Residents

Do you have an old mattress or topper you want to get rid of? No worries! Bring it in for free to the waste disposal site for recycling.

Free drop-off at the environmental centre for recycling

There is a special container at the waste disposal site where you can leave your old mattress or topper. Your mattress or topper contains valuable raw materials that can be recycled. By taking your old mattress or topper to the waste disposal site, you are helping to protect the environment.
Does your old mattress or topper not fit in your car? Then you can take it to the recycling centre free of charge borrow a trailer.

Collection of your mattress or topper at home

Can't bring it yourself? No problem! You can also make an appointment online to have it collected and pay directly with iDeal. Bulky waste that you have collected from your home is residual waste and will be incinerated. A shame, because bulky household waste contains many valuable materials that can be reused. With a fee on this collection service, the municipalities encourage you to sort your bulky waste and deliver it separately to the waste disposal site.

You can take plasterboard away to one of our environmental centres. There is a special container there for plaster. Then we make sure it is recycled.

For gypsum recycling, it is important to keep the gypsum handed in as pure and clean as possible, i.e. not contaminated with substances that interfere with the recycling process.

Gypsum you may offer for recycling:

All plaster blocks: heavy, solid blocks in white, green, blue or pink
Fermacell sheets
Plasterboard (offered loose)

This should not contain gypsum waste:

Wood fibreboards
Pressed straw slabs
Cementitious slabs
Insulation material
Wood
Aerated concrete/cellular concrete/Ytong (light, porous blocks, the inside is light grey)
Metal
Asbestos
All types of plastic
Plasterboard and gypsum blocks with tiles

You cannot put these types of plaster waste in the special container for plaster.

Gas cylinders, fire extinguishers and other pressure containers can be taken to one of our environmental centres bring.

There is a special drop-off point, please ask the manager. We will make sure they are recycled.

Please note that pressure containers are not electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste).

Roofing leather and other roofing materials can be sent to one of our environmental centres bring. There is a special container here where you can put it in. We will make sure the merchandise is recycled.

Roofing material that you hand in at the waste disposal site can be used in the production of new roofing materials. Examples of roofing material include roofing leather, bituminous roofing, roofing gravel and mastic.
You cannot return tar in packaging as roofing tar, this is small chemical waste (kca) and hand in as such. Putty tubes are also not allowed in the container for roofing tar, these belong in the residual waste.

Bulky waste, also known as bulky household waste, refers to items in your home such as a broken chair and discarded table. These are items and materials that should not or do not fit in your residual waste container or in the collection containers nearby. And items that you can no longer get repaired, sell, give away or take to a thrift shop.

You can take bulky waste yourself to one of our recycling points or have it collected from your home. For this you can make a bulky waste appointment online.

Give household goods and other items a second life

Is your old furniture, books, CDs and the like still usable? Sell them, give them away or bring them to the circle. Are they broken? Have them repaired at a workshop or repair café or have your old or broken appliance taken away by the supplier delivering your new appliance. Items and materials that can be reused go to recycling companies.

Note!

Never put bulky waste next to a container. The cost is €206.50 per offence.

Questions?

Do you have a question about bulky waste?

> Find answers to frequently asked questions about bulky waste.

Metal, also known as scrap metal, is recycled. That's why we separate it. Metal packaging (cans) belongs to the pmd.

You can bring metal to one of the environmental centres.
Or you can have metal collected. > Make a bulky waste appointment online

What belongs where?

Well with the metal waste

aluminium
bronze
power cable
iron and scrap iron
copper
lead
stainless steel
brass
zinc
large pieces of metal (such as demolition waste and bicycles)

Not in metal waste

At the pmd

aluminium can, dish (from cat food, for example) or container
can (of soft drink)
canned goods (e.g. soup, sauce, vegetables and fruit)
lid made of tin (or metal) or plastic
bottle cap (metal or plastic)
metal syrup bottle
biscuit jar (biscuit tin)
metal crown cap

Have metal collected

You can have your metal collected. > Make a bulky waste appointment online

We collect plastic packaging, metal packaging (cans) and drink cartons - pmd for short - separately. This allows us to recover valuable raw materials for reuse. You can offer pmd in a special container or at one of our environmental centres.

Separating pmd neatly may sometimes be complicated: what is allowed with pmd and what is not? Yet it is very important for a good sorting and recycling process. The reason: The quality and therefore the value of collected materials should remain as high as possible. And the cost of separation as low as possible. Therefore, here is a list of the most common products that do and do not belong to pmd.

What belongs where?

