You live in a low-rise or ground-floor apartment with a garden in the built-up area of the municipalities of Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, or Molenlanden, and you have three recycling containers at your home. You can take residual waste to the collection container in your neighborhood using your recycling pass. Together with the municipalities, we want to encourage and help residents reduce waste and separate it even more effectively. This is good for the environment and your wallet.
Low-rise buildings without containers
You might also live in a low-rise building and still use the collection containers in your neighborhood. Sometimes residents don't have room for three recycling containers. You probably live in the center of Gorinchem, Nieuwpoort, or a hamlet like De Giessenburg or De Bilderhof.
> Consult the information for high-rise buildings
Paper container at your home
You can dispose of paper and cardboard in the (blue) paper container. Break up cardboard so more can fit in the container.
> Discover what can and cannot be recycled with waste paper
PMD container at your home
Plastic packaging, metal packaging, and beverage cartons (PMD) should be disposed of in the (orange) PMD container. Ensure the packaging is as empty as possible. Rinsing is not necessary.
> Discover what can and cannot be included in the PMD
Organic waste container at your home
For food scraps, vegetable, fruit, and garden waste (organic waste), use the (green) organic waste container. Do you want to use bags? Only compostable bags with the Seedling logo or OK Compost logo are acceptable for organic waste.
> Discover what can and cannot be put in the organic waste
Your personal waste calendar
Install our handy app on your smartphone. This way, you'll always have all your waste information at your fingertips. The app includes your personal waste calendar. You can also set up a notification to alert you when it's time to put one of your containers out. That way, you'll never forget.
> Discover more about the handy Waardlanden app
Collection container for residual waste in the area
Dispose of your residual waste in the residual waste collection container in your area. You can open the container with your recycling pass. You pay a recycling fee each time you dispose of residual waste in the collection container. The better you separate your waste, the less residual waste you produce, and the less you pay.
> 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
Collection container for textiles in the neighborhood
You can bring clean, dry textiles in tied bags to the textile collection container in your neighborhood, at a shopping center, or at a recycling center. Textiles include clothing, curtains, and bedding such as sheets and duvet covers. Belts, bags, and shoes are also welcome. Worn and damaged fabrics are also allowed. These can be recycled as well.
> Discover what can and cannot be done with textiles
To the recycling center with the environmental pass
At our recycling centers, you can drop off more than 15 separate waste and raw materials for reuse and recycling as often as you like, free of charge. Only bulky garden waste, rubble, wood, plaster, bitumen, and bulky household waste are subject to a fee if you bring it more than three times a year.
> 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 pay €40 per collection appointment. You can collect a maximum of 1 cubic meter (1 m) per appointment.3) can be picked up. You can pay immediately with iDeal when you make the appointment.
Make a bulky waste appointment
Waste disposal tax and recycling rate
Starting January 1, 2024, your municipality will use a new method to calculate waste disposal tax. You will have control over a portion of the tax. This portion varies and is called the recycling rate. You pay the recycling rate each time you dispose of residual waste. So, the better you separate your waste, the less residual waste you produce, and the less you pay.
> Find out more about the waste disposal tax and the recycling rate
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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