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The alternatives are:

  • hire a professional
  • drive the stuff to a local composting facility
  • rent a wood chipper and compost it yourself

Leaving the stuff in piles will be counted as fire hazard and can get you in trouble.

Welcome to Germany! (An overregulated, overtaxed EU shithole, but a paradise for illegal immigrants.)

Yeah, I was thinking the same ... also: a paradise for fax machines ...