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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Waste paper: disposal

Every household produces waste paper, for example in the form of newspapers and magazines, but also packaging.

Waste Disposal Statute

Lower Saxony Waste Act (NAbfG)

Documents may be required. Please contact the competent authority.

Fees may apply, please contact the competent authority.

Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the competent authority.

Both waste paper fractions (newspapers and packaging) are collected in one container (paper bin, paper bag).

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

The responsibility lies with the district, the independent city and the cities of Cuxhaven, Göttingen and Lüneburg or their waste management company, the special-purpose associations waste management Celle, Hildesheim and the Hanover region as well as the municipal institutions under public law in Goslar, Nienburg, Peine and Wolfsburg.

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

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