Wolfsburger Abfallwirtschaft und Straßenreinigung

Wolfsburger Abfallwirtschaft und Straßenreinigung (WAS) is the municipal waste management and street cleaning company of the City of Wolfsburg, Germany. It operates as a kommunale Anstalt (municipal institution) and is a subsidiary of the city. The company began operations on 2 January 2005, formed from the waste management division of the city administration, to serve as the public-law waste disposal authority for the Wolfsburg area. Its responsibilities include waste disposal, waste advice, organic waste recycling with compost sales, operation of the disposal centre, container services, street cleaning, and winter service, supported by its own workshop. With over 200 employees, WAS carries out these tasks both on the street and in the office. In 2020, the administration moved from Dieselstraße to new operating buildings in the Vogelsang industrial area in Vorsfelde, with the technical operations (waste collection, street cleaning, and workshop) following the next year. The company also publishes information on awarded contracts in accordance with public procurement transparency rules.

Wolfsburger Abfallwirtschaft und Straßenreinigung (WAS) was established as a municipal institution of the City of Wolfsburg, taking up its work on 2 January 2005. It was newly founded from the waste management division of the city administration to act as the public-law waste disposal authority responsible for waste disposal, operation of the disposal centre, street cleaning, and winter service within the city area. In 2020, the administration moved from Dieselstraße, where the WAS had to vacate for the construction of the new Wolfsburg main fire station, to new spacious operating buildings in the Vogelsang industrial area in Vorsfelde. The technical operations with waste collection, street cleaning, and workshop followed in the next year. The company operates as a subsidiary of the City of Wolfsburg and employs over 200 people.

• WAS begins operations as a municipal institution of the City of Wolfsburg.

• Administration moves from Dieselstraße to new operating buildings in Vogelsang, Vorsfelde.

• Technical operations (waste collection, street cleaning, workshop) move to the new site.

Public-law waste disposal authority for the City of Wolfsburg, providing municipal waste management and street cleaning services.

• Waste disposal

• Waste advice

• Organic waste recycling with compost sales

• Operation of the disposal centre

• Container services

• Street cleaning

• Winter service

• Own workshop

1. 1WAS – Wolfsburger Abfallwirtschaft und Straßenreinigung – official websitewas-wolfsburg.de
2. 2Über uns – WAS – Wolfsburger Abfallwirtschaft und Straßenreinigungwas-wolfsburg.de
3. 3Wikidata entry for Wolfsburger Abfallwirtschaft und Straßenreinigungwikidata.org