposal and systematic reduction of noxious substances and emissions protect the environment and the climate. Here you will find government services and information about proper handling of various kinds of waste, emissions and noxious substances.

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Animal by-products: Commercial handling (rendering) - Permit

Anyone who collects, gathers or transports animal by-products on a commercial basis must notify the competent authority before commencing their activities (Section 7 of the Anima...

Announce external inspectors for commercial waste

If you, as a recognised body, would like to carry out external inspections at companies of waste pretreatment plants within the framework of the Commercial Waste Ordinance, you must be a notified body.

Application for type approval for devices containing radioactive substances and installations for the generation of ionising radiation

If you wish to manufacture devices containing radioactive substances or installations for the generation of ionising radiation which may be operated without a licence or notification, you may apply for a type approval.

Apply for a permit for waste disposal

Would you like to operate a comprehensive system for the disposal of packaging waste? Then you have to apply for an official permit.

Apply for a waste disposal number

If you as a company want to dispose of hazardous waste, you must apply for a waste disposal number for each of your premises under certain conditions.

Apply for a waste producer number

If you generate hazardous waste as a company, you must apply for a waste generation number for each relevant business premises under certain conditions.

Apply for brokerage transactions for waste

Anyone wishing to collect, transport, trade and dispose of waste either needs a permit or, in the case of non-hazardous waste, must report this.

Apply for designation as a testing center for biowaste testing in waste management

If you wish to act as an examination body for examinations of biowaste recycling on soil (biowaste treatment, biowaste, soil) in the waste management sector, you must be designated as such by the competent authority.

Apply for discharge of waste water into public waste water treatment plants

Would you like to discharge wastewater into a public sewage system (sewage system)? Then an application for approval must be submitted to the competent authority of the respective federal state.

Apply for exemption from proof of disposal

Are you subject to the obligation to provide proof of hazardous waste and must obtain a certificate of disposal? If your disposal company is approved for the privileged procedure, your proof becomes valid under federal law without official confirmation.

Apply for exemption from the record-keeping or register obligations for waste management operators

If you or your company dispose of waste or are involved in disposal processes for which you have to keep records and/or registers, you can apply for exemption from these record-keeping or register obligations.

Apply for permission to start waste management activity

If you want to collect or transport hazardous waste or trade in hazardous waste, you must apply for a permit.

Apply for shipment of waste according to the "green" waste list

As a company, do you want to transport waste across national borders? Then the provisions of the EC Regulation on shipments of waste apply to you.

Apply for the transport of hazardous waste

Companies whose main purpose is to collect or transport hazardous waste, trade hazardous waste or broker the management of hazardous waste for third parties require a prior permi...

Applying for the discharge of wastewater into private wastewater systems

If you wish to discharge commercial/industrial wastewater into a private wastewater system or sewer system, you generally require a permit.

Dispose of bulky waste

Bulky waste can be disposed of by collection by personal delivery to a central location can take place.

Dispose of waste

Waste disposal includes the collection, transport, treatment, recovery and disposal of waste from private households and other areas of origin.

Hand in glass for disposal

The disposal of used glass from private households is the responsibility of the public waste disposal authorities. You can dispose of used glass at the respective collection points and recycling centers.

Keep a register of waste

Hazardous waste Anyone wishing to dispose of hazardous waste must keep a register or certain records of its whereabouts. The register or the records to be kept document the...

Notify change regarding the operation of genetic engineering facilities

Do you wish to carry out genetic engineering work that has already been notified, registered or approved in another genetic engineering facility? Then you must inform the competent authority before starting the work.

Notify construction, significant modification or measures involving a change in the hazard level of installations for handling substances hazardous to water (except heating oil consumer installations and JGS installations)

If you wish to construct or significantly modify a facility for handling substances hazardous to water or take measures that result in a change in the hazard level, you must notify us.

Obtain a permit for employment in outside plants or facilities with exposure to ionizing radiation.

If you want to work in facilities with exposure to ionising radiation or employ other people there, you must apply for a permit. Radiation protection is about protecting people...

