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 typically 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’ve got observed 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 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 workforce additionally has to take care of residual waste that’s hidden underneath a layer of natural waste. The collectors then must manually take away it from the gathering truck throughout the spherical incorrect keep away from waste within the rubbish truck.”
“If residual waste leads to 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 likewise very costly”
Maxime Vanderhaeghen
Spokesperson MIWA
“That’s the reason MIWA will manage 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 leads to 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 likewise very costly. Each citizen is partly answerable for this.” (Learn extra beneath the picture)
A workforce from MIWA will now accompany the common collectors of natural waste within the coming weeks. “Containers with sorting errors will not be emptied. They continue to be standing with an info hanger on the container stating the explanation why it was refused,” Vanderhaeghen added.
If in case you have any doubts about what could or could 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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– 2024-06-10 13:29:36