What to do with what material?

Material of manufacture of flower pots

In earlier years there were only flower pots made of clay. Flower pots are now made from a wide variety of materials:

• volume
• stone
• wood
• Ceramics
• metal
• concrete
• Artificial stone
• Plastics
• Composites such as fiberglass or fiberstone

All of these materials are special and do not initially belong in the residual waste (gray bin) or in the yellow bin for recyclables.

Which material belongs where?

Clay or terracotta flower pots usually have a long lifespan. But they too get cracks or fall to the ground and shatter. The broken pieces can be used as drainage in other pots or disposed of in small quantities in the residual waste. If you have to dispose of large quantities of pottery shards, it's best to go to the recycling center and give your shards to the rubble.
Depending on the material, fees for disposal may also apply at the recycling center.

Flower pots made of natural stone or wood

These devices can also be used for many years. Old natural stone troughs, for example, can become really valuable. If you want to get rid of them, you can give them away to lovers, wood can be burned, natural stone can be used for other purposes, for example as a mini pond. Destroyed stone pots also belong to the rubble.

Planters made of metal, concrete, artificial stone etc.

Metal containers basically belong in the recycling center and here in the scrap container. Metal can be recycled and reused.
Concrete vessels, etc. can be disposed of in small quantities in the residual waste bin. Larger amounts belong to the building rubble at the recycling center.

Plastic flower pots

Small quantities of plastic pots can be disposed of in the yellow bin / sack. As a rule, plastics are recycled. In the case of fiber composites, however, recycling has not yet been planned. Small quantities of such planters are disposed of in the residual waste; large containers are best brought back to the recycling center.