Exchange house

Swapping instead of disposing

Kommunalservice Jena (KSJ) wants to help avoid waste and enable reuse. Old things find new owners at the KSJ's swap house. Mascot Freddy from Science City Jena Basketball dug deep into his moth box during the vacation season and brought all kinds of useful items. There were some real gems to be found on site, which you can take away for free. Take a look for yourself - the staff at Saale Betreuungswerk look forward to your visit! - Watch the video

Exchange house at Löbstedter Straße 68

The Tauschhaus is located on the grounds of the KSJ. Two house containers with visitor parking spaces offer a free platform for exchanging used media.

Opening hours

Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m

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Hand in items:

Items that are no longer needed but in good condition can be handed in free of charge. These are for example:

Books, magazines,
CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, records,
PC and console games,
Board and game collections and/or puzzles,
Children's toys and/or articles (baby carriages, bicycles, chairs, etc.),
Household goods (cutlery, crockery, glasses, cups, pans etc.) and/or
Flower pots and vases

Items:

Items for private use can be taken from the swap house free of charge. The swap house gives citizens the opportunity to exchange items they no longer need. Every day, we notice that particularly sought-after items such as children's books and toys, historical editions such as old encyclopaedias or cookery books and even specialist books quickly find new owners. Interested parties will find a very varied and constantly changing selection here.

Three final requests:

Please do not hand in any (video) and/or cassettes, as these are hardly ever used and may have to be disposed of for a fee(see waste ABC).
Clothing, furniture and electronic items are also excluded from acceptance. Please use the various initiatives in Jena.
In addition, no home-burned storage media and/or "index" material from the Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Young Persons will be accepted. However, CDs and DVDs do not necessarily have to be disposed of with Residual waste. There is an extra container for free recycling at the recycling center at Löbstedter Straße 56.

Do you have any questions? This is how you can reach us: Tel. (03641) 4989-500 | e-mail: vertrieb-ksj@jena.de

Swap house 2.0 in Jena

Sustainability in action: 82% reuse!
In 2024, around 57 tons of goods were passed on - that not only saves resources, but also €6,000 in disposal costs!
Particularly impressive: 41% of the items handed in were books.
A real contribution to the circular economy!

23.000 visitors in 2024
Our swap shop is a complete success - around 23,000 people visited it in 2024!
Together, we are creating a sustainable alternative to throwing things away.

Sustainability that works: 120 tons of CO₂ saved
By reusing 57 tons of household items, including around 28 tons of books, we were able to save around 120 tons of CO₂.
This corresponds to the annual emissions of 60 average cars (13,000km; 6l gasoline consumption)!

Where does this figure come from?
The production of a book (300 pages) causes approx. 1.2 kg of CO₂ per kg.
Household items (e.g. vases, cutlery, glasses) save a total of approx. 3 kg CO₂ per kg when reused.
(Sources: co2online, Öko-Institut e.V., European Environment Agency, Federal Environment Agency)

Conclusion: Every reuse counts! Thanks to everyone who takes part.