Garbage & Recycling

Waste separation guide (Afvalscheidingswijzer)
Waste we collect
Waste you can dispose of yourself
Where to find glass recycling containers
Where to find containers for nappies and incontinence materials
See also

In Veldhoven we collect the following types of waste from your home: residual waste, GFT+E (vegetables, fruit, garden waste + leftover food), PMD (plastic, metal and drink cartons) and paper.

Do you live in a house? Then you have 3 different waste bins at your disposal
Do you live in an apartment (building)? Then you can put your waste bags in underground waste containers. Please note: you need a waste card (Dutch only) for this

You can dispose your glass, diapers and incontinence supplies and textiles in special containers, located throughout Veldhoven. Reusable items can be brought to the thrift store. Items such as clothes, shoes, furniture, books and appliances. Bulky waste, construction and demolition waste can be handed in at the recycling center (milieustraat).

Waste separation guide (Afvalscheidingswijzer)

Separating waste is better for the environment and is good for your wallet. Are you not sure which waste belongs in which bin? The waste separation guide (Afvalscheidingswijzer) will help you further.

Waste we collect

You will find the collection days on the digital waste calendar. You can also download the waste chart (PDF, 1.3 MB) for more information. Please put your bins out by 7:30 am on your collection day, and no earlier than 8pm the night before. Leave PMD bags for pick up on the kerbside or attached to the trash bag holders before 7.30 am on collection day. The trash bag holders can be found on lantern posts.

Household waste (waste that remains after all recyclable waste has been separated)

Place your household waste on the street in the grey wheelie bin.
Do you live in an apartment? Then you can put your household waste in a bag in the underground container

PMD waste (plastic, metal and drink cartons)

PMD-bags are available at supermarkets or at the reception of the town hall, free of charge.
Leave PMD bags for pick up on the kerbside or (preferably) attached to the trash bag holders before 7.30 am on collection day. The trash bag holders can be found on lantern posts.

GFT+E waste (vegetable, fruit, garden waste and leftover food)

GFT+E can be placed on the street in the green bin (or grey bin with a green lid).
Do you live in an apartment or flat? Then you dispose the waste in a bag in the underground container.

Paper

Paper and cardboard can be put in the blue wheelie bin or grey wheelie bin with blue lid (if you use one).
Do you live in an apartment or flat? Please put your paper and cardboard in the paper container. You can also put it in a separate bag in the (underground) waste container or take it to the recycling center (milieustraat), free of charge.

Waste you can dispose of yourself

Chemical waste and medicine residues (via the KCA-car or waste recycling station). KCA stands for ‘small chemical waste’. More information about the KCA-car can be found on the waste calendar (Afvalkalender)
Used goods (Kringloop De Kempen)
Glass and diapers and incontinence supplies (see maps below)
Bulky waste, construction and demolition waste (waste recycling station)
Textiles (learn more about textile collection via Pastoor Vekemansfonds)
Industrial waste: companies must arrange their own waste collection

Glass container

The glass container is only for empty glass containers, jars and bottles of food, drinks, make-up or medicines. Factories can only use these types as a raw material for new glass. Other types of glass are therefore not allowed in the glass container. If you do put other types of glass in the glass container, it must then be transported again and incinerated as household waste. This means extra costs, which ultimately will be charged via the waste collection tax.

Not in the glass container

Drink glasses and vases, lamps and fluorescent tubes, mirror glass; all these types of glass are not allowed in the glass container. Please hand it in at the waste recycling station. Also bring heat-resistant glass to the Milieustraat. This is glass from a hob, but also oven dishes, pan lids, stove windows and so on.

More information can be found on the website of Milieu Centraal.

Where to find glass recycling containers

On this map you will find the location of every glass container in Veldhoven.

Where to find containers for nappies and incontinence materials

In Veldhoven you can hand in diapers and incontinence supplies at various locations. It must be packed in plastic bags. Please close those bags tight. You can recognize the underground containers by the dark gray color and the 'Diaper and incontinence supplies' sticker. Look at the map to see where the collection containers for diaper waste are located.