Residual waste and waste bags
Maastricht aims to become a zero-waste city. Together, we can reduce unnecessary waste. Any waste that is still produced is separated for reuse and recycling, so it can be turned into new raw materials. When waste is sorted correctly, only a small amount of residual waste is left. This benefits you too - the less residual waste you have left, the fewer residual waste bags you need to buy. This page explains how residual waste is collected, what you can put in your residual waste bags and where you can buy them.
Waste collection is changing step by step
We are gradually changing the way we collect waste. Between 2026 and 2030, waste collection points with underground containers for general waste will be introduced in many neighbourhoods.
Home collection
Residual waste is collected door-to-door on Tuesday once every 2 weeks. Do you live in the city centre? If so, we collect general waste every week on Tuesday evenings.
Check the MilieuApp or your waste collections calendar to see when residual waste is collected in your street. You can also take your residual waste to a recycling centre (milieupark) yourself. Some apartment buildings have underground containers for residual household waste.
Red and white residual waste bags
Please use a red and white Maastricht residual waste bag when putting your residual waste out for collection. Waste presented in any other type of bag cannot be collected.
Charges
The following rates apply in 2026:
- 25 litre residual waste bags: € 13.80 (pack of 20)
- 50 litre residual waste bags: € 11.90 (pack of 10)
You can buy the red and white Maastricht residual waste bags at various shops. You can buy the red and white Maastricht residual waste bags at various shops. See the drop-down section 'Where to buy residual waste bags' at the bottom of this page for a list of shops.
Free residual waste bags or compensation for low incomes
If you are on a low income, you may be struggling to pay your waste disposal taxes or to buy red and white residual waste bags. If so, you can apply for a tax exemption. You can submit your application (in Dutch only) to the organisation that deals with waste disposal tax: de Belastingsamenwerking Gemeenten en Waterschappen (BsGW).
If you are entitled to a tax exemption, you do not have to pay the tax assessment. You will also receive a number of residual bags for free or the municipality will give you an allowance:
- € 23.40 (if you live alone) or
- € 35.10 (if you live together)
The municipality will send you a letter if you are eligible for an exemption. You do not have to submit a separate application.
If you do not know whether you are eligible for a remission, please visit the website of BsGW (in Dutch only).
Comments and complaints
Has your waste not been collected? Or do you have another complaint or comment? Let us know via the BuitenBeter app or call us on 14 043.
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You live in the city centre
We collect your residual waste bags every Tuesday evening. Please put your general waste bags out on the kerbside on Tuesdays between 5.00 pm and 7.00 pm. We start collecting your household waste from 7.00 pm.
In some streets on the outskirts of the city centre, we collect waste at two different times: one side of the street in the evening and the other side in the morning. Only if you live in a street with two collection rounds, you may choose which round you put your residual waste bags out for collection.
You live in another district
We collect your residual waste during the day. Please put your residual waste bags out on the street from 7.00 pm on the evening before the collection day. On the collection day, we start collecting early. Therefore, please put your residual waste bags out on the street by 6.00 am at the latest.
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Certain addresses have designated collection points. Please only place your waste here – this ensures safe collection of residual waste and vegetable, fruit, garden and food waste (gft+e), and prevents obstruction.
Street Central collection point Arkebusruwe 1 - 87 (odd) and 6 - 92 (even) Corner of Arkebusruwe / Kurasruwe Corner of Arkebusruwe / Blijderuwe Corner of Arkebusruwe / Toernooiruwe Dassenstraat Weidmanstraat (green strip) Dassenstraat (green strip) up to house number 2 Askalonstraat 7 - 53 (odd) and 10 - 48 (even) Askalonstraat from Sionsweg to Askalonstraat, house number 45 Askalonstraat from house number 7 into the direction of Populierweg Heilige Geest Lamp post near Heilige Geeststraat Mariastraat Lamp post Kesselskade Jodenstraat Corner of Kesselskade / Jodenstraat Smedestraat Corner of Smedestraat / Wolfstraat Maastrichter Geis square and het Bat Het Bat 2, 4 and 6 Corner of Smedestraat / Stokstraat Collection point Eiffelgebouw (Noord-kop): Sphinxcour
1H01, 1H02, 1H03, 1H04 (6th floor)
1K01, 1K02, 1K03 (7th floor)
Three-way junction Boschstraat / Maasboulevard Collection point Eiffelgebouw (Zuid-kop)
Petrus Regoutplein:
6H01, 6H02, 6H03, 6H04
6K01, 6K02, 6K03, 6K04
Three-way junction Boschstraat / Sint Teunisstraat Het Lindenkruis Organic waste: Lindenkruis and Maagdendries Corner and curve Prinsenlaan / Heerderweg On street corners at Heerderweg Corner of Heerderweg / Heerderdwarsstraat Nearest lamp post -
Different times apply in the city centre (see list below).
