Garbage disposal fees contribute significantly to additional costs. A new study shows which German cities have the highest disposal costs.
Garbage disposal fees make up a significant portion of the additional costs. The prices for garbage disposal do not only depend on the size of the bin. The region in which the garbage is collected also plays a role.
A study by the portal mineko.de now shows in which city the garbage fees are the highest.
In a nationwide comparison, waste disposal costs the most in Bochum and Wuppertal. Umweltservice Bochum GmbH (USB) charges 6,409.80 euros per year for the disposal of a 1,100-liter bin with weekly collection. AWG Wuppertal charges its customers 1,539.84 euros per year for the weekly emptying of the 240-liter bin.
Overall, the study shows that the highest waste disposal fees are generally incurred in North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to Bochum and Wuppertal, Bonn, Münster, Cologne and Dortmund also occupy the top spots. Emptying a 1,100-litre container costs 4,786.50 euros per year in Bonn and 4,622.88 euros in Münster. For 240-litre bins, Bochum follows in second and third place with 1,397.00 euros and Bonn with 1,044.32 euros.
The capital shows that it can be cheaper. In Berlin, households pay an average of 1,292.72 euros per year for the weekly emptying of a 1,100-liter container – that is over 5,000 euros less than in Bochum. Hamburg and Leipzig also offer comparatively cheap rates, with costs of 1,753.68 euros and 1,799.72 euros respectively. Emptying a 240-liter container is also cheap in these major cities. In Berlin, the cost to empty it is 410.96 euros per year, in Leipzig it is 440.44 euros per year and in Hamburg 474.60 euros per year – and that is for weekly emptying.
The study also reveals that garbage fees have increased dramatically in many cities compared to the previous year. In Nuremberg, the cost of emptying a 1,100-liter container rose by 826.54 euros to 3,400.54 euros per year. Residents in Dortmund and Bonn also had to dig deeper into their pockets: in Dortmund, fees rose by 781.32 euros to 4,412.34 euros per year, while Bonn charges 587.45 euros more than last year.
The price increases for 240-litre bins are particularly noticeable in Wuppertal. In this city, the fees rose by 659.52 euros compared to the previous year, catapulting the city from seventh to first place in the ranking. Dortmund follows with a price increase of 181.14 euros, and Nuremberg records an increase of 180.34 euros.
However, not all cities saw such a massive price increase. In some major German cities, garbage fees remained fairly stable. In Münster, Munich, Leipzig, Berlin and Frankfurt am Main, there were no significant changes in garbage fees for 1,100-liter containers. For 240-liter containers, only Münster saw a slight increase of 36 euros.
For the comparison, Mineko GmbH compared the fees for residual waste disposal in the 20 largest German cities.
