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Sperrmüllabfuhr: Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR)

BSR collects bulky household waste from inside your home, from any floor, once booked and paid for. It is not free, and leaving the material on the street instead is illegal dumping rather than a collection.

Right for you if

  • It is heavy, it is upstairs, and you can wait a couple of weeks.
  • You cannot move it yourself. They come and collect.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need it free.
  • It is one small thing you could drop off yourself.
  • It is business waste.
  • You need it gone today.
  • It is more than a household quantity.
  • It is construction or demolition waste.
  • It is paint, solvent, gas bottles or anything else hazardous.

Contact and booking

Book online
Not published
Address
Not published
Opening hours
Booking line Mon to Fri 08:00 to 18:00, Sat 08:00 to 14:00

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


Part of How to get rid of stuff in Berlin.


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Why use it

It is the only route in Berlin that gets a wardrobe out of a fourth-floor flat without you carrying it. The fee depends almost entirely on patience: fifty euros for up to five cubic metres if you can wait past the sixteenth working day, a hundred for the same volume sooner, and the express tier buys less volume rather than more. Electricals and textiles ride along free inside the booking, up to eight large appliances of which at most three white goods. Two obligations catch people: furniture must be dismantled, and you have to provide twelve metres of truck parking within a hundred metres of the door, including the no-parking signs if that needs them.

Good for

  • furniture
  • mattresses
  • appliances
  • electronics
  • textiles
  • clothes
  • other items

How it works

How you use it They come and collect it.
Cost From 50 euros for up to 5 cubic metres on the Spargebühr, which starts on the sixteenth working day. 100 euros for the same volume within six to fifteen working days. The express tier is 96 euros for two cubic metres. Dismantling can be booked as an extra at 15 euros per fifteen minutes per person. A failed visit is charged at a 50 euro minimum, and liability starts the moment the truck arrives. Paid after the job, cashless only.
Booking Book in advance.
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.

Item
Reuses
Donates
Recycles
Disposes of
furniture
Reuses Not published
Donates Not published
Recycles Not published
Disposes of Stated, not named
mattresses
Reuses Not published
Donates Not published
Recycles Not published
Disposes of Stated, not named
appliances
Reuses Not published
Donates Not published
Recycles Not published
Disposes of Stated, not named
electronics
Reuses Not published
Donates Not published
Recycles Not published
Disposes of Stated, not named
textiles
Reuses Not published
Donates Not published
Recycles Not published
Disposes of Stated, not named
clothes
Reuses Not published
Donates Not published
Recycles Not published
Disposes of Not published
bicycles
Reuses Not published
Donates Not published
Recycles Not published
Disposes of Stated, not named
building materials
Reuses Not published
Donates Not published
Recycles Not published
Disposes of Stated, not named

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.

  • Booking

    Their pages

    Online booking form or phone. Photo upload with image recognition is offered as an alternative to the dropdown item picker.

  • Typical wait

    Their pages

    6 to 15 working days at the standard fee (100 EUR up to 5 m³); up to 5 working days express (96 EUR up to 2 m³); 16+ working days at the saver fee (50 EUR up to 5 m³).

  • Do they answer

    Their pages

    Yes. 030 7592-4900, Mon to Fri 08:00-18:00, Sat 08:00-14:00.

  • Restrictions

    Their pages

    BSR uses no subcontractors for bulky waste collection. Booking is only possible on bsr.de or on 030 7592-4900.

    Households only · By appointment only · Household quantities only · No construction waste · No hazardous waste

  • Who it's for

    Their pages

    Private individuals only, up to 15 m³ per order. Above 15 m³ or for unclear volumes, a free pre-inspection is arranged.

  • 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.

  • BSR-Sperrmüllaufbereitungsanlage Named on their pages, not yet checked
  • NochMall, BSR Tausch- und Verschenkmarkt, BSR-Kieztag, Recyclinghöfe Gradestraße / Hegauer Weg / Lengeder Straße Named on their pages, not yet checked

What happens to it

  • Collected by the council
  • 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.

Tell us what happened

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    Wait
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    Cost
    On quote
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