Overview

• Leipzig’s street-cleaning service reports 4,129 tonnes of illegally deposited waste collected in 2024, up from 2,271 tonnes in 2023 and 2,605 tonnes in 2022.
• Chemnitz logged 752 callouts to clear illegal dumps this year versus 668 last year, generating roughly €50,000 in costs.
• Dresden removed 479 tonnes of illegal deposits in 2024 and puts its annual removal and disposal costs at about €450,000.
• Officials say offenders are rarely caught, with Chemnitz estimating proceedings in about 20% of cases and Dresden noting most perpetrators cannot be identified.
• Nordsachsen tallied about 290 tonnes of illegal waste in 2024 and roughly €300,000 in costs, including a recent find of around 400 dumped tires near Laußig, the second such case this year.