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  • 07-04-2025

Change paper collection downtown Gorinchem

Together with the municipality of Gorinchem, we are taking an important step towards a more sustainable and cleaner Gorinchem. After 11 April, the separate collection of paper and cardboard in the city centre will stop. Instead, there will be 15 locations with collection containers where you can dispose of your paper and cardboard free of charge without having to use your environmental card.

New locations of paper collection containers

Friday 11 April is the last time paper and cardboard will be collected separately in the city centre. There are already collection containers for paper and cardboard on Boerenstraat, Groenmarkt, Heerenlaantje, Nonnenveld, Struisvogelstraat, Rond de Watertoren and Varkenmarkt. Eight more locations will be added. From then on, all inner city residents will be able to dispose of paper and cardboard free of charge at any of the 15 locations nearby at any time.

Why this change?

Many residents separate their waste and raw materials even better due to the new waste and raw materials policy. As a result, there is less supply of residual waste, also in the city centre. A number of collection containers for residual waste can therefore be used for paper and cardboard. These containers will get a new valve. Using containers is better for the environment. It prevents loose paper and cardboard from getting wet or blowing through the neighbourhood as litter. Dry and clean material can be recycled up to seven times. Containers also make collection faster and easier.

Where are the collection containers for paper and cardboard?

The 15 locations with collection containers are spread throughout the city centre, so there is always a container within walking distance. The map below shows exactly where the containers will be. The containers are easy to spot and simple to use. You do not need your environmental card to throw your paper and cardboard in the container.

See here where the collection containers for paper and cardboard will be located in Gorinchem city centre.

Return or request paper container

  • Do you have a paper container at your property? You can continue to use it as usual. The collection day does change: from now on, we will empty the container during the day on the first Tuesday of every month. The first time will be on Tuesday 6 May. Place your container at the collection point before 7.30 am.
  • Would you like to request a paper container? Don't have a paper container yet, but want one? Send a mail to info@waardlanden.nl, then we will deliver it to your home free of charge. The paper container is then emptied during the day every first Tuesday of the month.
  • Don't want your paper container anymore?Do you prefer to use the new collection containers in the neighbourhood? Have your container collected free of charge by making an appointment via info@waardlanden.nl.

What is allowed in the paper container?

Only dry and clean newspapers, leaflets, envelopes and cardboard boxes should go in the paper container. Not sure whether something is made of paper or cardboard? If you can tear it, it is paper and may go in the paper container. If you make cardboard smaller, you can put more in the container and it will not clog up the container. Wet and dirty paper belongs in the residual waste, because it cannot be recycled properly.

Note: no more paper and cardboard on the street after 11 April

After 11 April, paper and cardboard may no longer be put loose in the street, even next to a collection container. This prevents litter and extra clean-up costs.

Frequently asked questions and answers

Loose paper on the street quickly creates pollution: it can get wet from rain or be scattered by the wind as litter. By using collection containers, paper and cardboard stays dry, and can be better recycled. Containers also make collection faster and easier. Moreover, collection after 6pm in the city centre is sometimes difficult due to parking pressure. Collection trucks are less bothered by parked cars during the day, from 07:30. 

After 11 April 2025, you can dispose of paper and cardboard in one of the collection containers for paper and cardboard spread across 15 locations in Gorinchem city centre. These locations have been carefully chosen so that there is always a container within walking distance.  

Locations:

1.Bagijnwal 

2.Peasant street 

Blue Tower Street 

4.Green market  

5.Heerenlaantje 

6.Kalkhaven (Westside location) 

7.Nonnenveld 

8.Mushroom 

9.Around the Water Tower 

10.Smakheul 

11.Ostrich Street 

12.Pig market  

13.Fifth Output 

14.Wilhelmina Square 

15.Wolpherenwal 

See here where the collection containers for paper and cardboard will be located in Gorinchem city centre. 

By collecting paper and cardboard clean and dry in containers, these raw materials can be recycled up to seven times. This reduces the amount of residual waste and contributes to a cleaner living environment and a circular economy. 

Almost all the paper and cardboard we collect is recycled. Very occasionally, it happens that a load is too contaminated and cannot be reused. In that case, it is burnt. That is why it is important to put only clean and dry paper in the container, so that we can reuse as much as possible.

Entrepreneurs in the city centre have been informed personally and by letter by Gorinchem council about the discontinuation of household collection of loose paper and cardboard on the second Friday of the month.

This change only concerns household collection of loose paper and cardboard in the city centre on Fridays. For business owners with a contract for their commercial waste or other agreements on the collection of their commercial waste, nothing will change. Their commercial waste will be collected as agreed in the business contracts.