The bio bin

You have a green container or a black container with green lid, a bio bin, at home. This is for vegetable, fruit and vegetable garden waste.

This organic material is composted so that it can be reused as a soil conditioner. Therefore, make sure that only waste that is organic goes into the bio bin.

Only biowaste belongs in the bio bin!

Do not use (biodegradable) bags in the bio bin. 

  • The use of the biodegradable bags within municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel is not allowed.
  • Bio bags and plastic bags are not organic biowaste and do not belong in the bio bin
  • Bio bags and plastic bags are residual waste and belong in the sorting bin (gray container).

The lead time in the industrial composting plant is not long enough to properly break down compostable plastics within that time. Therefore, unfortunately, bits (resembling) plastic still remain in the compost and must still be burned. This is a shame and bad for the environment, as well as a pity of the energy you put into separating your waste. 

You can read the legal basis in Articles 7 and 8 of the Waste Regulation and Article 4 of the Waste Regulation Implementation Decree, via overheid.nl:

What belongs in the bio bin?

Below you can quickly see what types of waste they are:

  • vegetable, fruit and garden waste
  • food waste
  • leaves

You can take different types of waste that do not belong in the bio bin to the composting area in Sumar. For example:

  • leaves
  • tree stumps, costing €25 to €35 each
  • soil, turf, earth
  • prunings (bring your own)
  • prunings (to be collected), cost € 19.25 (maximum 2m3), each additional m3 costs € 8.
  • black soil, maximum 1m3

When is the bio bin emptied?

You can read this in Omrin's Afvalapp, download the Afvalapp for that.

Waste app download​

Or check the trash calendar page on our website.

Is your bio bin not completely emptied?

In connection with frost, for example, material may stick to the bottom of the bin. Our advice is to first put a newspaper in the bottom of the bin. A small piece of wood between the lid prevents the lid from sticking shut.

Tips for separating your waste in the bio bin

How to separate your waste for the bio bin read here.

The Milieu Centraal website and Together we get everything out offers more tips on separating waste.