From lifeless chickens to diapers and wooden waste in natural waste containers: “We’re going to test incorrect sorters extra strictly” (Sint-Niklaas)

“Gft stands for vegetable, fruit and backyard waste. However we’ve got 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 lifeless chickens within the inexperienced containers. “And that isn’t the intention,” says Vanderhaeghen. “Errors occur out of ignorance or inattention. However sadly the gathering staff 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 in the course of the spherical flawed keep away from waste within the rubbish truck.”

“If residual waste leads to the natural waste bin, your entire 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 right sorting of natural waste within the coming weeks,” says the spokesperson. “Throwing your waste within the flawed container has main penalties. If residual waste leads to the natural waste bin, your entire 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 chargeable for this.” (Learn extra beneath the picture)

A staff from MIWA will now accompany the common collectors of natural waste within the coming weeks. “Containers with sorting errors are usually not emptied. They continue to be standing with an info hanger on the container stating the rationale why it was refused,” Vanderhaeghen added.

In case you have any doubts about what could or could 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.