• Date: 22-01-2025
• Time of: 10:00
• Time to: 14:00
• Intro text: Take part in our survey, give your opinion on waste collection in your municipality.
• Municipality: Vijfheerenlanden
• Street and house number: Front Street
• Place: Vianen
• Location: Weekly market Front Street

What do you think about the changes in waste collection in your municipality? Is it clear where you can dispose of your waste and raw materials? How do you prevent residual waste and ensure that raw materials can be recycled? Waardlanden and your municipality are curious to know your opinion. That is why independent research agency Avalon is organising street interviews to supplement the online residents' survey. This online survey you can fill in until 27 January 2025. They are doing those street interviews together with our environmental coaches Ingrid and Nelleke.

• Date: 29-11-2024
• Time of: 11:00
• Time to: 15:00
• Intro text: Meet our environmental coaches on Green Friday at Kringloop Gorinchem and ask them your questions about separating less waste and raw materials.
• Municipality: Gorinchem
• Street and house number: Boezem 1
• Place: Gorinchem
• Location: Recycling Gorinchem

On Green Friday, you can meet our environmental coaches at Kringloop Gorinchem. Here you can ask questions on how to reduce waste at home, sort raw materials properly or offer them separately. Green Friday is the sustainable version of Black Friday. This day is not about buying new stuff but about creatively reusing and recycling stuff. Less waste means less CO2 emissions. This is good for the environment as well as your wallet.

Kringloop Gorinchem is organising sustainable activities on Green Friday. These include various demonstrations by customers and volunteers showing what they make from and with their recycling purchases. The cycle will also show what they themselves do to reduce waste. Join a guided tour at 11am or 2pm where you will get a unique look behind the scenes. You will see how the charity shop accepts and sorts items and you may even take a look in the 'secret' work warehouse. Come along and get inspired during Green Friday! Together, we will make a difference.

• Date: 06-01-2025
• Time of: 11:00
• Time to: 12:00
• Intro text: Meet our environmental coaches at consultation hour 't Luifeltje in Hardinxveld-Giessendam and ask them your questions about separating less waste and raw materials.
• Municipality: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Street and house number: 231 Uranus Street
• Place: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Location: 't Luifeltje

Do you have questions about how to reduce waste at home, sort raw materials properly or offer them separately? Feel free to ask our environmental coaches Ingrid and Nelleke. You can meet them at various locations in the region. They are present at consultation hour 't Luifeltje in Hardinxveld-Giessendam.

• Date: 16-01-2025
• Time of: 10:15
• Time to: 11:15
• Intro text: Meet our environmental coaches at the information meeting in community room De Ducdalf in Hardinxveld-Giessendam and ask them your questions about separating less waste and raw materials.
• Municipality: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Street and house number: Scheldt Street 1
• Place: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Location: The Ducdalf community room

Do you have questions about how to reduce waste at home, sort raw materials properly or offer them separately? Feel free to ask our environmental coaches Ingrid and Nelleke. You can meet them at various locations in the region. They will be present at the information meeting in community room De Ducdalf in Hardinxveld-Giessendam.

• Date: 23-11-2024
• Time of: 09:00
• Time to: 13:00
• Intro text: Meet our environmental coaches at the weekly market in Hardinxveld-Giessendam and ask them your questions about separating less waste and raw materials.
• Municipality: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Street and house number: Houweningeplaats
• Place: Neder-Hardinxveld
• Location: Weekly market

Do you have questions about how to reduce waste at home, sort raw materials properly or offer them separately? Feel free to ask our environmental coaches Ingrid and Nelleke. You can meet them at various locations in the region. They are present at the weekly market in Hardinxveld-Giessendam.

