Municipal · Drop-off · Free
Recyclinghöfe: Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR)
Fourteen municipal yards taking three cubic metres of bulky waste free per vehicle, plus electricals, textiles, paper, glass and batteries with no volume limit at all.
Right for you if
- You have a car, a load under three cubic metres, and no wish to wait.
- It has to cost nothing.
- You can get it there under your own steam.
- You want to turn up without booking.
Look elsewhere if
- You have no way of getting it there.
- It is business waste.
- It is more than a household quantity.
- It is construction or demolition waste.
Contact and booking
- Phone
- Not published
- Not published
- Book online
- Not published
- Address
- Not published
- Opening hours
- Not published
- Website
- Official website
Verification
Verified against an official source
Last checked 20 August 2026
That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →
Sources
- BSR, Recyclinghöfe overview and site list
- BSR, Annahmebedingungen der Recyclinghöfe, January 2025
- BSR, Benutzungsordnung Recyclinghöfe, January 2025
- BSR, Gebühren und Entgelte, January 2025
Part of How to get rid of stuff in Berlin.
Why use it
The free workhorse, with one rule that turns people away at the gate: there is no partial unloading. BSR's own worked example has somebody arrive with four cubic metres plus a fridge, and the fridge is accepted while the entire bulky load is refused. The allowance is per vehicle rather than per person, so filling a friend's van does not double it, and BSR's own rule of thumb is that a full Multivan boot is roughly the whole three cubic metres. The other rule that matters is who may deliver: only the person whose waste it is, or private friends and relatives, which is why a paid clearance firm cannot use this route on your behalf.
Good for
- furniture
- mattresses
- appliances
- electronics
- textiles
- clothes
- books
- bicycles
- batteries
- garden waste
- other items
How it works
| How you use it | You take it there. |
|---|---|
| Cost | Three cubic metres of bulky waste free per vehicle, and electricals, textiles, paper, glass and batteries free with no volume limit. Household waste, mineral rubble, sanitaryware and tyres are charged. |
| Booking | No appointment needed. |
| Service area | Not published |
| Run by | Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe (BSR), a municipal service |
Where your things go
A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.
- ✓ Named destination
- ~ Stated, not named
- ? Nothing published
- Tell us what you were told →
Does it actually work
The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.
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Booking
Needs reports
No appointment needed.
The page covers opening hours, acceptance conditions and a site finder but never says whether a slot is needed. The linked "Benutzungsordnung der Recyclinghöfe" PDF on the same page would settle it.
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Typical wait
Their pages
Busiest at midday, on Saturdays and after public holidays. No duration is given. Recyclinghof Plus Gradestraße is named as the exception, open 12 hours a day.
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Do they answer
Needs reports
Not established
Unlike the Sperrmüll and Schadstoffe pages, this page carries no Service Center block. Confirm whether 030 7592-4900 fields Recyclinghof questions.
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Restrictions
Their pages
14 yards citywide. Only 5 of them accept second-hand goods (Gradestraße, Ostpreußendamm, Hegauer Weg, Lengeder Straße, Rahnsdorfer Straße) and only 6 accept hazardous waste.
Households only · Not for business waste · Household quantities only · No construction waste
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Who it's for
Needs reports
Residents of the area it covers, households, not businesses.
This page states household-typical volume caps but does not say whether businesses may deliver. The BSR site has a separate "Gewerbekund:innen" section, and the linked "Gebühren und Entgelte Recyclinghöfe" PDF would settle it.
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Last checked
Pipeline
20 August 2026
Checked against their published pages.
Where donated things land
The organisations this operator names. The linked ones have profiles here; the rest are named on their pages and not yet checked by us.
- NochMall Named on their pages, not yet checked
- Mechanische Behandlungsanlagen, Gradestraße 81, 12347 Berlin Named on their pages, not yet checked
What happens to it
- Recycled
- Broken down for materials
- Disposed of
This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.
What readers told us
Used them recently?
How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.
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