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Garbage disposal in Garmisch-Partenkirchen waters

2021-10-26T07:07:50.087Z


GAP - For the building yard employees of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen store, it has now become an annoying routine: at least twice a week they have to clear debris from the rake of the Garmisch Mühlbach. Shortly before it flows into the Loisach, the rake "filters" the stream again. “A building that is sadly necessary,” says Christoph Ehrhardt from the local building authority. For him it is incomprehensible what fellow citizens partly dispose of in the stream.


GAP - For the building yard employees of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen store, it has now become an annoying routine: at least twice a week they have to clear debris from the rake of the Garmisch Mühlbach. Shortly before it flows into the Loisach, the rake "filters" the stream again. “A building that is sadly necessary,” says Christoph Ehrhardt from the local building authority. For him it is incomprehensible what fellow citizens partly dispose of in the stream.

Garden waste and other rubbish end up in the waters of the market again and again. The Kanker, the Katzenbach and the Mühlbach are particularly affected, as they flow through heavily populated areas. In addition to household waste such as plastic or polystyrene parts, waste from construction sites and green waste in the form of lawn cuttings, leaves, etc. are thrown into the streams, or at least stored in their vicinity.

The employees of the building authority urgently point out that not only garbage and building rubble must not end up in the waters, but also supposedly "natural" substances, as these pollute the ecosystem of the waters to a considerable extent. When leaves, lawn clippings, etc. sink to the bottom of the water, they disintegrate there and form an increasing layer of digested sludge. This not only leads to unpleasant odors, but also deprives the water of vital oxygen, which the aquatic animals urgently need to breathe. At the same time, the disintegrating material releases nutrients, resulting in increased nutrient input into the body of water. This in turn represents a massive overfertilization,which, among other things, can cause explosive growth of algae and also deprive the water of oxygen - in extreme cases, the water threatens to "tip over".

Disposing of waste in bodies of water is by no means a trivial offense and can be punished with heavy fines.

Ehrhardt refers to the relevant regulations in the Water Resources Act, which state that solid substances may not be introduced into surface water in order to dispose of them.

It is also illegal to store the substances in areas at risk of flooding.

Anyone who violates these stipulations commits an administrative offense that can be punished with a fine of up to 50,000 euros.

The market asks all citizens: inside and property owners to dispose of their garden and other waste at the recycling center and at the appropriate places.

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Source: merkur

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