Say ‘good-bye’ to that old stuff

***image1***County sets aside dates for bulk trash pick up

It just may be time to say “good-bye” to that dorm furniture you’ve been lugging from base to base. You know the stuff – the second-hand sofa you inherited from a former roomate. No matter what you’ve been hauling around, the Kaiserslautern County offers you a chance to chuck it, dump it, lose it − two dates for the pick up of bulk trash in the villages of the KMC.

Bulk trash includes all items residents would not take when moving and items, that don’t fit in a regular garbage can. Bulk items include carpets, large toys, plastic baskets, ovens, big suitcases, boxes and
furniture.

Two vehicles pick up the trash. One vehicle only picks up wooden items and the second vehicle collects non-recyclable items. Residents are asked to separate their bulk trash and place it accordingly.

Construction and renovation items such as stones, windows and doors, as well as trees, large branches, oil tanks, barrels and car parts are not considered bulk trash.
The vehicles also won’t pick up recyclables such as cardboard, metal pieces, electrical appliances such as washing machines, dish-washers, lawnmowers, refrigerators and freezers.

The bulk trash must be placed at the edge of the street by 6 a.m. the day of the pickup and in a way pedestrians and traffic are not hindered.

Following is a list of pickup dates for union communities in the Kaiserslautern County:
Bruchmühlbach-Miesau Union Community:
Bruchmühlbach: Jan. 21 and Aug. 11
Buchholz: Feb. 14 and Aug. 28
Elschbach, Elschbacher Hof: Feb. 15 and
Aug. 28
Gerhardsbrunn, Lambsborn and Langwieden: Feb. 5 and Sept. 9
Martinshöhe: Jan. 28 and Aug. 18
Miesau: Feb. 13 and Aug. 27
Vogelbach: Jan. 25 and July 15
Enkenbach-Alsenborn Union Community:
Alsenborn: Jan. 15 and Aug. 5
Baalborn: Jan. 16 and Aug. 7
Enkenbach, Obere Eselsmühle: Jan. 14 and Aug. 4
Mehlingen: Jan. 16 and Aug. 6
Sembach, Neuhemsbach: today and Aug. 7
Hochspeyer Union Community:
Fischbach: June 18
Frankenstein: June 20
Hochspeyer: June 18
Waldleiningen: June 20
Kaiserslautern-Süd Union Community:
Krickenbach, Schopp: Feb. 7 and Sept. 11
Stelzenberg: June 20
Langensohl: June 19
Linden: Feb. 8 and Sept. 12
Queidersbach: Feb. 6 and Sept. 8
Trippstadt: June 19
Landstuhl Union Community:
Bann, Oberarnbach, Mittelbrunn: Feb. 4 and Sept. 10
Hauptstuhl: Jan. 28 and Aug. 18
Kindsbach: Jan. 17 and Aug. 8
Landstuhl-Stadt: Jan. 22 and Aug. 12
Landstuhl-Melkerei: Jan. 24 and Aug. 14
Landstuhl-Atzel: Jan. 23 and Aug. 13
Otterbach Union Community:
Frankelbach, Olsbrücken, Sulzbachtal: Feb. 27 and Sept. 24
Hirschhorn, Katzweiler, Feb. 26 and Sept. 23
Mehlbach: Feb. 28 and Sept. 22
Otterbach: Feb. 25 and Sept. 25
Sambach: Feb. 29 and Sept. 26
Otterberg Union Community:
Otterberg, Drehenthalerhof: March 6 and Sept. 18
Heiligenmoschel, Schneckenhausen: March 10 and Sept. 26
Heimkirchen, Niederkirchen: March 7 and Sept. 19
Schallodenbach: Feb. 28 and Sept. 22
Wörsbach, Morbach: Feb. 29 and Oct. 6
Ramstein-Miesenbach Union Community:
Hütschenhausen, Katzenbach: Feb. 11 and Aug. 25
Kirchmohr, Obermohr, Schrollbach: Feb. 22 and Sept. 5
Kottweiler-Schwanden: Jan. 31 and Aug. 21
Miesenbach: Jan. 30 and Aug. 20
Ramstein: Jan. 29 and Aug. 19
Reuschbach, Niedermohr: March 5 and
Sept. 17
Spesbach: Feb. 12 and Aug. 26
Steinwenden, Weltersbach: March 4 and
Sept. 16
Weilerbach Union Community:
Albersbach, Reichenbach-Steegen: Jan. 31 and Aug. 21
Erzenhausen, Eulenbis: Feb. 20 and Sept. 3
Fockenberg-Limbach: March 5 and Sept. 17
Kollweiler, Pörrbach and Schwedelbach:
Feb. 21 and Sept. 4
Mackenbach: March 3 and Sept. 1
Rodenbach: Feb. 18 and Sept. 15
Weilerbach, Samuelshof: Feb. 19 and Sept. 2
For more information, call the Kaiserslautern Environmental Office at 0631-7105-408 or 0631-7105-505 or e-mail abfallwirtschaft@kaiserslautern-kreis.de.
(Courtesy of Kaiserslautern County
Administration Office)