Waste intermunicipal firm MIWA, accountable for waste assortment and the recycling parks in Sint-Gillis-Waas, Sint-Niklaas, Stekene, Temse and Waasmunster, will carefully monitor the contents of the inexperienced natural waste containers within the coming weeks. Too usually waste that does not belong there finally ends up there, even useless chickens and used diapers.
“Gft stands for vegetable, fruit and backyard waste. However now we have seen that many individuals use the containers to dump waste that doesn’t belong there,” says Maxime Vanderhaeghen, spokesperson for MIWA. (Learn extra beneath the photograph)
For instance, the rubbish collectors 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 out of ignorance or inattention. However sadly the gathering staff additionally has to cope with residual waste that’s hidden underneath a layer of natural waste. The collectors then need to manually take away it from the gathering truck through the spherical incorrect keep away from waste within the rubbish truck.”
“If residual waste results in the natural waste bin, the whole 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”
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 incorrect container has main penalties. If residual waste results in the natural waste bin, the whole 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.” (Learn extra beneath the photograph)
A staff from MIWA will now accompany the common collectors of natural waste within the coming weeks. “Containers with sorting errors should not emptied. They continue to be standing with an info hanger on the container stating the rationale why it was refused,” Vanderhaeghen added.
If in case you have any doubts about what might or might not go within the inexperienced or blue bag, you could find all the knowledge on the waste calendar or the sorting information at www.miwa.be.
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– 2024-06-19 18:15:45