EAD is a 100% municipal company and, in addition to waste recycling, takes care of many more issues to relieve the burden on citizens and businesses in Darmstadt. For example, street cleaning, winter services, workshop services, school bus operations, sewer operations and maintenance, maintenance of public toilets, street maintenance, interior cleaning of municipal buildings, housekeeping tasks and communal catering in municipal day-care centres and schools, a composting plant, a recycling yard, a hazardous waste collection point, the participation in a company in the waste recycling sector (transfer station with a bulky waste sorting plant) and an independently operating administration with a purchasing, finance and IT as well as human resources department are all part of our holistic operation. The assignment of the Waldfrieden Crematorium and the Vivarium Zoo illustrate our broad spectrum of tasks within the framework of municipal services of general interest.