Plastic bags, stones or ashes have no place in organic waste garbage cans, but are still found there time and time again. Waste disposal companies leave such incorrectly filled garbage cans when emptying them - and this happens many thousands of times a year in Saxony, according to an inquiry with the companies. Some waste disposal companies report that the stricter regulations for organic waste garbage cans since May have led to people being more careful with their waste.
In Leipzig alone, the city's waste disposal service does not take around 10,000 organic waste garbage cans every year because they contain too much foreign matter, according to spokesperson Claudia Ballhause. This is checked by "visual inspection" - the employees take a look inside the garbage can.
