Uncertainty over waste collection and delivery in the new municipality of Maashorst

‘drunk’

Bok was stunned when she found she still had to bring her bulky waste to Sustainability Square Oss. “It’s a distance of twice 21 kilometers,” she calculates. “In my opinion, this means that the only benefit of the reclassification will disappear in smoke, which is to use the garbage dump in Uden. I have only one word for that: drunk!”

Existing contracts
Alderman Jeroen van den Heuvel is responsible, among other things, for waste policy in the new municipality. He understands Bok’s reaction, but also has an explanation for the course of events. “The main thing is that there are long-term contracts that we have to stick to,” he explains. “This is because the amounts involved are significant. Then it is more advantageous to conclude an agreement over several years. This is why Oss will still collect waste in Reek, Schaijk and Zeeland in 2022 and 2023.”

Durability
Van den Heuvel wants to use the coming year to develop a new policy. “The municipality of Maashorst has just started,” he says. “The real work has only just begun. First we have to see what suits us, for example what percentage of separation we want to achieve. We would prefer that waste be part of the overall sustainability policy, a theme with which we want to be This is not something we can solve all at once. Our aim is to have a harmonized waste policy by 2024.”