You live in an apartment, flat, or upstairs apartment in the built-up area of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden. Or you live in a low-rise building and don't have room for three recycling bins. You probably live in the center of Leerdam or Vianen, for example. You can take your separated waste to nearby collection bins. Together with the municipalities, we want to encourage and help residents reduce their waste and separate it even more effectively. This is good for the environment and your wallet.
Paper collection container nearby
You can dispose of clean and dry paper and cardboard in your local paper recycling bin. Crush cardboard to prevent the bin from clogging.
> Discover what can and cannot be recycled with waste paper
Collection containers for organic waste in the area
You can dispose of your food scraps, vegetable, fruit, and garden waste (organic waste) for free in the organic waste collection containers in your area. You can open the container with your recycling pass. Do you want to use bags? Only compostable bags with the Kiemplant logo or OK-compost logo are accepted with the organic waste.
> Discover what can and cannot be put in the organic waste
Dispose of PMD and residual waste together
Dispose of your plastic packaging, metal packaging, and beverage cartons (PMD) along with your residual waste in the residual waste collection container. This waste is collected separately and later sorted by machines. You can open the container with your environmental pass. Residents of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden do not have to pay separately for this. Less residual waste is better for the environment and your wallet.
> Discover how to get more out of your residual waste
Collection container for glass in the neighborhood
All glass packaging, such as bottles and jars, should be disposed of in the glass recycling bin in your neighborhood or at a shopping center. Caps and lids can remain on; they are separated from the glass at the factory. Make sure the packaging is empty. Small amounts of residue are also fine. Rinsing is therefore not necessary.
> Discover what can and cannot be done with the glass
To the recycling center with the environmental pass
At our recycling centers, you can separate around twenty waste and raw materials for reuse and recycling as often as you like. Residents of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden don't have to pay extra for this.
> Discover which raw materials you can dispose of separately at the recycling center
Have bulky waste collected
You can also choose to have your bulky household waste, white and brown goods collected at home. You can collect a maximum of 1 cubic meter (1 m) per appointment.3) can be picked up. As a resident of Vijfheerenlanden, you do not have to pay extra for this.
Make a bulky waste appointment
Questions?
We understand you might have questions about waste and raw materials policy, waste separation, waste disposal tax, and the environmental pass. That's understandable. That's why we've posted answers to frequently asked questions on our website.
> Find the answer to frequently asked questions
Tips
Less residual waste! How? By preventing unnecessary waste. If waste does arise, we separate it for reuse or recycling. This way, we don't waste resources and deplete the planet. We can only achieve this together. You can help too!
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