From 1 January 2024, the municipalities of Gorinchem, Hardinxveld-Giessendam and Molenlanden will calculate the waste charges in a new way. You will have an influence on the amount of part of the waste disposal charges. A part is fixed and a part is variable. This variable part is called the recycling rate. Do you separate raw materials well and have little residual waste? Then 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.
When will municipalities introduce the recycling tariff?
The municipalities have introduced the recycling tariff from 1 January 2024. The recycling tariff does not apply to residents of Vijfheerenlanden. This municipality will decide on the recycling tariff after an evaluation on the effects of the other measures.
Why are municipalities introducing the recycling fee?
Our residual waste still contains many valuable raw materials. Plastic, food waste, textiles, cardboard, glass, paper, you name it. And that is a shame. Because we can make new products from them. That way, we save raw materials and energy. And that is better for the environment. There is also less residual waste that we have to incinerate. The recycling rate helps.
When does the recycling rate apply?
You pay the recycling fee every time you have your residual waste container emptied or throw a bag in the collection container for residual waste. You can dispose of one rubbish bag of up to 60 litres at a time. Do you separate raw materials well and have little residual waste? Then 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 levy. This currently consists of a fixed amount per year. The municipalities will divide the waste collection fee into a fixed part and an alternating part. This variable part is called the recycling rate. The amount differs per household.
The fixed part is the same for everyone in your municipality. You pay this at the beginning of the year together with the municipal taxes. At the end of a year, the municipality will know what you have to pay for the varying part. So you pay this variable part afterwards. The amount depends on how often you have had your residual waste container emptied or have thrown a bag in the collection container for residual waste. We read this number with a chip on your residual waste container or the times you opened the residual waste container with your environmental pass.
How much is the recycling rate?
Your municipality determines the amount of the waste collection charge, i.e. both the fixed rate and the recycling rate. So for more information on the amount of the waste collection charge, please contact your municipality. Municipalities publish the rates for 2024 on the municipal website:
- Waste disposal fee municipality of Gorinchem
- Waste disposal charges municipality of Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- Waste disposal charges municipality of Molenlanden
- Waste disposal charges municipality of Vijfheerenlanden
Less waste is important for the environment as well as for your wallet
If we prevent waste, separate it better and reuse it more, we need to extract fewer new materials from the earth. This will leave less residual waste to be incinerated. Also, the government's incineration tax makes burning residual waste increasingly expensive. So less waste is important both for the environment and for your wallet.
Want to know more?
For more information on waste charges, contact your local council.
Questions?
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