Put your PBD in the grey bin!
From 2025 onward, we are removing bins for Plastic, Tin cans and Drinking Packaging (PBD) from the streets of Valkenswaard. From then, you can put your PBD in the household waste. this is not only more convenient, but also more sustainable. Thanks to a new method of separating after collection, we can separate waste better and more successfully.
"That's great, but I just want to know what goes where."
To avoid confusion, we've made a list of what you can and cannot put in your grey bin.
What can go with general waste?
- Plastic packaging: Bottles, bags, foil, cookie containers, empty chip bags
- Cans: Food cans, soft drink cans, can lids
- Drink packaging: Empty cartons for juice/milk/yogurt drink/soup
- Dirt and muck: Hoover bags, dirty wipes
- Animal waste: Cat litter, dog poop bags
- Small amounts of Styrofoam: Like packaging
- Packaging with food scraps: Dirty pizza boxes, sauce bottles, yogurt cups
- Disposable products: Plastic cutlery and plates, empty markers and pens
- Care products: Q-tips, makeup, sanitary pads, diapers, disposable razors
What can't go with general waste?
- Organic waste: Peels, coffee, tea bags. This goes here.
- Clean paper waste: Newspapers, boxes, flyers (if not dirty). This goes here.
- Glass: Bottles, jars, mirrors. This goes here.
- Textiles: Clothes, shoes, bedding. This goes here.
- Bulky waste: Furniture, wood, big pieces of Styrofoam. This goes here.
- Electronics: Hairdryers, toys, mobile phones. This goes here.
- Chemical waste: Paint, solvents, cleaning materials. This goes here.
- Small dangerous waste (KGA): Lightbulbs, batteries, aerosols. This goes here.
Where do you put your PBD before January 2025?
As long as the orange containers are still on the street, you can use them for PBD waste. The containers are spread across the municipality and are recognized by their orange color. Check the Cure app or www.mijnafvalwijzer.nl to find a PBD container near you.
In January 2025 we will begin to remove these containers from the streets in phases.
Separation is still important!
The separate collection of paper waste, glass, textiles and organic waste will continue to be important.
It is not possible to separate these after the fact.
What happens to the PBD waste after 2025?
After collection, the waste is sorted out and reused into new products or resources. By doing this after collection, we're able to collect way more useful resources.
By sorting after collection, Cure no longer has to manage separate containers and ride separate routes to empty those containers. Cure can use that capacity to further optimise our current services.
This is good for the environment and for your wallet.
The plastic is made into tennis balls, flooring or new packaging. The metal is reused in the metal industry. The paper pulp is reused into resources for the paper factory. Polyethylene and aluminum are reused for pans, coffee pots and aluminum tubes.
"Okay, so?"
By separating general waste after the fact, we can regain more resources and burn less unnecessary waste. This makes Valkenswaard more sustainable and the planet cleaner. It's not only easy to separate waste, but also better for the environment!
Eindhoven
From January 2024, PBD waste is removed from the general waste after collection. Residents put waste in their grey bin or in the underground container for household waste.
Valkenswaard
PLEASE NOTE: from January 2025, PBD waste in Valkenswaard goes with general waste.
From January 2025, PBD waste is removed from the general waste after collection. The special PBD containers will start disappearing from the streets from then. Residents put waste in their grey bin or in the underground container for household waste.
Geldrop-Mierlo
In Geldrop-Mierlo, PBD waste is collected at the house, separated in plastic bags. You can find the exact collection dates on the waste calendar. Are you out of bags? The plastic bags are available at the following (familiar) points: Geldrop municipality, the waste recycling point in Geldrop and the info counter at Albert Heijn, Nettorama, Jumbo (Geldrop) and Plusmarkt (Mierlo).
PBD waste is separated from the general waste after collection from January 2024 in Eindhoven and from January 2025 in Valkenswaard. From then on, there is no more separate collection for PBD in the municipality.
Residents can put the PBD waste in the grey bin or in the underground container for household waste.
Separating at the source is separately collecting resources, like glass, paper and organic waste (GFT-E). Only a little bit of general waste is leftover. With separating after collection, plastic packaging, tin cans and drinking cartons (PBD) can go with general waste, to be removed afterwards in the factory.
There will be a smaller amount of general waste if all the resources are separated properly from the actual general waste. Think glass in the glass container, organic waste in the green bin, paper waste in the new blue bin. Sorting analyses show that there are too many useful resources in general waste right now. Especially plastic packaging, tin cans and drinking cartons (PBD) can be easily removed before burning with new techniques. This way, it can be turned into something useful.
The change takes effect on January 1st, 2025. From this date, the underground and above ground containers for PBD will disappear from the streets. You'll put the PBD in your grey bin or the underground container for general waste.
No. The separation of PBD after collection is currently developed to a point where it's easy to remove it from general waste. This does not count for waste types like paper waste, organic waste and textiles. If these go in with general waste, they'll be burned. This way, we lose valuable, useful resources.
Collecting plastic packaging, tin cans and drinking cartons (PBD) with general waste, makes for less transport movement in Valkenswaard. This then makes for less CO2 and traffic. There's also a lot less general waste going into the oven, which lessens CO2 even more.
You can find the rules for separating different types of waste on the Cure website and in the Cure app. Check 'All about waste'. Not sure? Check www.afvalscheidingswijzer.nl to see where your waste can go.
Generally, there's plenty of space for both general waste and PBD. By separating the rest of the waste properly, you leave enough space for your PBD waste. If not, you can have Cure trade your container from 140 litres to 240 litres. You can also request a second grey bin, either 140 litres or 240 litres.
The max amount of grey bins per address is 2. PLEASE NOTE: when you request a second grey bin, you'll pay waste tax twice.
Did you know?
Putting organic waste in your grey bin makes all the waste sorts get stuck together.
Tip!
"Put your PBD waste in a closed bag when you throw it in the grey bin. This way, you avoid dirty smells and pests."
