Waste intermunicipal MIWA, chargeable for waste assortment and recycling parks in Sint-Gillis-Waas, Sint-Niklaas, Stekene, Temse and Waasmunster, will likely be holding an in depth eye on the contents of the inexperienced natural waste containers within the coming weeks. Too typically, waste results in them that does not belong there, even lifeless chickens and used diapers.
“Gft stands for vegetable, fruit and backyard waste. However we’ve seen that the containers are utilized by many individuals to additionally dump waste that doesn’t belong there,” says Maxime Vanderhaeghen, spokesperson for MIWA. (Proceed studying beneath the photograph)
For instance, the rubbish collectors have already discovered used diapers, compostable luggage, bread luggage, plastic luggage, wooden blocks, vacuum cleaner luggage and even lifeless chickens within the inexperienced containers. “And that’s not the intention,” says Vanderhaeghen. “Errors occur as a consequence of ignorance or inattention. However sadly, the gathering group additionally has to take care of residual waste that’s hidden below a layer of natural waste. The collectors then need to manually take away this from the gathering truck in the course of the spherical with a view to fallacious to keep away from waste within the rubbish truck.”
“If residual waste results in natural waste, the whole load of the gathering truck can’t be composted, however should be processed as residual waste. So it should be incinerated. Very polluting and likewise very costly.”
Maxime Vanderhaeghen
Spokesperson MIWA
“That’s the reason MIWA is organising strict checks on the proper sorting of natural waste within the coming weeks,” says the spokesperson. “Throwing your waste within the fallacious container has main penalties. If residual waste finally ends up with natural waste, the whole load of the gathering truck can’t be composted, however should be processed as residual waste. So it should be incinerated. Very polluting and likewise very costly. Each citizen is partly chargeable for this.” (Proceed studying beneath the photograph)
A group from MIWA will now accompany the common collectors of natural waste within the coming weeks. “Containers with sorting errors is not going to be emptied. They are going to stay with an info tag on the container stating the explanation why it was refused,” Vanderhaeghen provides.
Anybody who’s uncertain about what might or might not go within the inexperienced or blue bag can discover all the knowledge on the waste calendar or the sorting information at www.miwa.be.
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– 2024-07-04 15:44:52