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

“Gft stands for vegetable, fruit and backyard waste. However we’ve got 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 discovered used diapers, compostable luggage, bread luggage, plastic luggage, wooden blocks, vacuum cleaner luggage and even useless chickens within the inexperienced containers. “And that’s not the intention,” says Vanderhaeghen. “Errors occur out of ignorance or inattention. However sadly the gathering group additionally has to take care of residual waste that’s hidden underneath a layer of natural waste. The collectors then should manually take away it from the gathering truck throughout the spherical improper keep away from waste within the rubbish truck.”

“If residual waste results in natural waste, the 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 likewise very costly.”

Maxime Vanderhaeghen

Spokesperson MIWA

“That’s the reason MIWA will set up strict checks on the right sorting of natural waste within the coming weeks,” says the spokesperson. “Throwing your waste within the improper container has main penalties. If residual waste results in the natural waste bin, the complete load of the gathering truck can’t be composted, however have to be processed as residual waste. So get burned. Very polluting and likewise very costly. Each citizen is partly accountable for this.” (Learn extra 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 may stay with an info tag on the container stating the rationale 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 data on the waste calendar or the sorting information at www.miwa.be.