If you wish to take up a waste management activity as a collector, carrier, trader or broker of hazardous waste, you must generally apply for a licence from the competent authority. If your waste management activity as a collector, carrier, dealer or broker is limited to non-hazardous waste or is carried out as part of another commercial or economic activity (e.g. as part of your work as a building tradesman, building contractor or mobile service provider), notification is sufficient. Public waste management companies and specialist waste management companies are also exempt from the authorisation requirement, provided they are certified for the activity requiring authorisation. In these cases, it is sufficient to notify your activity and submit your current waste management company certificate. You can find more information on this under "Notifying waste management activities in accordance with the Closed Substance Cycle Waste Management Act - Baden-Württemberg service portal" (link below). Further exceptions to the authorisation requirement, in which notification is sufficient, can be found under Section 15 of the Notification and Authorisation Ordinance (AbfAEV).

If you already have a licence and significant circumstances have changed, you must reapply for the licence. The authorisation requirement applies both to national waste management activities involving hazardous waste and to transboundary waste shipments.

As a collector or carrier, you must carry a copy or a printout of the permit or the notification confirmed by the authorities with you when carrying out your activities requiring a permit or notification.