Metal, also known as scrap, is recycled. Therefore, we separate it separately. Metal packaging (tin) belongs to the PMD (plastic, metal, and other materials).

You can bring metal to one of the recycling centers. 
Or you can have metal collected. Make a bulky waste appointment online

What belongs where?

Have metal collected

You can have your metal collected. Make a bulky waste appointment online

*Note: How you dispose of PMD depends on where you live. Residents of high-rise and low-rise buildings without a PMD container may dispose of PMD and residual waste together in a residual waste collection container in their neighborhood. This waste is collected separately and later sorted by machines.

What happens to collected PMD?

How does the PMD cycle work?

After your container is emptied, we take the PMD to a processor. The processor separates the materials: the plastics, metals, and beverage cartons. Each raw material stream then goes to final processors. Final processors then transform the raw material streams into new raw materials.

• Plastic packaging For example, it is ground into flakes, cleaned, and granulated. These granules are used to make new plastic packaging and products. Examples include fleece clothing, mobile phone and laptop cases, car dashboards, and tennis balls.
• Metal It is infinitely recyclable. Metal factories use it as a raw material to manufacture new cans. It also makes building materials, bicycles, and airplanes, for example.
• The recycling plant separates the cardboard fibers from the cardboard from beverage cartons of the plastic (polyethylene) and the aluminum layer. The cardboard fibers are used as raw material in the paper industry for the production of products such as boxes, office supplies, and tissue paper. The plastic and aluminum are also recovered. They are used as raw materials for products like crates, buckets, and aluminum tubes.

Plastics are highly recyclable. That's why we collect them separately at recycling centers. Bulky plastics are plastic products that are not packaging. The PMD (plastic) container is only for plastic packaging, metal (tin), and beverage cartons.

You can offer coarse plastic at one of the recycling centers.

What belongs where?

Garden and pruning waste that is too large for the organic waste container (larger than 50 cm) is considered pruning waste. Small garden waste (up to 50 cm) is vegetable, fruit and garden waste (gft).

What belongs where?

How to offer?

• Participation in the branch route is only possible if you have made a collection appointment in advance.
• Place the pruning waste bundled at the edge of the public road before 7:30 am on the agreed day.
• Create manageable bundles that our drivers can easily lift.
• The bundles are a maximum of 1,25 meters long and weigh 25 kilos.
• The thickness of the branches is a maximum of the thickness of a wrist; no stumps.
• Do not offer boxes or bags with pruning waste or other garden waste.
• Maximum 2 m³ per provider.

Tree stumps, sods with attached soil, wooden posts, and fencing materials are not considered pruning waste. These cannot be submitted for the branch route.

You can offer textiles that you no longer wear or use at one of the recycling centers or a collection container specifically for textiles in your neighborhood. Worn and damaged fabrics are also welcome. Think of clothing, shoes, coats, sheets, towels, and curtains, for example.

What belongs where?

Textiles that are still in good condition are reused. Thrift stores or second-hand shops are happy to receive clothing, shoes, and accessories that are still in good condition. If the textiles can no longer be worn or used, the materials are recycled. For example, cleaning cloths and insulation material are made from them.

Recycled fibers are increasingly being incorporated into new fabrics. Thanks to textile recycling, discarded textiles get a second life and don't become waste. Recycling is possible if discarded textiles are collected separately from residual waste: clean and dry. One bag of organic waste or residual waste in a textile container can make an entire container unsuitable for recycling. Please help us by only returning clean and properly packaged textiles.

From fabric to raw material

At textile collection company Sympany, the collected textiles are sorted and prepared for the next phase. Watch this video to see the journey of your old t-shirt. 

Recycling shops

You can also take reusable textiles to a thrift store yourself. Here you will find an overview of the thrift stores in the region.

Wood is highly recyclable. For recycling and reuse, it is separated into "clean wood" and "contaminated wood."

Wood is recycled as much as possible. We consider three categories:

• untreated wood
  This is clean wood and is reused in a high-quality manner.
• treated wood
  This is wood of slightly lower quality and is used for the production of pallets or for co-firing in power stations.
• impregnated wood
  This is contaminated wood and contains substances that can be harmful to the environment. Therefore, this wood is not recycled but burned in waste-to-energy plants.

You can offer wood at one of the recycling centers.

What belongs where?

Frying fat, cooking oil and fatty gravy can be recycled if you hand them in separately.

You can offer leftover frying fat and cooking oil to the managers of one of the recycling centers or at the Kringloopplein Nieuw-Lekkerland recycling center. Some supermarkets, hardware stores, thrift shops, and (sports) clubs also have a special collection bin for frying fat and cooking oil.

What belongs where?

Tips for disposing of frying fat and cooking oil

• Allow the frying fat, cooking oil or fatty gravy to cool first.
• Pour it back into the original container or another sealable container, such as a milk carton or plastic bottle with a screw cap.
• Close the packaging properly.
• Please return the used frying fat, including packaging, to one of the recycling centres.

