Waste Collection Schedule
When are organic waste, plastic, and paper collected? And when can you dispose of bulky items or yard trimmings?
Download the Waste Service app
With the free Waste Service app, you’ll always have your waste collection calendar at your fingertips. View your collection days, receive reminders, and easily manage waste-related matters, such as scheduling a bulky waste pickup or requesting a dumpster or waste pass. Download the app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store.
What goes with what?
In the Afvalservice app and on the Afvalservice Breda portal, under “Recycling Information,” you’ll find a handy overview for each type of waste showing what can and cannot be included. Another handy tip: download the recycling guide to put on your refrigerator.
Waste Collection Rules
What You Need to Know
- With the trash pass, you can open the lid of the underground container
- Hold the waste card close to the window at the top of the underground container
- You'll hear a click, and the flap will unlock
- Open the lid, place your trash bag in the drum, and make sure your trash doesn't get stuck
- Close the lid. The bag will fall into the underground container.
- Please remember to bring your waste card with you
- If, for any reason, you are unable to dispose of your trash in the container, please try the other underground container that you selected as a backup or secondary container.
- Under no circumstances should you leave trash next to the dumpster. This causes a nuisance for nearby residents. Animals tear the bags open, and everything ends up scattered on the street.
- The underground container is emptied regularly; this varies by location and depends on the volume of waste.
How do I dispose of my trash?
- Please place general waste in a bag
- Tie the bag shut to keep the drum from getting dirty.
What You Need to Know
- Please place your trash in the designated container
- Present the container with the lid closed
- Place the container with the handle facing the street
- Place the container in the designated clustering area. If there is no designated clustering area, place the container at the edge of the public road.
- Pay close attention to where your container is located after the collection service has emptied it. Next time, place the container on the same side of the road.
- Do not compact the trash. Doing so may cause some trash to remain in the container. This can also happen in freezing temperatures.
- A maximum of 80 kilograms of waste may be placed in the container
- You may place the container curbside starting at 9:00 p.m. the evening before collection, but no later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection.
- Collection routes may begin daily at 7:00 a.m. The garbage truck may pass through your street later than you're used to. In that case, just leave the bin outside.
- After emptying the container, please bring it inside the same day, before 9:00 p.m.—even if it is not completely empty.
A clean and fresh organic waste bin?
- Keep it dry: Place an old newspaper at the bottom of the container to prevent waste from sticking to the sides.
- Keep it clean: Clean the container regularly with hot water and green soap or a splash of vinegar