Waste intermunicipal firm MIWA, answerable 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 we have now 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 picture)
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 group additionally has to take care of residual waste that’s hidden beneath a layer of natural waste. The collectors then must manually take away it from the gathering truck in the course of the spherical unsuitable keep away from waste within the rubbish truck.”
“If residual waste results in the natural waste bin, all the load of the gathering truck can’t be composted, however should 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 set up strict checks on the right sorting of natural waste within the coming weeks,” says the spokesperson. “Throwing your waste within the unsuitable container has main penalties. If residual waste results in the natural waste bin, all the load of the gathering truck can’t be composted, however should be processed as residual waste. So get burned. Very polluting and in addition very costly. Each citizen is partly answerable for this.” (Learn extra beneath the picture)
A group 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 explanation why it was refused,” Vanderhaeghen added.
You probably have any doubts about what might or might not go within the inexperienced or blue bag, yow will discover all the knowledge on the waste calendar or the sorting information at www.miwa.be.
#useless #chickens #diapers #wooden #waste #natural #waste #containers #test #incorrect #sorters #strictly #SintNiklaas
– 2024-06-03 16:15:03