Manufacture and use of products creates waste and its disposal can release hazardous substances into the environment, so the primary aim must be avoid making waste, while unavoidable wastes have to recycled in an environmentally friendly way or removed from the cycle.

The ‘Abfallwirtschaft Region Hannover’ organisation is legally responsible for waste management and treatment in the entire City and Region of Hannover, carries out street cleaning in the city and collects recyclables in the Hannover Region.