Avalex collects and
processes for 6 municipalities in our region the garbage. It is owned by these same municipalities. Avalex announced in an
advertisement in De Wassenaarse Krant of 26th October a new way of
separating garbage to improve recycling
and a change in the frequency of garbage collection. In a letter to all
addresses dated 17 th November the matter was further explained.
The advertisement and
the letter caused much concern by many inhabitants of Wassenaar, in particular
about the decreased frequency of garbage collection, which led to letters from
our neighbourhood association and from the
association of friends of Wassenaar to
the authorities. Subsequently discussions were held with the responsible alderman. Furthermore, in
two meetings of a committee of the municipal council and in a council meeting
the concerns were voiced and addressed.
The current situation
can be summarized as follows:
a
small greencontainer may be changed for a large one, free of cost; the
greencontainer will be collected every week in Wassenaar-South and Rijksdorp in
the time period April to December. Outside this period and in other
neighbourhoods the collection will be
fortnightly. Starts probably in Q 1. a second greencontainer can be obtained, free of cost. the
gray container will be collected fortnightly; Starts probably in Q 1. the
blue container will be collected once in
4 weeks; Starts probably in Q 1. At the
time, the blue container was placed in
selected neighbourhoods. In the future all other addresses will receive a blue
container, but one may inform Avalex that a blue container is not welcome. the
tariff for garbage collection will be lowered with €75 per year. the
new way of garbage collection, in which the gray container will get a different
function (plastics, metals and drinkcontainers) will probably start in 2018 or
later as it is dependant on the placement of underground containers for remnant
garbage.
One may expect a new explanation
letter from Avalaex.
WFT 21.12.2016
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