Overview
- Berlin’s BSR will pick up trees free from January 10 to 24 with two collection dates per district, with schedules available via the BSR website or the 030‑75924900 hotline.
- Gelsenkirchen begins staged curbside pickups on January 7 across city districts, requiring trees to be visible by 6 a.m., unbagged, and cut into sections up to two meters if oversized; Gelsendienste handled about 20,000 trees last year.
- Düsseldorf’s Awista collects January 8 to 19 starting at 6:00 a.m., accepts trees up to two meters, and requires all decorations removed and no plastic wrapping, with free drop‑offs at the city’s three recycling yards and the Hamm composting site.
- Munich’s AWM opens temporary drop‑off sites from January 7 to February 4 and warns that dumping outside designated areas can draw fines, while larger multi‑unit collections can be booked by property managers for a fee from January 20 to February 28.
- Other municipalities set size limits and dates, including Duisburg’s two district dates with a 2.5‑meter maximum and Herne’s January 12 to 30 window, as authorities reiterate that trees must not go in biobins and are shredded for compost or biomass use.