Waste disposal tax and rates

The waste disposal tax is a municipal levy. You pay this tax to your municipality. Municipalities use this money to pay for the collection and processing of household waste and raw materials, among other things.

Waste tax amount

Your municipality determines the amount and structure of the waste collection tax. You can find the rates on your municipality's website. Click on the link for your municipality:

Registration of residual waste

We track how often residual waste is collected. We do this in two ways:

Do you use a residual waste collection container? We'll record how often you open this container with your environmental pass.
Do you live in a rural area and have a residual waste container at home? Then we'll scan the chip in your container when it's emptied.

Insight into registered offers

You will receive a notification from your municipality around February with information about the waste collection tax. Your 2026 tax assessment will show how often you disposed of residual waste in 2025.
If you think this number is incorrect, please contact your municipality's tax authority:

Do you live in the municipality of Hardinxveld-Giessendam? Then you can My SVHW see how often you have offered residual waste.
Do you live in the municipality of Molenlanden? Then you can contact the digital tax portal Molenlanden see how often you have offered restaval.
Do you live in the municipality of Gorinchem? Then you can MyBSR see how often you have offered residual waste.

Recycling rate for residual waste

The municipalities of Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, and Molenlanden operate a waste collection levy consisting of two components: a fixed component and a variable component, the recycling rate. The recycling rate depends on how often residual waste is collected. Those who separate waste properly and collect only a small amount of residual waste pay less for this component.
Your municipality takes into account various situations, such as households with a lot of medical waste, litter pickers and people with insufficient income.
The municipality of Vijfheerenlanden does not currently work with a recycling rate and will make a decision on the introduction of the recycling rate later.

Why municipalities work with a recycling rate

Residual waste still contains many raw materials that can be reused, such as plastic, food scraps, paper, and textiles. By separating waste more effectively, valuable raw materials are preserved, less waste needs to be incinerated, and we save energy and raw materials. The recycling rate helps with this.

How the recycling rate works

Every household pays waste collection tax to the municipality. The fixed portion is the same for everyone in your municipality. You pay this at the beginning of the year, along with your municipal taxes. At the end of the year, the municipality determines the variable portion. You pay this variable portion afterwards. The amount depends on how often you have your residual waste container emptied or disposed of residual waste in the residual waste container. We read this number using a chip on your residual waste container or the number of times you opened the residual waste container with your environmental pass.

Rate for bulky waste

You can take bulky waste to our recycling centers of have it picked up at your homeResidents of Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, and Molenlanden are subject to a fee. The municipalities introduced this fee to manage waste processing costs and distribute them more fairly. It ensures that the "polluter pays," and every resident pays for their own bulky waste.

Residents of Vijfheerenlanden will not have to pay separately for bulky waste disposal or collection. The municipality will decide on the implementation of these rates later.

Frequently asked questions about the rates

The program Answers to frequently asked questions about waste disposal tax and recycling rates can be found on our website.