Illegal Waste Disposal in Basel-Stadt in June 2026

July 1, 2026

In the past month, there were 245 total infractions, which is below the long-term monthly average of 346.35. The most common infraction categories were Bebbi-Sagg, falscher Sack, Sack zu schwer (145), Sperrgut (72), and Metall (14), with the highest counts in Klybeck (57) and Matthäus (52).

Photo: Juri Weiss, Ilegal waste disposal, on Kanton Basel-Stadt, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0..

In the past month, there were 245 total infractions. The three most frequent categories were Bebbi-Sagg, falscher Sack, Sack zu schwer with 145 infractions, Sperrgut with 72, and Metall with 14. The five municipalities with the highest counts were Klybeck with 57, Matthäus with 52, St. Johann with 27, Kleinhüningen with 16, and Rosental with 15. The past month was below the long-term monthly average of 346.35 infractions.

The overall time trend shows that monthly totals have varied significantly. The highest number of infractions occurred in September 2024, with 806 infractions.


Table 1: Illegal Wast Deposal by Category in June 2026
Category Infractions
Bebbi-Sagg, falscher Sack, Sack zu schwer 145
Sperrgut 72
Metall 14
Elektrogerät 10
Unbrennbares 2
Papier/Karton 1
Sonderabfall 1
Total 245


Table 2: Illegal Waste Dumps by Community in June 2026
Community Infractions
Klybeck 57
Matthäus 52
St. Johann 27
Kleinhüningen 16
Rosental 15
Am Ring 14
Iselin 10
Clara 10
Vorstädte 10
Breite 7
Gundeldingen 6
Altstadt Kleinbasel 6
Gotthelf 4
Bachletten 4
St. Alban 3
Not defined 3
Altstadt Grossbasel 1
Total 245

Figure 1: Monthly Illegal Waste Dumps in Basel-Stadt

Data source: Wilde Abfall-Deponien
Additional resources: Abfall und Sauberkeit

🤖 This text was generated with the assistance of AI. All quantitative statements are derived directly from the dataset listed under Data Source.