Information for citizens Version January 2021

Waste Guide City district of Nieuw-West 2021 This Waste Guide tells you what to do with your waste. Please make sure that your waste ends up in the right place so that the city remains clean and we can process it properly. For more and current information, also visit www..nl/waste.

Online Waste Guide neighbourhood. We will send you a letter when Currently only in Dutch. Enter your postal code you can stop separating plastic. We will and house number and instantly see which days subsequently remove the plastic waste you can dispose of your waste: visit containers. Until then, just put your plastic waste amsterdam.nl/waste. in the plastic containers.

Household waste in containers Disposing of bulky waste Every day you can dispose of your household Make sure your bulky waste is put outside before waste in the underground and above-ground 07:00 on the day of collection. You can put it out containers. There are containers for the evening before, but no earlier than 21:00. paper/cardboard, glass, textiles and residual There are rules for disposing of bulky waste on waste. In some neighbourhoods there are also the street. containers for vegetable-, fruit- and garden . Please put your bulky waste where the waste waste. Use a refuse bag of maximum 60 liters for collection vehicle can reach it easily. Do not the residual waste. If you have an 80 liter bag, do put it against a tree, facade or against a car. not fill the bag completely. Then it fits well in an . Never put your bulky waste next to the underground container. Visit (underground) containers, as the containers amsterdam.nl/waste if you are not sure what is cannot be emptied then. allowed in which container. . Is there a designated place for bulky waste in your neighbourhood (often this is mentioned Cardboard should be cut or folded so that it fits in on a sidewalk tile)? Then place your bulky the opening. Take large quantities to a Waste waste there. Collection Point. . Wherever possible, try to secure individual items, such as shelves, into bundles. Do not place anything next to the containers, otherwise you risk a fine of € 95.

Look for the nearest waste containers in your area on kaart.amsterdam.nl/afvalcontainers (Dutch only).

Plastic with residual waste From 1 January 2021 we will separate all plastic waste in Amsterdam at the waste processor. A separation installation removes the usable plastic and drink cartons from the residual waste. The separate collection of plastic will therefore eventually stop. We do this neighbourhood by

Fixed collection days for bulky waste

Collection days bulky waste per area Waste paper collections bergenwijk in The map above indicates on which day in which Do you live in the bergenwijk in de Aker? Then we area bulky waste is collected. Are you unsure in will come and empty your paper and cardboard which area you live? Call the information line 14 container once a month. In 2021 this will be on 020 or visit Amsterdam.nl/buurten/buurtzoeker. the following Fridays: At amsterdam.nl/waste you can enter your postal Week 4, 29 January Week 32, 13 August code or address to find out on which days the Week 8, 26 February Week 36, 10 waste collection vehicles take your household September waste. Week 12, 26 March Week 40, 8 October Week 16, 23 April Week 44, 5 November Rubble, demolition waste, stones, soil and earth Week 20, 21 May Week 48, 3 December are not collected. Take this to a Waste Collection Week 24, 18 June Week 52, 31 December Point. Week 28, 16 July

Would you like to dispose of your bulky waste on another day? Take it to a Waste Collection Point.

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Different waste collection days for bulky waste and wheelie bins 2021 Bank holiday Bulky waste Wheelie bins Easter Monday, Monday 5 April No changes Saturday 3 April King’s Day, Tuesday 27 April Saturday 24 April Saturday 24 April Ascension Day, Thursday 13 May No changes No changes Whit Monday, Monday 24 May No changes Saturday 22 May Christmas Day, Saturday 25 December No collection day No collection day New Year’s Day, Saturday 1 January No changes No collection day

Residual waste in wheelie bins and refuse bags There are no underground containers for residual waste in several districts and neighbourhoods in Nieuw-West. We collect residual waste there separately. In some streets we also collect vegetable-, fruit- and garden waste separately. Below you can read on which days. Make sure to dispose of your waste out before 07:00 on the day of collection. You can put it out the evening before, but no earlier than 21:00.

