Waste collections calendar
You’ll receive a waste collections calendar in the post every year. It shows exactly when we collect each type of waste in your street. You can also view your waste collections calendar in the MilieuApp.
What changes for you from 1 January 2026?
- Residual waste will be collected on Tuesdays in all districts
- We will continue to collect packaging, metal packaging and drink cartons (pmd) on Wednesdays in districts where this already happened. We will also start collecting pmd in several other districts.
- Textiles will be collected from home addresses 4 times a year in all districts.
Would you like to know the 2026 collection day for your street, or which waste goes in which bin or bag? Check the MilieuApp.
The information below shows what changes apply in each district.
Where do you live?
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- Pmd is collected from home every 2 weeks.
- Pmd containers at sorting stations (milieuperrons) will be removed at the beginning of January.
- Check the MilieuApp or your waste collections calendar for the collection days in your street.
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- Pmd is collected door-to-door every 2 weeks.
- Pmd containers at sorting stations (milieuperrons) will remain in place.
- Check the MilieuApp or your waste collections calendar for the collection days in your street.
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- Residual waste is collected once a week on Tuesday evening (previously once every 2 weeks).
- Vegetable, fruit, garden and food waste (gft+e) continues to be collected once a week on Tuesday evening.
- Pmd can be taken to your nearest sorting station (milieuperron).
Check the MilieuApp or your waste collections calendar for the collection days in your street.
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- Nothing changes in your district.
- Check the MilieuApp or your waste collections calendar for the collection days in your street.
Your waste collections calendar in the MilieuApp
Your personal waste collections calendar shows exactly when to put each type of waste out for collection. Enter your postcode and house number to view it.
Download the MilieuApp to always have the most up-to-date information at hand. The app includes more than just collection dates: you’ll also find information about recycling centres (milieuparken), sorting stations (milieuperrons), reuse shops and a waste sorting guide. You’ll also find your online waste disposal pass (milieupas) in the app.
You can also switch on notifications so you get a reminder before collection day — and updates if collection times change, for example around public holidays or during severe weather.
Need help installing the app? Visit the Digicafé at Centre Céramique on Wednesdays between 10.00 and 12.00. You can drop in without an appointment.
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Residual waste
Please use red-and-white residual waste bags. Tie them securely so our waste collection staff can pick them up at the top. Maximum weight of large bag: 7 kg. Maximum weight of small bag: 3.5 kg.
Vegetable, fruit, garden and food waste (gft+e)
Use your green wheelie bin or caddy. You can use biodegradable bin liners if necessary (sprout or OK compost logo). Maximum weight wheelie bin 140 litres: 75 kg. Maximum weight caddy 25 litres: 7 kg.
Plastic packaging, metal packaging and drink cartons (pmd)
Please use pmd bags. Tie them securely and tie lighter bags together.
You should take your pmd to a sorting station (milieuperron) if you live in the city centre shopping area. Pmd is not collected from home in this area.
Prunings in bundles
You may place 1 or 2 bundles of pruning waste next to your green wheelie bin or caddy. Bundles should be tied with with sisal or cotton twine and should be no longer than 150 cm, no thicker than 50 cm and no heavier than 25 kg.
Paper and cardboard
Please bundle paper and cardboard in boxes or with sisal or cotton twine. Maximum weight: 7 kg per box or bundle.
Christmas trees
We only collect standard-sized Christmas trees, with or without roots, that are free of decorations, buckets, rood cloths, pots or stands.
Fireworks
Please use firework bags to dispose of used fireworks. Put the bags out for collection on your first collection day for residual waste after 1 January. Free firework bags are available at the recycling centres (milieuparken).
Bulky waste
You can take bulky items to a recycling centre or arrange for us to collect bulky waste from your home. The call-out fee is waived once per year. See Bulky waste | Gemeente Maastricht for more details.
Clothing, textiles and shoes
Clothing, textiles and shoes can be taken to a recycling centre (milieupark) or reuse shop. You can also use the bag you receive in your letterbox to dispose of clothing, textiles and shoes.
Please take textiles to a recycling centre (milieupark) or reuse shop. We also collect textiles from your home 4 times a year. Use standard black bin bags that you can buy from local shops.
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Place your waste on the pavement in front of your home, close to the street, or at the designated collection point.
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Residents of the city centre shopping area
- Residual waste / gft+e: put out between 17.00 and 19.00 on collection day. Collection starts at 19.00.
- Waste paper and cardboard, textiles: put out the evening before collection day, from 19.00 to 06.00 on collection day. Collection starts at 06.00.
Residents of other neighbourhoods
- Residual waste, pmd, gft+e, textiles, waste paper and cardboard*: put out the evening before, from 19.00 to 06.00 on collection day. Collection starts at 06.00.
* In Jekerdal, waste paper and cardboard is collected on Friday evenings from 17.00.
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Sorting stations
Certain types of waste can be disposed of for free at nearby sorting stations (milieuperrons), such as glass, paper, nappies, incontinence products and (if available in your area) pmd.
Recycling centres
You can also dispose of your waste at our recycling centres (milieuparken). Check the MilieuApp or Recycling centres | Gemeente Maastricht for addresses, fees and opening hours.
Kringloop Zuid
Give reusable items a second life. Drop them off at the Kringloop Zuid reuse shop, place them in the collection container at the Het Rondeel recycling centre or book a collection at www.kringloopzuid.nl.