You can purchase roofing felt and other roofing materials from one of our recycling centers Bring it. There's a special container here where you can put it. We'll make sure the material is recycled.
Roofing materials you return to the recycling center can be used in the production of new roofing. Examples of roofing materials include roofing felt, bituminous roofing, roofing gravel, and mastic.
You cannot hand in tar in packaging as roofing felt, this is small toxic waste (kca) and dispose of it as such. Sealant tubes should not be placed in the roofing felt container; they belong with the residual waste.
Bulky waste, also known as bulky household waste, includes items around the house like a broken chair or a discarded table. These are items and materials that are not allowed or fit in your residual waste container or the nearby collection bins. They also include items you can no longer repair, sell, give away, or take to the thrift store.
You can take bulky waste yourself to one of our recycling centers or have it picked up at your home. For this you can make a bulky waste appointment online.
Give household goods and other items a second life
Are your old furniture, books, CDs, and the like still usable? Sell them, give them away, or take them to the cycle. Are they broken? Have them repaired at a workshop of repair café Or have your old or broken appliance taken away by the supplier who supplies your new one. Items and materials that can be reused will be sent to recycling companies.
Please note!
Never place bulky waste next to a container. The cost is €206,50 per violation.
Questions?
Do you have a question about bulky waste?
> Find the answer to frequently asked questions about bulky waste.
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?
Yes, with the metal waste
- aluminum material
- bronze
- electrical cable
- iron and scrap iron
- copper
- lead
- rvs
- brass
- zinc
- large pieces of metal (such as demolition waste and bicycles)
Not with the metal waste
When pmd
- aluminum can, bowl (for example cat food) or container
- can (of soda)
- canned food (e.g. soup, sauce, vegetables and fruit)
- lid of tin (or metal) or plastic
- bottle cap (metal or plastic)
- metal syrup bottle
- cookie jar (cookie tin)
- metal crown cork
Have metal collected
You can have your metal collected. Make a bulky waste appointment online
We collect plastic packaging, metal packaging (tins), and beverage cartons (PMD) separately. This allows us to recover valuable raw materials for reuse. You can dispose of PMD in your PMD container* or at one of our recycling centers. recycling centers.
Ask yourself 3 questions
Are you unsure whether something belongs in PMD? Answer these 3 questions:
- Is it plastic, metal, or a drink carton?
- Does the packaging come from the household?
- Is it empty?
If the answer is YES three times, then it can be recycled with the plastic, metals, and other materials.
What belongs where?
For your convenience, we have listed the separation rules for you.
Yes, with the PMD
Pour, squeeze and scrape empty containers
- Plastic packaging
- Metal packaging
- Drink, yoghurt and sauce cartons
- Chip, soup and other packaging bags
- Caps and lids
- Aerosol cans (such as hairspray, deodorant, whipped cream)
- Coffee capsules (do not need to be empty)
- Large packaging films
- Small shopping bags and transparent collection bags
- Blank blister packs
Not with the PMD
No packaging with contents
- Agricultural, pond liners and root cloth
- Plastic products/non-packaging
- Metal objects, such as cutlery and pans
- Medical waste
- Organic waste and food waste
- Glass
- Paper and cardboard
- Textile
- Electrical appliances, batteries and accumulators
- residual waste
*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?
Yes, with the plastic
Hard plastic, such as:
- tuinstoelen
- laundry baskets
- tables
- crates
- toys
- CD covers
Not with the plastic
When pmd
Plastic packaging (empty) of food, care products and cleaning products, such as:
- bottles for soft drinks, water, milk and yoghurt, for example
- packaging of cheese, meat and fish
- bags for pasta and rice, for example
- tubs for butter, sauce and spreadable cheese, for example
- shampoo bottles
- bags
- tubing
- squeeze bottles
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?
Yes, with the pruning wood
- shrub taller than 50 cm
- pruning wood larger than 50 cm
- branches longer than 50 cm
Not near the pruning wood
- sods with adhering soil
- wooden posts and fencing materials
- pruning wood smaller than 50 cm
- shrubs smaller than 50 cm
- branches up to 50 cm in length
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?
Yes, with the textiles
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clothing, such as: shirts, sweaters, shirts, pants, skirts, dresses, socks and jackets
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footwear, such as: shoes, boots, sneakers, trainers, slippers and sandals (combined in pairs)
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accessoiries, such as: belts, ties, hats and caps
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bed linen, such as: duvet covers, sheets and blankets
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curtains and net curtains
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kitchen and bathroom textiles, such as: towels, tea towels and washcloths
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cloth
Not with the textiles
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floor coverings and carpets (to the recycling center)
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mattresses (to the recycling center), duvets and pillows (to the recycling center or with the residual waste)
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clippings and filler material
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wet or dirty clothing, for example contaminated with oil or paint (in residual waste)
Textiles that are still in good condition are reused. Thrift stores and secondhand shops welcome clothing, shoes, and accessories that are still in good condition. If the textiles are no longer wearable or usable, the materials are recycled. These are used to make items like cleaning rags and insulation.
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.
The garage where you have your tires replaced and where you buy new tires will take your old tires free of charge. Do you want to dispose of your car tires yourself? Then you can put them in the special tire container at one of the recycling centers.
Nice to know
- You can only return car tires without rims to the recycling center. Rims can be disposed of in the metal container.
- Car tires are not bulky household waste. You can therefore dispose of them NOT ALLOWED have it collected as bulky waste.
Reuse
Garages, car repair shops, and tire service centers collect approximately eight million used car tires annually. Specialized processing companies recycle these old tires. During the separation process, reusable materials such as rubber, steel, and textiles are extracted. These materials are processed separately and reused.
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?
Clean wood
- Untreated wood: not painted, varnished, or treated. For example, slats, planks, poles, and beams.
- painted wood. For example, doors and window frames
- chipboard, fiberboard and plywood
- mdf
This wood belongs in the container for 'clean wood - unimpregnated'.
Contaminated wood
- garden wood (treated)
- sleepers or impregnated wood
- tree stumps
- pruning wood
- pressure-treated or CCA wood
This wood belongs in the container for "garden wood - impregnated." Except for pruning wood: this belongs in the special container for pruning wood.
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?
Yes, with frying fat and cooking oil
- baking and frying fat
- frying fat (in packaging)
- fondue oil (in bottle)
- frying oil (in bottle)
- olive oil
- oil for food preparation
- fatty gravy
Not for frying fat and cooking oil
When small toxic waste
- lubricating oil
- grease
When residual waste
- candle wax
- kitchen paper soiled with cooking fat or cooking oil
- napkins with food scraps
- rags dirty with oil, grease or paint
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
