From January 2025, PBD waste is removed from the general waste after collection. The special PBD containers will start disappearing from the streets from then. Residents put waste in their grey bin or in the underground container for household waste.

No PBD bags are handed out in Valkenswaard. This is stipulated in the municipality's policy. This is because Cure does not collect bags at te house and the PBD bags are too big for the bins.

Handing these bags out is also expensive. Cure is investing in other means to make waste collection easier, like accessible and functional above and underground waste containers.

Separating at the source is separately collecting resources, like glass, paper and organic waste (GFT-E). Only a little bit of general waste is leftover. With separating after collection, plastic packaging, tin cans and drinking cartons (PBD) can go with general waste, to be removed afterwards in the factory.

There will be a smaller amount of general waste if all the resources are separated properly from the actual general waste. Think glass in the glass container, organic waste (GFT-E) in the green bin, paper waste in the new blue bin. Sorting analyses show that there are too many useful resources in general waste right now. Especially plastic packaging, tin cans and drinking cartons (PBD) can be easily removed before burning with new techniques. This way, it can be turned into something useful. 

The change takes effect on January 1st, 2025. From this date, the underground and above ground containers for PBD will disappear from the streets. You'll put the PBD in your grey bin or the underground container for general waste.

No. The separation of PBD after collection is currently developed to a point where it's easy to remove it from general waste. This does not count for waste types like paper waste, organic waste and textiles. If these go in with general waste, they'll be burned. This way, we lose valuable, useful resources.

Collecting plastic packaging, tin cans and drinking cartons (PBD) with general waste, makes for less transport movement in Valkenswaard. This then makes for less CO2 and traffic. There's also a lot less general waste going into the oven, which lessens CO2 even more.

You can find the rules for separating different types of waste on the Cure website and in the Cure app. Check 'All about waste'. Not sure? Check www.afvalscheidingswijzer.nl to see where your waste can go.

Generally, there's plenty of space for both general waste and PBD. By separating the rest of the waste properly, you leave enough space for your PBD waste. If not, you can have Cure trade your container from 140 litres to 240 litres. You can also request a second grey bin, either 140 litres or 240 litres. 

The max amount of grey bins per address is 2. PLEASE NOTE: when you request a second grey bin, you'll pay waste tax twice.