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

“Gft stands for vegetable, fruit and backyard waste. However we now 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 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 beneath a layer of natural waste. The collectors then should manually take away it from the gathering truck in the course of the spherical incorrect keep away from waste within the rubbish truck.”

“If residual waste results in the natural waste bin, your entire 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 right 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, your entire 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 liable 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 usually are not emptied. They continue to be standing with an data hanger on the container stating the rationale 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.