Household waste
Many household waste (such as paper, plastic packaging materials, textiles, glass) you hand in separately. By separating your waste, you put less strain on the environment. Residual waste is incinerated and that is bad for the environment. In Zoetermeer we try to keep the amount of residual waste per inhabitant as low as possible.
Waste that you can't hand in separately may go with the residual waste. It goes in a gray mini-container or underground container.
Underground containers
With your waste disposal pass you open the underground containers in your neighborhood. This is where you dispose of your household waste and vegetable, fruit, garden and food waste (GFT+E). Due to noise pollution, the underground containers are closed between 0:00 am and 6:00 am at night. Keep this in mind if you are having a party or going on vacation at night. You are not allowed to place garbage next to the container. If you do this, you will receive a fine.
Gray and green mini-container
You use the gray container for household garbage. You use the green container for vegetable, fruit and garden waste and food waste (GFT+E). The municipality comes to empty the gray container once every two weeks. The other week we will empty the green container (see www.mijnafvalwijzer.nl).
Place the container on your street before 7:30 a.m. Make sure we can empty the containers properly:
- do not stomp on waste
- don't let trash stick out
- close the lid
Learn more about waste separation?
Take a look at the website of the Zoetermeer aan de bak campaign . Here we share more information about waste separation.
More about the gray and green mini-container
What to do, what not to do?
Want to know what residual waste is and what isn't? You can read all about it on Milieu Centraal's website below:
Waste disposal pass
All households in Zoetermeer receive a waste disposal pass from the municipality. This waste disposal pass also gives access to the Zelfbrengdepot. Here you can bring bulky waste and other types of waste. Have you lost your pass? Then you can request a new one.
More about the waste disposal pass
Environmental Islands
Zoetermeer has many environmental islands where you can separate glass, paper, textiles and PBD (plastic, cans and drinking cartons). Would you like to adopt an environmental island? Via the link below you can find more information.
Collection days
The municipality empties the gray container once every two weeks. The green container will be emptied the other week. On www.mijnafvalwijzer.nl you can see on which days. During holidays the collection days sometimes change. Information about changed collection days is on this website and in the City News. You can also check www.mijnafvalwijzer.nl.
Customer Service
Do you have any questions? For example, about exchanging a container or requesting an additional container for medical waste? If so, please contact Customer Service Waste Collection.