Note:

• You are not allowed to put frying fat in a deep fryer you intend to discard. This is because the fat leaks out of the pan during transport. It also contaminates other discarded electrical equipment in the container; this is unhygienic and unsafe (a slip hazard) for the recycling worker. It also complicates the recycling of the equipment.
• Don't pour oil and grease down the sink, they clog your drain and sewer.
• Lubricating oil and grease are small chemical waste (SCW). Hand it in to the recycling center.

Reuse

Frying fat and cooking oil are reused. They are raw materials for the production of biofuel or biodiesel. Biofuels cause less CO2 emissions.₂ and particulate matter than fuels made from mineral oils. The fat and oil are given a second life; they are not incinerated with residual waste. This is good for the environment. Please help us by separating your fats and oils.

> Find out more about the recycling process and find collection points at Frituurvetrecyclehet.nl

All discarded electrical appliances (plug-in, battery, or accumulator) and energy-efficient light bulbs can be returned for recycling or reuse. This is also known as e-waste.

If you buy a new electrical or electronic appliance, you can return the old appliance (e-waste) free of charge to the store where you bought it. Many stores accept small waste collection points. return electrical appliances, without having to buy a new product. The store will ensure the device is recycled.

You can also offer your discarded equipment at one of the recycling centersThis applies to household appliances, not to appliances from businesses. Besides appliances, you can also return lamps and consumer light fixtures for recycling. These include desk lamps, floor lamps, and pendant lamps.

Broken electrical appliances can be repaired by a repair caféIf the product is still under warranty, you can have it repaired by or through the supplier. Many devices, such as computers, tablets, and phones, but also lamps, still have market value. You can sell them. Or perhaps donate them to a thrift store. Inquire with your thrift store about the possibilities. You can only deliver e-waste with its packaging if this is desirable for safety reasons. For example, lamps in their original packaging.

What is considered e-waste?

• Electrical tools
• Televisions, radios and headsets
• Small household and kitchen appliances (such as a hairdryer, curling iron, toaster and coffee maker)
• Computers, faxes, printers and copiers
• Phones
• Refrigerators
• Washing machines and dryers
• Tools (such as a drill, sander, electric screwdriver and electric garden tools)
• Toys, games and sports equipment (such as a rowing machine, exercise bike and remote-controlled car)
• Medical equipment (such as an electronic thermometer)
• Measuring and control instruments (such as a thermostat and smoke detector)
• Energy saving and LED lamps and fixtures
• E-cigarettes and vapes

What is not considered e-waste?

• Separate batteries. These belong to the small toxic waste.
• Spare batteries. These belong to the small toxic waste.
• Appliances containing fuel (such as a lawnmower or chainsaw with a combustion engine). First remove the fuel and hand it in at the small toxic wasteYou can then dispose of the empty appliance with the bulky waste.
• Chemical waste (such as oil residues, gas bottles, fire extinguishers, paint cans, paint spray cans and paint tubes)
• Incandescent light bulbs. These belong to the residual waste)
• Fluorescent lamps and energy saving lamps. These belong to the small toxic waste.
• Non-electrical equipment (such as bulky waste, empty gas bottles and paint cans). You can return these to the recycling center, but not in the e-waste container)

Hand in for recycling

Returning discarded appliances, lamps, and fixtures for recycling promotes the reuse of raw materials. It also prevents them from ending up in landfills. So don't throw them away, hand them in. Specialized companies sort and dismantle discarded appliances. Products and valuable materials (raw materials) are then reused. And waste is processed in an environmentally responsible manner.

Please deliver neatly

Make sure there are no added liquids or fats in the appliance. For example, supply a deep fryer free of oil or grease residue. Frying fat, cooking oil and oil residues you can register separately on one of our recycling centers Please return it. And make sure no food is left in the refrigerator or freezer when you return it. This way, you help ensure the employees of the sorting and dismantling companies can work safely. And you contribute to an efficient recycling process. This minimizes the need to remove contaminants from collected e-waste. Thank you for your cooperation!

Paper (and cardboard) is collected separately from residual waste. It is recycled as a secondary raw material for the production of new paper and cardboard. Waste paper is new paper. For a successful recycling process, it is important that waste paper and cardboard are clean and dry, and free of plastic or other contaminants. 

You can offer paper and cardboard in a container or at one of the recycling centers.

View your personal waste calendar

What belongs where?

Paper and cardboard that belong in the paper recycling bin can be identified by the recycling logo. This logo is found on many paper and cardboard products.

Collection is recycling

All separately collected waste paper is sent to paper mills via waste paper companies. They use it directly as a secondary raw material in their production processes. Collection is recycling: 86% of graphic paper and 88% of paper/cardboard packaging is recycled. Nothing is incinerated or landfilled, because then it would be lost forever. Waste paper and cardboard are therefore a valuable resource, and it's more than worth collecting separately.

Want to know more about paper recycling and sustainability?
Go to Paper Circular of Papierenkarton.nl.