Vienna City Guide

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Vienna City Guide

Garbage Collection and Garbage Separation

Garbage collection

If you live in a rented property, the landlord will arrange for garbage collection and will pass

on these costs to you (as part of the associated lease costs).

Garbage separation

Household Garbage: When renting a house or an apartment the landlord usually provides

his tenant with a various number of garbage containers for his household. One garbage cart

is for disposing of regular waste/household garbage only. Usually, a waste paper container,

a waste plastics container and a container for organic waste are provided as well.

The following items can be recycled and therefore have to be disposed of separately. The

respective containers can be found throughout the city:

Waste Paper Container: Please dispose newspapers, magazines, brochures, books, letters,

cardboard boxes etc. in the waste paper containers. Please do not leave e.g. tissue, dirty or

greasy paper or milk/beverage cartons.

Glass Containers: Glass – sorted according to colour – has to be disposed of in the glass

containers. There are two separate containers: one for clear glass and one for coloured

glass. Any non-glass parts of bottles (e.g. metal caps) have to be disposed of in the regular

waste/household garbage or metal/can container.

Metals/Cans Container: Please dispose e.g. food/beverage cans, metal foils and tubes,

metal cooking ware and fittings, pipes, metal caps of bottles, cables and wires in the

containers for metals/cans. Please do not leave e.g. spray/aerosol cans.

Waste Plastics Container: Please dispose e.g. empty PET bottles, empty bottles for cleaning

agents, shampoo, plastic materials etc.

Organic Waste Container: Organic waste containers must be used for organic waste (e.g.

fruit and vegetable scraps, bread, indoor plants, yard trimmings such as potting soil, cut

grass, weeds, leaves) only. Please do not leave e.g. meat, bones and greasy food leftovers.

Hazardous Waste: Hazardous waste is e.g. old pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, aerosol

cans, batteries, cleaning agents, paint, pesticides, small electronic devices etc. In some

communities hazardous waste is collected regularly. In other communities you need to take

your hazardous waste to particular facilities.

Bulky Waste: Bulky waste that does not fit into the regular waste containers (e.g. furniture,

bigger household devices) has to be collected separately.

Used clothing: Used, clean clothes, bed linen and blankets should be disposed of in

containers that are provided throughout the city by charity organizations.