Biowaste container

Biowaste containers are compostable organic waste that can be recycled through composting. This includes, among other things

Kitchen waste from households
Leaves, tree, shrub or grass cuttings
Flowers
Plants

This waste is processed into compost in a certified composting plant.

Fee office

Löbstedter Straße 56
07749 Jena
Germany

Phone

03641 4989-220

E-Mail

gebuehren@jena.de

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Home composting

Another disposal option for Biowaste containers from private households is to use a compost heap or quick composter to reuse the compost produced.

Home composting should be carried out properly and harmlessly at the source of the waste or in the immediate vicinity (i.e. on the residential property or the neighboring or opposite property). As a "self-composter", you can apply to the KSJ for a reduction in the basic waste fee. If self-composting is confirmed, the reduced basic fee will be applied as of the next fee collection date. The KSJ must be notified of any changes.

The fee reduction is only possible for year-round home composting, but not if an organic waste garbage can is used for disposal in addition to composting.

Making good compost

Create good aeration
Ensure contact between the compost and the soil
Avoid excessive heat
Build up the bottom layer of coarse material (drainage effect, aeration)
Always cover kitchen waste well with soil
Sprinkle soil and other rotting aids only thinly, mix thoroughly and moisten when dry
Do not keep it too wet (risk of rotting)
Do not make compost heaps too large - the material should rot, not putrefy!
Turn regularly
Cover open windrows to ensure even heat development and to protect against drying out

When setting up a compost heap, you should keep a distance of at least 10 m from the property boundary.