Pay waste fee

House and property owners receive notices from the responsible authority about the waste fees they have to pay. The scale of charges is intended to create effective incentives t...

Pay wastewater tax

Do you discharge wastewater into a body of water? Then you must pay a levy to the respective federal state. You should submit the declarations (forms) required for the assessment of the levy to the competent authority.

Publish application and documents and environmental impact assessment report in the context of approval procedures under the Federal Immission Control Act

As a licensing authority, you must publish the application for the construction and operation of an installation as well as the documents relevant to the licensing procedure.

Receive waste advice

The responsible office offers you advice on environmentally friendly disposal and the avoidance of unnecessary waste.

Recognizing the waste disposal community

A waste management association is an association of companies active in waste management in which activities are carried out that defines the requirements for the organization...

Reduce wastewater discharge

For the discharge of waste water into surface water or groundwater, a wastewater charge is levied in Germany. If certain conditions are met, the waste water levy can be offset against investments made for the implementation of measures.

Report contamination to road drainage facilities

Contamination of road drainage systems can harm the environment and is a danger to road traffic. Help with elimination.

Report litter

If you would like to report "wild garbage", please contact the lower waste authority of your city or district. Wild rubbish" is waste that is illegally dumped in the open...

Report ordnance

If you, as a property owner, find explosive ordnance on your property, you must immediately report this to the competent security authority or the police, otherwise you will...

Request confirmation for proof of disposal

Are you subject to the obligation to provide proof of hazardous waste and must obtain a certificate of disposal? Then, under certain conditions, you need an officially confirmed proof of disposal.

Request information from the register of contaminated sites

Would you like to know whether there is a suspicion of contaminated sites or harmful soil changes on a property? Then you can apply for information from the contaminated site register at the competent authority.

Request monitoring of noise protection

Noise protection refers to all measures to protect against disturbing or hazardous noise. The legal regulations on noise protection serve to balance the interests of those who...

Requesting consent for the shipment of waste

As a company, do you want to transport waste across national borders? Then the provisions of the EC Regulation on shipments of waste apply to you.

Requesting the opinion of other authorities in the context of approval procedures under the Federal Immission Control Act

As a licensing authority for installations under the Federal Immission Control Act, you must obtain a statement on the procedure from the authorities to be involved.

Residual waste disposal

Would you like to dispose of residual waste? This is the responsibility of your local waste disposal company, which is also responsible for the disposal of residual waste in addition to the various types of separate waste collection.

Show non-profit or commercial collection of waste from private households

You want to collect non-profit or commercial recyclable waste from private households? Then you must notify this in advance.

Submit collective waste disposal certificate in the privileged procedure

Under certain conditions, you can use the privileged procedure for your collective waste disposal certificate.

Submit emission declaration – as operator of an installation requiring approval

As an operator of certain installations requiring approval, you are obliged to declare the air emissions emitted by your installations. You can submit the emission declaration online.

Submit evidence for collective disposal

You are subject to the obligation to provide proof of hazardous waste and less than 20 t per year and type of waste are generated at your point of origin? Then the disposal can be organized via a collective certificate of a carrier without not participating in the electronic verification procedure

Submit measurement report on continuous measurements of air pollutants at other installations

If you operate certain industrial or commercial facilities that require a permit, you may have to check compliance with limit values for pollutant emissions by means of continuous measurements and prepare a measurement report on the results.

Submit measurement report on continuous measurements of air pollutants at plants for the incineration and co-incineration of waste

If you operate a waste incineration plant or a combustion plant in which you co-incinerate waste, you must continuously measure, record and evaluate the pollutant emissions and prepare an annual measurement report on the results and submit it to the competent authority.

Submit measurement report on individual measurements of air pollutants at plants for the biological treatment of waste

If you operate a plant for the biological treatment of waste, you must have the air pollutant emissions checked regularly by means of individual measurements.

Submit proof of disposal in the privileged procedure

Under certain conditions, you can use the privileged procedure for your proof of disposal.

Waste water: Operation of plants - Approval

Depending on the size and type of system, you may require a system permit in addition to the water discharge permit or indirect discharge permit (into the public sewer system) fo...