bulky waste
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bulky waste
Large, bulky household items such as furniture, mattresses, or electrical appliances that do not fit in the regular trash bin and are collected separately.
Morgen stellen wir das alte Sofa zum Sperrmüll auf die Straße.
Tomorrow we'll put the old sofa out on the street for bulky waste collection.
The word is made up of 'sperren' (in the sense of bulky, blocking) and 'Müll' (waste/trash). So it describes waste that is large and unwieldy.
Das kaputte Regal ist definitiv Sperrmüll.
The broken shelf is definitely bulky waste.
In connection with 'Sperrmüll' (bulky waste), the verbs 'stellen' (to put/place), 'anmelden' (to register/schedule), and 'abholen' (to pick up/collect) are often used. You put the waste out ready for collection.
Wir müssen den Sperrmüll für nächste Woche anmelden.
We have to schedule the bulky waste collection for next week.
In many German municipalities, there are fixed dates when bulky waste is collected. On these days, you often see furniture and large items at the side of the road.
Am Sperrmülltag suchen manche Leute nach brauchbaren Dingen.
On bulky waste day, some people look for usable things.
You put something 'zum Sperrmüll' (out for bulky waste collection; action/destination). If something is already there, it is 'auf dem Sperrmüll' (in the bulky waste; location).
Er hat seinen kaputten Kühlschrank zum Sperrmüll gestellt.
He put his broken refrigerator out for bulky waste collection.
scrap / junk
'der Schrott' and 'der Sperrmüll' can both refer to things that you no longer need and want to throw away. 'Schrott' is especially old, unusable metal or, colloquially, something broken and worthless. 'Sperrmüll' means large household items that do not fit in the regular trash bin, for example furniture, mattresses, or old electrical appliances. The words can be confused because old things can sometimes be both. A broken metal shelf can be 'Schrott'. You put an old sofa out for 'Sperrmüll' (bulky waste collection).
Frau Wagner stellt den alten Kleiderschrank am Abend zum Sperrmüll.
Mrs. Wagner puts the old wardrobe out for bulky waste collection in the evening.
In der Garage liegt noch viel Schrott, den wir endlich wegbringen müssen.
There is still a lot of scrap in the garage that we finally need to take away.