Frequently residents of married quarters within the British housing areas in Paderborn need a bulk rubbish collection, if there is a new unit posted in Paderborn or posted out. Or if you are preparing your garden and terrace for the warmer period a lot of waste will need to be disposed of. The Abfallentsorgungs- und Stadtreinigungsbetrieb Paderborn (ASP), which is the waste department of Paderborn city council, can help.

The Workers of ASP will come and collect your old household rubbish, furniture, children's toys, garden-chairs and so on. You can apply in English to the bulk-rubbish-collection if your address is belonging to Paderborn-city at www.asp-paderborn.de . The collection is at rea-sonable prices. For example the costs of one garden-chair are about 13,50 €, for a three-seater, two-seater plus chair about 40 - 50 € will be collected. You can put anything with bulk-rubbish what belongs to the household, apart from construction-materials i.e. windows, sinks, toilets etc. and no toxic-waste like batteries, lacquers paint, solvent, thinner etc. Please put the items close to the pavement at 7.00 o'clock in the morning or the afternoon before, when the asp-lorry comes and collects. Usually we collect bulk-rubbish every week.

Electrical items i.e. a washing-machine or a fridge-freezer does not belong to bulk-rubbish. They can be collected separately at a cost of 14,50 € for the first three items. Each further electrical item costs 5 €, so if you arrange together with your neighbour for the collection of two or three items, costs will reduced. But items can also be brought free of charge to both of the asp-recycling-plants:

• An der Talle + Driburger Straße in Paderborn. Watch for the map !

You can also bring free of charge smaller electrical items i.e. a computer or a television unit and other materials for recycling i.e. wooden boards from furniture, cardboard and paper, hedge-cuttings or smaller metal-parts. Mattresses or broken children toys are also accepted there. Since 2009 we also accept small amounts of mineral-based construction materials i.e. brick, concrete, dug-earth, rooftiles, rubble and tiles for a little charge at the recycling-plants.

For further questions just ask the ASP-service-team, Tel.: 05251 / 88-1718 or contact your estate-manager.