You may put out gft+e and/or residual waste bags weekly on Tuesday between 17.00 and 19.00. We start collecting from 19.00.
Some locations are harder to reach for the waste collection crews. The table below shows whether your address has a central collection point.
Your address Central collection point? Markt 1 to 76 B - Heilige Geest On the Markt, at the lamppost with the pictogram on the corner of the Markt Spilstraat - Nieuwstraat - Grote Staat - Dominicanerkerkstraat - Leliestraat At the corner of Leliestraat / Grote Staat or Leliestraat / Platielstraat Sporenstraat - Vijfharingenstraat - Kleine Staat - Muntstraat - Hoenderstraat - Mariastraat Near the lamppost on the Kesselskade Jodenstraat At the corner Jodenstraat / Kesselskade Maastrichter Brugstraat - Maastrichter Smedenstraat At the corner of Smedenstraat / Wolfstraat or at the square Mestreechter Geis / Het Bat Wolfstraat - Kersenmarkt - Achter het Vleeshuis - Grote Gracht - Platielstraat - Sint Amorsplein - -
Check the MilieuApp for a waste sorting guide. It shows exactly which waste belongs where.
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You can buy the red and white Maastricht residual waste bags at the shops below:
Shop
Address
Zipcode
Town
Albert Heijn Brusselse Poort 45 6216 CG Maastricht Albert Heijn Burgemeester Cortenstraat 8 6226 CV Maastricht Albert Heijn Sint Rochusstraat 20 6241 CD Bunde Albert Heijn Helmstraat 4-6 6211 TA Maastricht Albert Heijn Plein 1992 6221 JP Maastricht Albert Heijn Scharnerweg 110 6224 JJ Maastricht Albert Heijn - Jan Linders Masadastraat 51 6222 DZ Maastricht Albert Heijn - Jan Linders Rijksweg 62 A 6228 XZ Maastricht Albert Heijn - Jan Linders Tongerseweg 57 6213 GA Maastricht Supermarkt Rouwenhorst Kasteel Schaloenstraat 40 6222 TP Maastricht Cobben Glacisweg 25 6212 BL Maastricht Ekoplaza Rechtstraat 48 A 6221 EK Maastricht Gamma Maastricht Belvedere Pontonniersweg 15 6219 PJ Maastricht Gamma Maastricht-Oost Oostermaasweg 3 6226 VJ Maastricht Jumbo Cadier en Keer Rijksweg 27 6267 AD Cadier en Keer Jumbo Franciscus Romanusweg 2 6221 AE Maastricht Jumbo Hilkens Bunde Sint Agnesplein 8 6241 CA Bunde Jumbo Voltastraat 7 6224 EK Maastricht Jumbo Brusselsepoort 19 6216 CE Maastricht Jumbo Kuilenstraat 73 6231 AV Meerssen - Rothem Jumbo Mosae Forum 5-6 6211 DV Maastricht Jumbo Malbergsingel 74 6218 AV Maastricht Jumbo Roserije 303 6228 DR Maastricht Plus Beckers De Mandel 7.02 6227 CS Maastricht Plus Caberg Clavecymbelstraat 31 6217 CR Maastricht Plus Franssen De Beente 86 6229 AV Maastricht Plus Quadvlieg Amby Severenplein 24 A 6225 AZ Maastricht Plus Savelkoul Keurmeestersdreef 111 A 6216 ED Maastricht Slagerij Wevers Herculeshof 13 6215 BC Maastricht Spar City Stationsstraat 9 6221 BM Maastricht Spar City Boschstraat 46-48 6211 AX Maastricht Van Roy supermarkt Zarak Meerssenerweg 97 6222 AJ Maastricht -
If you sort your waste properly, only a small amount needs to go into the residual waste bag. Vegetable, fruit, garden and food waste (gft+e) is collected free of charge every week. Packaging, metal packaging and drink cartons (pmd) are collected once every 2 weeks in some districts.
You can sort the waste items listed below and take them to a sorting station (milieuperron) in your area. It's free of charge.
- glass (clear and coloured)
- waste paper and cardboard
- nappies and incontinence products
- pmd (in the city centre shopping area only)
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Waste that smells quickly — especially gft+e — is collected free of charge every week (green bin). Pmd, waste paper and cardboard, glass, nappies and incontinence products can be taken to a sorting station (milieuperron) at any time.
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- Tie off your residual waste bag properly before putting it out for collection. Do not put it outside before you are allowed to do so. Together, we can keep the streets clean.
- Respect the weight limits for residual waste bags. A 25-litre bag may weigh a maximum of 3.5 kilos. A 50-litre bags should weigh no more than 7 kilos.
- Avoid fines. Do not put out residual waste in any bags other than Maastricht’s red and white residual waste bags.
- If you have any items of residual waste that do not fit in the red and white bag, you can dispose of them at one of the recycling centres and pay a charge.