Status of landfill process

The company HKV is planning to build a landfill site for mineral waste in the centre of the municipality of Rüdersdorf near Berlin, between the districts of Herzfelde and Hennickendorf. The planning documents were on public display from 4 April to 3 May 2022 inclusive.

This page provides regular updates on the current status of the proceedings. An overview of the current status can be found at the end of the message.

Update, 3 March 2023:
The municipality of Rüdersdorf bei Berlin has welcomed the basic direction of the draft Mineral Waste Subplan in its statement on the Mineral Waste Subplan. The municipality informs about this in a press release.

Update, 6 January 2023:
Since 28 December 2022 and until 3 March 2023, the public participation on the Waste Management Plan of the State of Brandenburg, in particular on the "Mineral Waste" sub-plan and the environmental report, has been taking place. Here we provide information on the background and opportunities for participation.

Background:

  • The intention is to construct a landfill site for building rubble (landfill class DK 0) between the districts of Herzfelde and Hennickendorf that is approx. 400 metres long and around 40 metres high (see page 71 of the application documents).
  • The landfill will be constructed over approx. 17 years, plus time for the landfill base and surface sealing. (see page 26 of the application documents).
  • Construction waste of approx. 5,860,000m³ is to be stored. This corresponds to approx. 345,000 semi-trailer tippers with a loading volume of 17m³. (see page 26 of the application documents).
  • Due to direct deliveries to the landfill, an average lorry traffic of 80 lorries per day (26t vehicle) and a maximum of 160 lorries per day can be expected. In addition, there are 20 lorries per day for materials that have to be crushed at the recycling site beforehand. (see page 64 of the application documents).


The municipality of Rüdersdorf near Berlin informed the public in advance of the upcoming interpretation in a press release.

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