Exchange day
A goods exchange day , known in Switzerland under the name Bring- und Holtag , seldom also the Hol-Bring-Markt , is a day of action that enables the regional population to hand in or purchase objects that are no longer used but still in good condition and that can be used free of charge .
Aim and purpose
With goods exchange days, the reuse of used goods is promoted, waste is avoided and thus the amount of bulky waste and waste is reduced. In this way, the gray energy contained in these objects can also be amortized over a longer period of time . This corresponds to the objective of the law for the promotion of the circular economy and ensuring the environmentally compatible management of waste ( Recycling Law - KrWG) of February 24, 2012 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 212 ) and the general EU waste framework directive ( Directive 2008/98 / EC on waste ).
organization
Exchange days are organized by municipalities, municipal waste management companies or local associations (e.g. women's clubs, local parties, sports clubs, environmental protection groups). Usually the municipality or the waste management company provides a large space or a hall. The delivery of the items takes place at least two hours before the start of the delivery, often the evening before. It ends no later than two hours before the end of the submission. An acceptance check ensures that the campaign is not misused to dispose of bulky goods . The things can mostly be brought and picked up free of charge. In some cases, a donation is requested to cover the event costs. For more valuable items, a small amount is sometimes charged, which serves the same purpose.
Approved and unapproved goods
The organizer decides in advance which items may and may not be handed in. As a rule, the objects must be able to be carried by one person. For example, small pieces of furniture, household items, small electrical appliances, dishes, toys, sporting goods, clothes, shoes, books or pictures are possible. Broken, dirty or not fully functional items will not be accepted.
What is left at the end of the event will be recycled. Anything that is still useful can be given away to charitable organizations or given to junk dealers. The residual waste is recycled in the usual way or used thermally .
History and dissemination
Germany
There have been goods exchange days in Germany since the 1990s. The city of Reutlingen has held 44 days of action since 1991 (as of 2013). In 2013, commodity exchange days were carried out in over a hundred cities, counties and municipalities, mainly in Baden-Wuerttemberg (For example, in Stuttgart , Offenburg , Rastatt , Tübingen , Loerrach , Göttingen , Rottenburg or Grenzach-Wyhlen ) but also in the Ruhr was in Ascheberg a Day of action announced.
Switzerland
Bring and pick-up days have existed in Switzerland since the second half of the 1980s. One of the first parishes was Baar , which had started in 1987. By 2013, over 200 cities and municipalities in the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland had organized days of action, for example Zurich , Bern , Basel , Riehen and many others.
Individual evidence
- ^ Office for Agriculture and Environment. Bring-and- collect market in Sarnen (PDF; 725 kB) , In: Obwalden Official Journal, No. 38/13, September 19, 2013, p. 1567
- ↑ Practical tips for goods exchange day (PDF; 160 kB) from the Naturschutzbund Deutschland
- ↑ Flea market Bring and Holtag ( memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) of the Swiss Foundation for Practical Environmental Protection
- ↑ Pick-up and delivery market in Stans , information page of the natur & Environment Obnidwalden association , accessed on September 25, 2013
- ↑ Reutlinger Generalanzeiger from March 25, 2013
- ↑ Bring and pick-up day in Lörrach ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Rottenburg Goods Exchange Day ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Badische Zeitung of September 23, 2013
- ↑ Ruhr news
- ↑ Bring and Holtag Baar ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 235 kB)
- ↑ Bring and pick-up day in Riehen