Illegal Waste Disposal in Basel-Stadt in October 2025

November 4, 2025

In the past month, the canton recorded 148 illegal waste infractions, primarily in categories like "Bebbi-Sagg, falscher Sack, Sack zu schwer," "Sperrgut," and "Metall," with Klybeck being the municipality with the highest count. This total is below the long-term monthly average of 356.01 infractions, with September 2024 having the highest recorded infractions at 806.

In the past month, there were a total of 148 illegal waste infractions recorded in the canton. The three most frequent categories of infractions were "Bebbi-Sagg, falscher Sack, Sack zu schwer" with 80 infractions, "Sperrgut" with 51 infractions, and "Metall" with 8 infractions. The five municipalities with the highest counts of infractions were Klybeck with 33, Matthäus with 25, Rosental with 22, Kleinhüningen with 11, and Am Ring with 9. This month's total was below the long-term monthly average of 356.01 infractions.

Analyzing the overall time trend, the month with the highest number of infractions was September 2024, with a total of 806 infractions. This indicates a significant peak compared to other months.


Table 1: Illegal Wast Deposal by Category in October 2025
Category Infractions
Bebbi-Sagg, falscher Sack, Sack zu schwer 80
Sperrgut 51
Metall 8
Papier/Karton 4
Sonderabfall 4
Elektrogerät 1
Total 148


Table 2: Illegal Waste Dumps by Community in October 2025
Community Infractions
Klybeck 33
Matthäus 25
Rosental 22
Kleinhüningen 11
Am Ring 9
Altstadt Kleinbasel 8
Clara 7
Iselin 6
St. Johann 5
St. Alban 5
Gundeldingen 4
Breite 3
Gotthelf 3
Hirzbrunnen 2
Vorstädte 2
Wettstein 1
Bachletten 1
Bruderholz 1
Total 148

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.