Collection of waste and raw materials
To process waste into raw materials, it's important to sort your waste as much as possible at home and separate it for recycling. For most residents in the municipalities of Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Molenlanden, and Vijfheerenlanden, separating waste is already commonplace. How you dispose of your waste and raw materials depends on where you live.
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Waste disposal tax and rates
You pay waste disposal tax for the costs incurred by your municipality and Waardlanden to collect and process household waste and raw materials. The waste disposal tax is levied by your municipality.
How high is your waste disposal tax?
Your municipality sets the waste collection tax annually. This consists of a fixed rate and a variable rate, which we call the recycling rate. You can find the waste collection tax amount on your municipality's website. Click on the link for your municipality.
- Waste disposal tax in the municipality of Gorinchem
- Waste disposal tax in the municipality of Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- Waste disposal tax in the municipality of Molenlanden
- Waste disposal tax in the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden
Want to see how often you have offered residual waste?
Every time you dispose of residual waste in the collection container, you use your environmental pass. We record how often you dispose of residual waste. If you live in a rural area and have a residual waste container at home, we scan the chip in your container when it's emptied. This way, we keep an accurate record of how often we've emptied your container.
On your 2026 tax assessment, you can see how often you disposed of residual waste during the 2025 period. If you believe the number is incorrect, you can file an objection with 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 apply for a parking permit since February 1, 2025 MyBSR See how often you've offered residual waste. The municipality of Gorinchem has sent you a letter with more information about this.
Recycling rate for residual waste
Since January 1, 2024, the municipalities of Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, and Molenlanden have been calculating waste disposal charges using a new method. You can influence the amount of the waste disposal charge. Part of the charge is fixed, while the other part fluctuates. This variable portion is called the recycling rate. If you separate raw materials properly and have little residual waste, your costs will be lower than if you have a lot of residual waste. Your municipality takes into account people with a lot of medical waste, litter pickers, and people with insufficient income.
Residents of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden have no influence on part of the waste collection tax. This municipality will not calculate the waste collection tax using a new method as of January 1, 2024, but will decide later on the implementation of the recycling rate.
Why did municipalities introduce the recycling rate?
Our residual waste still contains many valuable raw materials. Plastic, food scraps, textiles, cardboard, glass, paper, you name it. And that's a shame. Because we can make new products from these materials. This saves us raw materials and energy, which is better for the environment. It also reduces the amount of residual waste we have to incinerate. The recycling rate helps with that.
When does the recycling rate apply?
You pay the recycling fee each time you have your residual waste container emptied or throw residual waste in the collection container. You can dispose of a maximum 60-liter garbage bag each time. If you separate raw materials well and have little residual waste, your costs will be lower than if you have a lot of residual waste. How? Discover help & tips for less waste and even better separation.
How does the recycling rate work?
Every household pays waste collection tax. The municipalities of Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, and Molenlanden have divided the waste collection tax into a fixed portion and a variable portion. This variable portion is called the recycling rate. The amount varies per household.
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 amount you owe for 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.
> Read more about the rates for 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.
