From useless chickens to diapers and wooden waste in natural waste containers: “We might be checking incorrect sorters extra strictly” (Sint-Niklaas)

“Gft stands for vegetable, fruit and backyard waste. However we’ve got observed that the containers are utilized by many individuals to additionally dump waste in them 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 baggage, bread baggage, plastic baggage, wooden blocks, vacuum cleaner baggage and even useless chickens within the inexperienced containers. “And that’s not the intention,” says Vanderhaeghen. “Errors occur as a result of ignorance or inattention. However sadly, the gathering staff additionally has to cope with residual waste that’s hidden below a layer of natural waste. The collectors then must manually take away this from the gathering truck through the spherical with a purpose to mistaken to keep away from waste within the rubbish truck.”

“If residual waste results in natural waste, your complete 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 is organising 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 finally ends up with natural waste, your complete 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. Each citizen is partly chargeable for this.” (Proceed studying beneath the photograph)

A staff from MIWA will now accompany the common collectors of natural waste within the coming weeks. “Containers with sorting errors won’t be emptied. They’ll stay with an info tag on the container stating the explanation why it was refused,” Vanderhaeghen provides.

Anybody who’s uncertain 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.