Overview
- Hamm’s ASH is conducting a concentrated inner‑city sweep with one small and one large street sweeper, hand cleaners, and crews emptying bins.
- Outer districts receive no special post‑New Year cleaning, and property owners must clear adjoining sidewalks under the municipal street‑cleaning rules.
- Fire departments advise residents to wait until midday on January 1 before handling remnants and to report suspected unexploded devices to emergency services.
- Partially burned or unburned fireworks must not go in household waste and should be taken to local fire brigades or municipal hazardous‑waste collections.
- Officials cite broader consequences, including fines of €35–€80 for noncompliance in some regions and significant pollution and waste loads such as roughly 2,050 tonnes of fine dust and about 200 tonnes collected at big‑city hotspots.