• Date: 09-11-2024
• Time of: 09:00
• Time to: 13:00
• Intro text: Meet our environmental coaches at the weekly market in Hardinxveld-Giessendam and ask them your questions about separating less waste and raw materials.
• Municipality: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Street and house number: Houweningeplaats
• Place: Neder-Hardinxveld
• Location: Weekly market

Do you have questions about how to reduce waste at home, sort raw materials properly or offer them separately? Feel free to ask our environmental coaches Ingrid and Nelleke. You can meet them at various locations in the region. They are present at the weekly market in Hardinxveld-Giessendam.

• Date: 22-11-2024
• Time of: 13:00
• Time to: 17:00
• Intro text: Meet our environmental coaches at the weekly market in Hardinxveld-Giessendam and ask them your questions about separating less waste and raw materials.
• Municipality: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Street and house number: Princess Irene Street
• Place: Boven-Hardinxveld
• Location: Weekly market

Do you have questions about how to reduce waste at home, sort raw materials properly or offer them separately? Feel free to ask our environmental coaches Ingrid and Nelleke. You can meet them at various locations in the region. They are present at the weekly market in Hardinxveld-Giessendam.

• Date: 08-11-2024
• Time of: 13:00
• Time to: 17:00
• Intro text: Meet our environmental coaches at the weekly market in Hardinxveld-Giessendam and ask them your questions about separating less waste and raw materials.
• Municipality: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Street and house number: Princess Irene Street
• Place: Boven-Hardinxveld
• Location: Weekly market

Do you have questions about how to reduce waste at home, sort raw materials properly or offer them separately? Feel free to ask our environmental coaches Ingrid and Nelleke. You can meet them at various locations in the region. They are present at the weekly market in Hardinxveld-Giessendam.

• Date: 07-11-2024
• Time of: 13:00
• Time to: 14:00
• Intro text: Meet our environmental coaches at Servanda's information session and ask them your questions about separating less waste and resources.
• Municipality: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Street and house number: Nassaustraat 6
• Place: Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Location: Neighbourhood room 't Hart

Do you have questions about how to reduce waste at home, sort raw materials properly or offer them separately? Feel free to ask our environmental coaches Ingrid and Nelleke. You can meet them at various locations in the region. They will be present at Servanda's information meeting in Hardinxveld-Giessendam.

• Date: 14-11-2024
• Time of: 19.15
• Time to: 20.00
• Intro text: Swapping toys instead of buying them: a smart choice for St Nicholas. Give toys a new life during the swap market on 14 November.
• Municipality: Gorinchem
• Street and house number: Dukatenplein 2
• Place: Gorinchem
• Location: Rozenobel neighbourhood centre

With Sinterklaas in sight, Waardlanden and the LimonadeBrigade are organising a toy exchange market on Thursday 14 November in community centre Rozenobel in Gorinchem. A great opportunity to give unused toys a new life and to celebrate Sinterklaas in an environmentally friendly and inexpensive way.

With this toy exchange market, we will make the Sinterklaas party not only inexpensive, but also more sustainable. In many households, many toys remain unused while still in good condition. By swapping these toys, other children can be made happy and fewer new items need to be bought. This reduces waste, packaging, the use of new raw materials, time and purchasing stress.

How does it work?

You can hand in good, clean and complete toys at:

• Friday 8 November during the Parent-Child walk-in in community centre Rozenobel at Dukatenplein 2 in Gorinchem
• Thursday 14 November between 18:15 and 19:00, just before the swap meet

For each toy handed in, you will receive vouchers. With these, you can pick out other toys during the swap party on 14 November, from 19:15 to 20:00. Even if you only want to donate without swapping, you are welcome.

Free sustainable wrapping sheet for the first 50 visitors

The first 50 visitors who exchange toys will receive a free wrapping sheet from the municipality of Gorinchem. This sustainable wrapping sheet is made from leftover textile by circular craft house De Gezel. So you can wrap your gifts sustainably time after time - without extra waste.

A celebration of sharing

Toys left over after the swap market go to the Toy Bank. Then other children can also enjoy them and the Sinterklaas party becomes more sustainable and beneficial for everyone. Please note that books and soft toys will not be accepted or exchanged.