• Intro text: In the winter months, the mercury sometimes drops well below zero. This can cause problems when emptying your container. In this article, you will find tips to reduce the risk of freezing.

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• Intro text: Did you know that in the Netherlands, we never eat a quarter of all our food? All that food is grown, processed, transported, cooled and warmed. We put a lot of energy into it. It is a shame if we waste energy and raw materials by throwing away food unnecessarily. You too can help prevent food waste!

Read more: Tips against food waste

• Intro text: Deep-frying fat, cooking oil and fatty gravy are recycled if they are handed in separately. You can hand it in at one of our environmental centres. Some supermarkets, DIY shops, recycling shops and (sports) clubs also have special collection containers for deep-frying fat and cooking oil.

Read more: Grease: recycle it!

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• Location name: Environmental street Vianen
• Street + no: Sportlaan 4
• Postal code: 4131 NN
• Place: Vianen
• Phone: 0183 - 68 11 11
• Monday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Tuesday: *08.30 - 17.00
• Wednesday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Thursday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Friday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Saturday: 08.30 - 16.00
• Sunday: Closed
• Note opening hours: In case of extreme crowds, we may close the queue half an hour before closing time.

You are welcome at the Vianen environmental street with the Waardlanden environmental pass. You will not be able to visit the waste disposal site without a pass.

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• Location name: Leerdam waste disposal site
• Street + no: Handelstraat 15
• Postal code: 4143 HT
• Place: Leerdam
• Phone: 0183 - 68 11 11
• Monday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Tuesday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Wednesday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Thursday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Friday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Saturday: 08.30 - 16.00
• Sunday: Closed
• Note opening hours: In case of extreme crowds, we may close the queue half an hour before closing time.

You are welcome at the Leerdam environmental street with the Waardlanden environmental pass. You cannot visit the recycling centre without a pass. You can hand in small chemical waste (CDC) at the waste disposal site in Leerdam. This is possible on every second and fourth Saturday of the month from 12.30 to 15.00. View offer conditions and tips here.

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• Location name: Hardinxveld-Giessendam waste disposal site
• Street + no: Schrank 10
• Postal code: 3371 KJ
• Place: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Phone: 0183 - 68 11 11
• Monday: Closed
• Tuesday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Wednesday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Thursday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Friday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Saturday: 08.30 - 16.00
• Sunday: Closed
• Note opening hours: In case of extreme crowds, we may close the queue half an hour before closing time.

You are welcome at the Hardinxveld-Giessendam waste disposal site with the Waardlanden environmental pass. You cannot visit the recycling centre without a pass. Recyclable goods can be brought to the Hardinxveld-Giessendam recycling site. There is a container right next to the entrance to the environmentalraat where you can put your goods. Recycling Gorinchem manages this container. They work intensively with circular workshop The Companion. Furniture pieces with minor defects are therefore also welcome.  

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• Location name: Kringlooplein Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Street + no: Ambachtsweg 2
• Postal code: 2957 ST
• Place: Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Phone: 0183 - 68 11 11
• Monday: Closed
• Tuesday: 1 pm - 5 pm
• Wednesday: 1 pm - 5 pm
• Thursday: 1 pm - 5 pm
• Friday: 1 pm - 5 pm
• Saturday: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Sunday: Closed
• Note opening hours: In case of extreme crowds, we may close the queue half an hour before closing time.

You are welcome at the Nieuw-Lekkerland recycling centre with the Waardlanden environmental pass. Without a pass, you cannot visit the recycling square.

Small chemical waste Every second and fourth Saturday of the month, you can offer small chemical waste (kca) from 9.30am to 11am. View offer conditions and tips here. Frying fat and cooking oil You can also dispose of deep-frying fat and cooking oil at the environmental street.

Discarded items

The Kringloopplein is the collection point for discarded items in the region. You can bring furniture, electrical appliances or a bicycle here, for example. Or other things you want to get rid of that are good enough for a second life. Everything is sorted and, if possible, refurbished to be sold again in the recycling shop. We also accept small quantities of reusable building materials. And you can have a broken appliance repaired at the repair café in the Kringloopplein.

> Find out more about Kringloop Square

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• Location name: Gorinchem waste disposal site
• Street + no: Boezem 3
• Postal code: 4206 CA
• Place: Gorinchem
• Phone: 0183 - 68 11 11
• Monday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Tuesday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Wednesday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Thursday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Friday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Saturday: 08.30 - 16.00
• Sunday: Closed
• Note opening hours: In case of extreme crowds, we may close the queue half an hour before closing time.

You are welcome at the Gorinchem environmental street with the Waardlanden environmental pass and the AVRI waste pass. You cannot visit the waste disposal site without a pass.

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• Location name: Groot-Ammers waste disposal site
• Street + no: Transport Road 3
• Postal code: 2964 LP
• Place: Groot-Ammers
• Phone: 0183 - 68 11 11
• Monday: Closed
• Tuesday: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Wednesday: 8.30 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Thursday: Closed
• Friday: 08.30 - 17.00
• Saturday: 8.30 - 16.00
• Sunday: Closed
• Note opening hours: In case of extreme crowds, we may close the queue half an hour before closing time.

You are welcome at the Ecopark with the Waardlanden environmental pass. Without a pass, you cannot visit the recycling centre. At the Ecopark we give as many goods and materials as possible a second chance. There is a special area at the Ecopark where you can neatly put away items that could be given a second chance. In the workshop, people who need a helping hand work under supervision to repair or make up as many goods as possible, such as furniture. Of course, you can take back your repaired items yourself for a small fee. We sell donated items in the regional thrift shops or in the webshop of The Companion.

> Find out more about the Groot-Ammers Ecopark

You can separate disposable nappies in special nappy waste bags and hand them in for free at one of Waardlanden's environmental centres. Or even better: choose smart and save more with washable nappies. Better for the environment and your wallet.

Advantages of washable nappies

With washable nappies, your baby is potty-trained faster and suffers much less from nappy rash thanks to the natural materials. These modern nappies are very easy to use. Moreover, you avoid waste and save trips to the recycling centre. So washable nappies are better for the environment and your wallet. More information can be found at milieucentraal.nl/mazzelkontjes.

Hand in disposable nappies free of charge at the waste disposal site

You collect the used disposable nappies in a special waste bag for baby nappies, which you can pick up at environmental centres and in a number of other places in the municipalities of Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Molenlanden and Vijfheerenlanden. Take the full bag to the recycling centre, where you can dispose of it free of charge in a special container. The semi-transparent nappy disposal bags may only contain used disposable nappies. So do not add (latex) gloves, flannels, pads, ointment pots, tubes or other materials. This is very harmful to the recycling process.

Locations waste bags for baby nappies

You can collect special waste bags for baby nappies at these locations. Check the opening hours of the various venues in advance.

Medical waste

The bin bags for nappies are not intended for incontinence material. Incontinence materials fall under medical waste in the Waardlanden municipalities. People with a medical indication who cannot reduce their residual waste due to medical waste may be eligible for compensation. They can contact the municipality for more information.

Why return disposable nappies separately?

If you throw disposable nappies in the residual waste, they end up in the incinerator. Disposable nappies that you hand in separately at the waste recycling centre are partly processed into raw material to make new products, such as plastic car parts. This type of processing has less impact on the environment than incineration in a waste-to-energy plant.

This is how we move together towards a clean environment and waste-free future. More videos and useful tips for reducing and separating waste can be found at waardlanden.nl/help-tips.

Questions

Do you have a question about baby nappy collection?

> Find the answers to frequently asked questions on the collection of baby nappies and medical waste here