“Cleaning from a single source”

FES demonstrates the advantages of cleaning different green areas by a single service provider during a press tour 

Since January 1, 2025, FES Frankfurter Entsorgungs- und Service GmbH has taken over the cleaning of additional green areas in the city of Frankfurt am Main. This includes the so-called roadside greenery, meaning green strips along roads, smaller green areas in public squares, or tree pits along residential streets. The newly assigned areas are mainly located in the western and southern parts of Frankfurt and complement the areas assigned in previous years throughout the city. In 2023, the city of Frankfurt am Main had already entrusted FES with cleaning the roadside greenery in northern Frankfurt.  

As part of a joint press tour with Frankfurt’s Mayor Mike Josef and the Head of Department for Climate, Environment and Women, Tina Zapf-Rodríguez, FES presented the advantages that arise when cleaning is carried out by a single service provider.

Frankfurt’s Mayor Mike Josef says: “Frankfurt must be safe and clean, both for our citizens and for our guests. Expanding ‘cleaning from a single source’ is the right step and leads to noticeably less pollution. We are already doing a lot, but we must intensify our efforts further, because cleanliness in a city says a great deal about its quality of life. Politicians must lead by example here—littering in the city is not a trivial offense.”

Tina Zapf-Rodríguez, Frankfurt’s Head of Department for Climate, Environment and Women, adds: “For many people in Frankfurt, our green spaces have become important places of retreat in recent years—whether because of the pandemic or the hot summers. They are places for relaxation, sports and protection from heat or cramped living conditions. However, where many people gather, more waste is also left behind. This is exactly where we step in: instead of numerous individual service providers, FES takes responsibility as the central cleaning authority for the cleanliness of our city. Cleaning from a single source: a principle that is as simple as it is efficient and tailored to the needs of each individual area. After all, it is hardly understandable for citizens if a cleaning team cleans a street but not the adjacent green strip.”

FES Managing Director Benjamin Scheffler welcomes the additional assignment: “The renewed expansion motivates us to show in western and southern Frankfurt that ‘cleaning from a single source’ works. Citizens here should soon be able to notice a positive change in their surroundings.” 

The project “Cleaning from a single source” refers to the possibility of directly awarding cleaning services to FES—regardless of the responsibilities of various municipal departments or city-owned companies. Since 2021, FES and its subsidiary FFR have gradually been commissioned, as part of this project, with cleaning areas that do not fall under the responsibility of street cleaning—such as green spaces, playgrounds and parks, above-ground public transport stops, and the operation of public toilet facilities.   

The additional assignment at the beginning of the new year made it necessary to reorganize street-cleaning routes. However, the cleaning interval remains unchanged: FES cleans every public street in the city at least once a week. 

Districts where FES will clean roadside greenery from 2025: 
Sachsenhausen-Ost, Oberrad, Fechenheim, Bergen-Enkheim, Seckbach, Preungesheim, Gallus, Sachsenhausen, Niederrad, the area around the trade fair, Höchst, Zeilsheim, Unterliederbach, Sossenheim, Goldstein, Schwanheim, Sindlingen 

Districts where FES has been cleaning roadside greenery since 2024:
Innenstadt, Ostend, Riederwald, Bornheim, Nordend-Ost, Eckenheim, Berkersheim, Frankfurter Berg, Gutleutviertel, Westend North+South, Bockenheim, Nordend-West, Dornbusch, Eschersheim, Nieder-Eschbach, Bonames, Ginnheim, Nied, Rödelheim, Hausen, Griesheim, Rebstock

Districts where FES has been cleaning roadside greenery since 2023:
Praunheim, along Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße, Kalbach, Harheim, Nieder-Erlenbach, Riedberg, Römerstadt, Niederursel, Nordweststadt