From lifeless chickens to diapers and wooden waste in natural waste containers: “We’re going to examine incorrect sorters extra strictly” (Sint-Niklaas)

“Gft stands for vegetable, fruit and backyard waste. However now we have observed that the containers are utilized by many individuals to additionally dump waste that doesn’t belong there,” says Maxime Vanderhaeghen, spokesperson for MIWA. (Learn extra under the picture)

For instance, the rubbish collectors discovered used diapers, compostable baggage, bread baggage, plastic baggage, wooden blocks, vacuum cleaner baggage and even lifeless chickens within the inexperienced containers. “And that’s not the intention,” says Vanderhaeghen. “Errors occur out of ignorance or inattention. However sadly the gathering workforce additionally has to take care of residual waste that’s hidden beneath a layer of natural waste. The collectors then should manually take away it from the gathering truck through the spherical mistaken to keep away from waste within the rubbish truck.”

“If residual waste leads to natural waste, all the load of the gathering truck can’t be composted, however have to be processed as residual waste. So it have to be incinerated. Very polluting and in addition very costly.”

Maxime Vanderhaeghen

Spokesperson MIWA

“That’s the reason MIWA will arrange strict checks on the proper sorting of natural waste within the coming weeks,” says the spokesperson. “Throwing your waste within the mistaken container has main penalties. If residual waste leads to the natural waste bin, all the load of the gathering truck can’t be composted, however have to be processed as residual waste. So get burned. Very polluting and in addition very costly. Each citizen is partly accountable for this.” (Proceed studying under the picture)

A workforce from MIWA will now accompany the common collectors of natural waste within the coming weeks. “Containers with sorting errors aren’t emptied. They continue to be standing with an info hanger on the container stating the rationale why it was refused,” Vanderhaeghen added.

Anybody who’s not sure about what could or could not go within the inexperienced or blue bag can discover all the data on the waste calendar or the sorting information at www.miwa.be.