Pricey reader,
I lately visited the waste incineration plant close to the Köhlbrand Bridge within the harbor and seen the management heart. Staff there monitor the processes. Massive displays with digicam photographs hold on the entrance, displaying the funnels, the hearth within the furnace, and the slag being thrown off. That day, classical music was enjoying by way of the room, chosen by the shift supervisor, however all of the sudden there was a bang. The rumble was intense.
The Men within the room stayed cool, they already knew that. A laughing fuel bottle exploded, one defined to me. Such cartridges are sometimes below stress. If they aren’t utterly empty and find yourself incinerated, they are going to shatter within the warmth.
This occurs surprisingly usually: there have been greater than 180 explosions because the starting of the 12 months
Hamburg given, stated the spokesman for the town cleansing division. So nearly two a day. Some are innocent, others are costly: For instance, when a nitrous oxide bottle explodes immediately on the grate bars within the oven and these bars break. This a part of the system is then shut down, cooled down, cleared and repaired – solely then can it’s began up once more. This takes one to 3 days and prices a median of round 150,000 euros per shutdown, based on the town cleansing service.
Nitrous oxide has change into a well-liked celebration drug. It’s usually inhaled by way of balloons and a few persons are euphoric about it. They settle for the unwanted side effects: Nitrous oxide can result in hallucinations and unconsciousness, and in the long run there’s a threat of nerve harm.
There have been 13 shutdowns in Hamburg’s incineration vegetation because the starting of the 12 months. Most of them within the second facility for family waste in Hamburg-Billbrook. The rationale: That is the place the celebration waste from St. Pauli, Altona and the Schanze finally ends up, and with it the previous laughing fuel bottles. A small motion by the person would have a huge impact: the fuel cartridges belong within the yellow bag, not within the rubbish cans on the road.
I want you a pleasant day!
Your Kristina Läsker
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WHAT IS IMPORTANT TODAY
The The “OlympJA” initiative promotes Hamburg’s bid for the Olympics. Individuals from sport, tradition and concrete society are concerned within the alliance, which is planning a rally on Jungfernstieg on April twenty fourth. On Could thirty first, all residents will vote on Hamburg’s attainable utility.
Flight attendants from Lufthansa and Cityline are to go on strike in the present day and tomorrow. The cabin union UFO has known as for this. The strike follows a pilot strike on the airport.
Apart from, it is yesterday
Round 150 freelance and everlasting NDR staff went on a warning strike. This was introduced by the Ver.di union, which is demanding a wage enhance of seven p.c and a assure for trainees to be taken on. Total work for the NDR
round 5,000 folks all through northern Germany.
The police are investigating the 2 lifeless individuals who have been found in an arbor in Billwerder on Monday from an accident out of. There is no such thing as a proof of a violent crime or suicide by the person and lady, every aged 39.
Previously few weeks there have been Hundreds of toads, frogs and newts saved from dying on the streets. In line with BUND, volunteers safely introduced greater than 4,400 amphibians throughout the road in buckets within the Wilhelmsburger Inselpark and Volksdorfer Teichwiesen alone. The populations of grass and moor frogs have lately recovered noticeably.
FROM HAMBURG
Disaster with announcement
Hamburg is seemingly betting that fewer refugees will attain the town. This might finish badly, writes ZEIT creator Christoph Twickel. Learn an excerpt from his remark right here.
This summer time may very well be very disagreeable for individuals who find yourself fleeing to Hamburg. So: much more disagreeable than earlier than. As a result of there aren’t any lodging locations within the metropolis, and a whole lot of them. In line with a forecast by the social authorities, round 6,000 locations in preliminary reception facilities will likely be misplaced by the tip of the 12 months. As well as, round 12,000 locations will disappear in so-called public lodging.
The social authorities justify this with expiring contracts or overdue renovation measures. “Capability deficits” must be “bridged and compensated for in an effort to stop homelessness.” Makes an attempt are being made to increase the period of present areas and to create new lodging. The “choices for motion” are “restricted,” nonetheless.
Hundreds of refugees could also be liable to homelessness – however surprisingly the Senate isn’t sounding the alarm. There is no such thing as a rousing press convention like in October 2023, when Inside Senator Andy Grote and Social Senator Melanie Schlotzhauer (each SPD) introduced that Hamburg was overburdened with refugee lodging.
Is every little thing maybe half as dangerous? It is true: Because of the controls at Germany’s exterior borders, the necessity for lodging in Hamburg’s preliminary reception facilities has decreased considerably over the previous 12 months. However nearly 42,000 persons are already residing within the native lodging. All locations are occupied, falling entry numbers are of little assist. From mid-August, the system will likely be overloaded, based on the social authorities.
How the brand new “Widespread European Asylum System” may have an effect on the state of affairs, learn on within the unabridged model. →
To the article (Z+)
ALREADY READ?
»As a camerawoman, I’m chilly«
At this time the documentary “The place is my physique armor?”
shown as part of the documentary film week. The Ukrainian director Daria Penkova studied on the College of High quality Arts in Hamburg and returned to her previous house close to the entrance with the digicam. In an interview with ZEIT creator Lena Frings, she talks about what she skilled there – and reveals it in her movie. →
To the interview (Z+)
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO
Subsequent Saturday the Eppendorf historical past workshop is providing a two-hour workshop literary walk about Wolfgang Borchert
to. The tour begins at Borchert’s birthplace and ends after numerous stops within the underground tube bunker at Erst-Thälmann-Platz (not barrier-free).
»Wolfgang Borchert. A literary stroll”, April 18th, 3 p.m.; Begin: Tarpenbekstraße 82, Tickets are available here.
MY CITY
HAMBURGER SCHNACK
Not too long ago on the flea market: A girl rummages by way of a mountain of textiles and eventually asks: “Do you will have something in dimension 122?” The person behind the desk seems perplexed. “I do not know.” Assist from the potential buyer: “You want youngsters between 6 and eight for that.” His reply: “We do not have that. I do know that.”
Heard by Margit Tabel-Gerster
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