With the pmd

Empty plastic containers
All empty plastic containers of food, personal care products and cleaning products, such as:

cups for dairy products
blister packs
chip bags
coffee packaging (silver foil)
jar lids
blister strips of medicines and chewing gum
bottles of personal care products
bottles of detergents and cleaning agents
bottles of oil and vinegar
bottles of soft drinks, water and dairy products
fruit, vegetable and salad trays or bags
tubs
squeeze bottles for sauces
pasta and rice bags
Chips
plastic bags, bags and sacks
plastic bread bags
plant pots
jars for gel, medicines and vitamins
sauce bags
plastic candy bags
plastic candy bags with metallic coating
soup bags
tubes for e.g. gel, cream and toothpaste
packaging of cheese, meat products and fish

Empty cans and other metal packaging
All empty containers made of tin and metal that have contained food, such as:

aluminium food trays
aluminium or metal can (packaging)
canned goods (please bend lid inwards)
beverage cans for soft drinks and beer
steel syrup bottles

Empty beverage cartons
All empty packs that have contained food (please fold flat and replace cap), such as:

packs for juices, water and wine
packs for milk, custard and yoghurt
packs for soup and pasta sauce

Not with the pmd

beverage cartons containing leftovers or waste from other products
household goods and utensils
agricultural plastic
loose cardboard or other waste paper
styrofoam
tote bag (heavy, reusable plastic shopping bag)
aerosols of e.g. whipped cream, hairspray and deodorant
paint cans
packages with contents
packaging of chemical waste, such as make-up containers, turpentine bottles, sealant tubes

What goes in the pmd bin? Do the check

How pmd recycling works

After your container is emptied, we take the pmd to a processor. The processor separates the materials: plastics, metals and beverage cartons. Then each raw material stream goes to final processors. Final processors turn the raw material streams into new raw materials.

Plastic is ground into flakes, cleaned and ground into pellets, for example. From these granules, new plastic packaging and products are made. For example, fleece clothing, mobile phone and laptop casings, car dashboards and tennis balls.
Metal is indefinitely recyclable. Metal factories use it as a raw material to manufacture new cans. But also, for example, building materials, bicycles and aeroplanes.
The recycling plant separates the cardboard fibres from the carton of beverage cartons of the plastic (polyethylene) and the aluminium layer. The cardboard fibres are raw material for the paper industry to produce, for example, boxes, stationery and tissue paper. The plastic and aluminium are also recovered. They are used as raw material for products such as crates, buckets and aluminium tubes.

See how pmd is sorted

Plastic (plastic) can be well recycled. That is why we collect it separately at the environmental centres. Bulky plastic is plastic products that are not packaging. The pmd container is for plastic packaging, metal (cans) and beverage containers only.

You can offer bulky plastic at one of the environmental centres.

What belongs where?

Well at the plastic

Hard plastic, such as:

garden chairs
laundry baskets
tables
crates
toy
CD covers

Not at the plastic

At the pmd

Plastic containers (empty) of food, personal care products and cleaning products, such as:

bottles for e.g. soft drinks, water, milk and yoghurt
packaging of cheese, meat and fish
bags for pasta and rice, for example
tubs for e.g. butter, sauce and cheese spread
shampoo bottles
bags
tubes
squeeze bottles

Garden and pruning waste that is too large for the GFT container (larger than 50 cm) falls under prunings. Small garden waste (up to 50 cm) is vegetable, fruit and garden (VGF) waste.

What belongs where?

Well by the prunings

shrub taller than 50 cm
prunings larger than 50 cm
branches longer than 50 cm

Not with the prunings

grass sods with adhering soil
wooden posts and fences
prunings smaller than 50 cm
bushes smaller than 50 cm
branches up to 50 cm in length

How to offer?

Participation in the branch route is possible only if you have made a collection appointment in advance.
Place the prunings bundled at the edge of the public road by 7.30 am on the agreed day.
Make manageable bundles that our drivers can easily lift.
The bundles are up to 1.25 metres long and weigh 25 kilos.
The thickness of the branches is maximum one wrist thickness; no stumps.
Do not offer boxes or bags of prunings or other garden waste.
Maximum 2 m³ per provider.

Tree stumps, grass sods with attached soil, wooden poles and fence material are not prunings. You cannot offer these for the branch route.

Textiles you no longer wear and use yourself can be offered at one of the environmental centres or a special collection container for textiles in your neighbourhood. Worn and broken fabrics may also be included. For example, clothes, shoes, coats, sheets, towels and curtains.

What belongs where?

Well with textiles

clothing, such as: shirts, pullovers, shirts, trousers, skirts, dresses, socks and jackets
footwear, such as: shoes, boots, trainers, trainers, flip-flops and sandals (per pair combined)
accessories, such as: belts, ties, hats and caps
bed textile, such as: duvet covers, sheets and blankets
curtains and net curtains
kitchen and bathroom textiles, such as: towels, tea towels and flannels
rags

Not with textiles

floor coverings and carpets (to the waste disposal site)
mattresses (to the recycling centre), duvets and pillows (to the recycling centre or with residual waste)
clippings and filling material
wet or dirty clothes, e.g. contaminated with oil or paint (in residual waste)

Textiles that are still good are reused. Thrift shops or second-hand shops welcome clothes, shoes and accessories that are still good. If the textiles can no longer be worn or used, the materials are recycled. For example, cleaning rags and insulation material are made from them.
Increasingly, recycled fibres are being incorporated into new fabrics. Thanks to textile recycling, discarded textiles thus get a second life and do not become waste. Recycling is possible if discarded textiles are collected separately from residual waste: clean and dry. One bag of VGF or residual waste in a textile container can make an entire container unsuitable for recycling. Help out and only collect clean and well-packaged textiles.