Waste collection tax

We take care of collecting and processing your waste. Every year, you pay a waste collection fee for this. The amount you pay depends on how well you separate your waste and how much residual waste you have left. Businesses and stores do not pay this fee. Instead, they pay a cleaning fee or arrange their own waste collection.

Approach

The municipality will send you a bill at the end of January each year. It details how much you owe and how you can pay.

Costs

Your waste fee is split into two parts:

  • A fixed base amount.
  • An additional amount for the volume of residual waste you dispose of.

The fixed base amount covers:

  • Collection of paper, PMD (plastic, metal, and drink cartons), GFT (garden and food waste), and food scraps.
  • Collection points for glass, textiles (like clothes), and diapers.
  • The resource drop-off point (GRIP) and the small chemical waste (KCA) bus.
  • The recycling center (you may have to pay extra for some types of waste at the recycling center).

If you have your own residual waste bin at home, you pay extra each time you have the bin emptied. The cost depends on the size of your bin.

If you live in an apartment or De Veste and use an underground residual waste bin, you pay each time you open and close the lid of the bin. We call this a dump. A standard 60-liter trash bag fits in the bin, but you can also put several smaller bags in at once. The dumps are tracked using your waste pass.

2025 Costs:

  • Base amount for each household: €225.84 per year (2024: €230.52)
  • Emptying a 140-liter residual waste bin: €6.22 each time (2024: €6.05)
  • Emptying a 240-liter residual waste bin: €10.69 each time (2024: €10.40)
  • Dumping in an underground residual waste bin: €2.22 each time (2024: €2.16)

The fixed base amount is due at the start of the year. The fees for emptying or dumping the residual waste are charged at the end of the year.

If you have moved:

  • You can swap your waste bins for free once within two months.
  • If you have moved to a new construction house, you can have waste bins placed for free once within two months after your move.
  • Any other changes cost €30.00 for a waste bin and €25.00 for issuing a new waste pass if lost or damaged.

Click here to swap your waste bin(s) through the e-service (Dutch)

Keep your costs low by separating your waste well. Check out all the options for waste separation in Helmond in the WasteApp.