Geuzenveld- Osdorp The map below gives details where in In the following districts in Osdorp we collect -Slotermeer we empty wheelie bins. residual waste and bio-degradable waste: Residual waste goes in the grey wheelie bins and Akersluis, Lutkemeerweg, Ma Braunpad, vegetable-, fruit and garden waste in the green Noorderakerweg, Osdorperweg, Raasdorperweg, wheelie bins. You can see the fixed collection Ringvaartdijk, Zuiderakerweg. You put your days per neighbourhood in the grey and green residual waste in the grey wheelie bin and your wheelie bins symbols. bio-degradable waste in the green wheelie bin. Wheelie bins containers are emptied alternately Sloterdijk once every two weeks: grey wheelie bins on Every Wednesday we empty wheelie bins for Thursdays in even-numbered weeks (week 2, 4, 6 residual waste in Sloterdijk. etc.) and green wheelie bins on Thursdays in odd- numbered weeks (week 1, 3, 5 etc.). Sloten Every Tuesday we collect refuse bags with Slotervaart residual waste in the central area of Sloten. Every Wednesday we empty wheelie bins for residual waste on the Plesmanlaan, Sloterweg, Ringvaartdijk and Oude Haagseweg.

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Waste Collection Points Waste Collection Point. If you want to dispose of You can also dispose of household waste at one asbestos, it must be double-packed. This of the city's six Waste Collection Points. You can prevents harmful asbestos fibres from being dispose all of these items separately: asbestos, released into the air when the waste is disposed construction and demolition waste, household of in a container. You can get packaging material chemical waste, electrical appliances, glass, for asbestos from the Waste Collection Point, free wood, iron, recyclable items, plastics, mattresses, of charge. Different rules apply for companies furniture, non-ferrous metals, paper and that need to dispose of asbestos. cardboard, polystyrene, rubber, textiles, garden You can also have this waste collected by a waste. specialized company. They will charge you for this service. You can find details of approved Amsterdam has six Waste Collection Points: companies at www.ascert.nl. . Seineweg 1 (Nieuw-West) . Henk Sneevlietweg 22 (Nieuw-West) Industrial waste . Rozenburglaan 1 (Oost) Different rules apply to the disposal of industrial . Marie Baronlaan (Oost, residents only) waste. Go to amsterdam.nl/en/waste-recycling. . Toetsenbordweg 41 (Noord, residents only) . Meerkerkdreef 31 (Zuidoost) Construction waste and demolition waste You have to take construction waste and The Waste Collection Points (Afvalpunten) are demolition waste to one of the City’s Waste open: Monday to Saturday from 08:00 to 17:00, Collection Points yourself. except on official holidays. Waste Collection Point Henk Sneevlietweg is also open on Sundays Frying fat from 10:00 to 16:00. Used frying fat and cooking oil can make great Amsterdam residents may dispose of waste at biofuel. So, dispose of it separately. You can do one of the city’s Waste Collection Points free of so at the Waste Collection Point. charge. Please bring valid ID with you, as you may be asked to provide proof of your identity. If your Fruit and vegetable waste ID is not issued by the City of Amsterdam, you In some neighbourhoods (Osdorp and must be able to prove that you are a resident of Geuzenveld- Slotermeer), fruit and vegetable Amsterdam. waste are collected separately. Otherwise it can be disposed of with household waste. Remaining waste It is important to us that you sort this waste. This Wood waste is because we can reuse some raw materials, or Wood waste such as boards and wooden furniture extract valuable materials from them. is bulky waste. Tie individual shelves together. Make sure there are no protruding nails or sharp Household hazardous waste edges. At the Waste Collection Points, wood is By this we mean batteries (all sizes), paint pots, separated from the rest of the waste and reused. turpentine and thinner, nail polish and make-up bottles, medicines, lightbulbs and fluorescent White goods and brown goods tubes, engine oil. When you buy a new washing machine, oven or You can return household hazardous waste to the refrigerator, the shop you buy it from will usually shop, or take it to a Waste Collection Point. You dispose of the old one for you. Otherwise, it must are not allowed to dispose of it in the street or in a be treated as bulky waste. container. Other electrical appliances, such as radios, televisions and computers, can also be disposed Asbestos of as bulky waste. Asbestos is hazardous. You are not allowed to just leave it in the street. You have to take it to a

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