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Recycling centers
We operate two recycling centers in Jena. One is located at Löbstedter Straße 56 and the other at Emil-Wölk-Straße 13 a.
Recycling center north - Löbstedter Straße 56
Peak times
Experience shows that visitors spend an average of 10 minutes at the recycling center. The yard is often less busy between 9:00 and 11:30 a.m. and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Jena-North recycling center
07749 Jena
Germany
Opening hours
1. November 2024 until March 29, 2025
Monday - Friday 08:00 - 18:00
Saturday 09:00 - 16:00
24.12.2024 closed
31.12.2024 09:00 - 12:00
30. March until October 26, 2025
Monday 08:00 - 19:00
Tuesday - Friday 08:00 - 18:00
Saturday 08:00 - 17:00
→ Please note exceptions/holiday regulations!
Virtual tour of the northern recycling center
Lobeda-West recycling center - Emil-Wölk-Straße 13 a
Peak times
Experience shows that visitors spend an average of 10 minutes at the recycling center. The yard is often less busy between 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The following waste/recyclable materials are not accepted here:
- Asbestos cement
- Excavated soil (uncontaminated)
- Wood AIV treated wood (doors, garden fences, garden furniture)
- Mineral fiber waste
The following waste/recyclable materials are only accepted here in very small quantities:
- Pollutants from Jena households (e.g. construction foam spray cans, paints)
Recycling center Jena Lobeda-West
07747 Jena
Germany
Opening hours:
Monday - Friday 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday 09:00 - 14:00
24.12.2024 closed
31.12.2024 09:00 - 12:00
Deliver waste pre-sorted
Please pre-sort the waste at home as accurately as possible! This will make disposal cheaper and easier.
- Wood
- Bulky waste
- Excavated soil
- Building rubble
- Scrap metal
Notes on acceptance:
- in normal household quantities
- Acceptance of hazardous waste from industry
Hazardous waste from businesses can only be accepted with an appointment made in advance. (Contact: telephone 03641 4989-500) Disposal is subject to a charge.
Jena households can dispose of the following waste and recyclables free of charge .
- Old medication
- Used cooking oil/grease (return with deposit, then exchange at recycling center)
- Old textiles, e.g. comforters
- Batteries and rechargeable batteries (tape off Li-ion contacts)
- Visual display units (TV sets, monitors, etc.)
- CDs/DVDs
- Electrical/electronic waste
- Electric/gas stoves etc.
- Fire extinguishers (H2O and powder)
- Pollutants from Jena households² (e.g. construction foam spray cans, paints)
- Plastics/large-volume plastics (rain barrel, sandpit, garden furniture)
- Refrigerators (fridges, freezers, etc.)
- LED/energy-saving/fluorescent lamps
- Mixed scrap (metals)
- PVC windows/doors without glass, incl. fittings
- PVC roller shutters (without shaft and belt)
- Shrub, tree and green waste from Jena households (not free of charge with reduced basic fee)
- Bulky waste from Jena households, including trampolines
- Packaging (paper/cardboard/cartons, Lightweight packaging, glasses, bottles)
- Washing machines/dryers...
¹ not accepted at the Lobeda West recycling center (E.-Wölk-Str. 13 a) | ² only very small quantities at the Lobeda West recycling center | ³ packed in dust/fiber-proof packaging
The examples given are not an exhaustive list and refer to normal household quantities. The final classification is made by the specialist staff.
You can hand in the following waste and recyclable materials for a fee .
- Asbestos cement¹⁺³
- Tree, shrub and green waste from businesses/institutions or with a reduced basic fee
- Tree stumps (trunk wood >25 cm diameter)
- Construction waste from mineral. Materials (bricks, hollow blocks, masonry, tiles, washbasins, toilet bowls)
- Construction site waste (mixtures of non-mineral. Materials e.g. tarpaulins, linoleum, pool, wallpaper residues), shower partitions
- Bitumen mixtures (roofing felt)
- Excavated soil (uncontaminated)¹
- Insulation materials made from building polystyrene
- Vehicle batteries
- Fire extinguishers (halon, tetra and chlorobromine)
- Flat glass (window panes, glass shelves, aquarium glass) and PVC windows with glass
- Acrylic glass
- Plasterboard
- Wood A I untreated wood (boards, beams, fruit crates, etc.)
- Wood A IV treated wood (doors, garden fences, garden furniture)¹
- Invasive and pest-infested plants (e.g. box tree moth; packed in bags)
- Air mattresses
- Mineral fiber waste¹⁺³
- Stoves with fireclay lining
- Pool liner
- Tires with/without rim/tube
- Bulky waste from businesses/facilities
- Water-soluble paint residues (leak-proof packaging)
- Tents...
¹ not accepted at Lobeda West recycling center (E.-Wölk-Str. 13 a) | ² only very small quantities at Lobeda West recycling center | ³ packed dust/fiber-tight
The examples given are not an exhaustive list and refer to normal household quantities. The final classification is made by the specialist staff.
Links
Downloads
The mascot 'Freddy' from Science City Jena Basketball uses the match-free period for a visit to the materials yard.
Where do you take old electrical appliances? How do you separate used glass and what happens to the cardboard boxes? Freddy was able to experience a lot and dispose of even more. Watch video
Does that sound exciting? There are great offers for kindergartens and elementary school on the topics of recycling and waste disposal. Further information on the page: Environmental education
Material flows at the recycling center
The KSJ collects waste separately and controls the respective disposal routes (e.g. reuse, material recycling, thermal recycling, landfilling). All material flows are recorded. They provide information, e.g. on types of quantities, and form the basis for professional disposal and the development of the infrastructure of the recycling centers.
Over 40 different types of waste are now collected separately at the "Löbstedter Straße" recycling center. Around 98% of the waste at the recycling center can be thermally or materially recycled.
Jena-North recycling center
07749 Jena
Germany
Opening hours
1. November 2024 until March 29, 2025
Monday - Friday 08:00 - 18:00
Saturday 09:00 - 16:00
24.12.2024 closed
31.12.2024 09:00 - 12:00
30. March until October 26, 2025
Monday 08:00 - 19:00
Tuesday - Friday 08:00 - 18:00
Saturday 08:00 - 17:00
→ Please note exceptions/holiday regulations!