Waste recycling centres

You can also deliver reusable items at the waste recycling centre in Almere Buiten. These items do not disappear in the trash but will have a second life through various partners in Almere. 

The waste recycling centres regularly receive items from people that they no longer need. These items, however, can still be used by someone else. These items can go to thrift shops or good causes. The items should be complete, whole, functioning and clean. 

That is why you can deliver reusable items at the waste recycling centre in Almere Buiten. This new method of collecting used items is a collaboration of Almere municipality with De Kringloper, Rataplan, Voedselloket Almere and Dierenasiel Almere. 

New entrance 

The entrance of the waste recycling centre of Almere Buiten can be recognised from the tent stretched taut above it. The road splits in 3 ways. On one side, you can deliver small items, such as toys, books and clothes. On the other side, you can find big items, such as closets, couches and washing machines. You can reach the waste recycling centre from the middle section. 

In the tent are employees of city sanitation and our partners. They will help determine if items are reusable or not. If you still have any items left, or you do not want to deliver anything for reuse, you can drive to the waste recycling centre. There you can place materials such as wood, metal and pruning materials in the correct containers. 

It helps to think ahead how to separate your items. Your reusable items will be delivered first. Make sure you can access the facilities comfortably. 

Goal 

This method of collecting reusable items meets our goal of giving more materials a second life and to reduce waste. If this method of waste collection is successful, we will look into expanding to the waste recycling centres in Haven or Poort. 

If the waste you want to bring to the waste recycling centres is not in the list below, ask our employees at a recycling centre for advice or call 14 036.

• Accumulators (note: your battery supplier must collect your old battery)
• Asbestos (asbestos only in Almere Buiten and Haven)
• Batteries
• Bilge water (from boats)
• Car tires (max. 4 tires at a time)
• Construction and demolition waste (return sorted! Such as wood, rubble, roof tiles, aerated concrete, plaster, cardboard, plastic, metals, insulation material)
• Drywall or blocks
• Electrical and electronic appliances (all appliances with a plug or battery, such as monitors, televisions, computers, printers, refrigerators and freezers, tablets and mobile phones)
• Fire extinguishers
• Floor covering (such as laminate, carpet, PVC, linoleum)
• Furniture (such as couches, chairs, tables and cabinets)
• Gas bottles
• Glass (jars and bottles and flat glass, such as windows and mirrors)
• Hypodermic needles and medicine residues
• Ink cartridges
• Lamps (energy-efficient lamps, energy-saving lamps, fluorescent lamps, incandescent lamps)
• Latex
• Laughing gas bottles and cylinders
• Mattresses
• Metal
• Refrigeration and freezing equipment (your supplier must collect your old equipment)
• Oil and fat (such as frying fat and frying oil)
• Paint residues (such as paint cans, rollers, brushes, chipped paint)
• Pallets (only from private individuals, not from companies)
• Paper and cardboard
• Plastic (hard plastics and plastics from packaging, including cans and drink cartons)
• Plumbing
• Pruning waste and garden waste, tree stumps
• Roofing felt and bitumen up to 3 m² are accepted at the waste recycling centre in Almere Buiten. Do you want to dispose a larger amount? For a fee you can hand it in at Cirwinn (Pontonweg 10, Almere Buiten).
• Sand
• Solar panels
• Styrofoam
• Stones (such as garden tiles, bricks, flagstones, boulders and gravel – no roof gravel)
• Soil (not polluted)
• Small toxic waste
• Tree stumps
• Textiles (clothing, shoes, stuffed animals, rags, blankets)
• Wood (unpainted and untreated; painted, bonded, veneered, chipboard and garden wood)

• Car parts, LPG oil or petrol tank, cars, trailers and boats (return to recognized dismantling company)
• Vegetable and fruit waste and food leftovers (in the organic waste container)
• Cadavers
• Unsorted household waste (residual waste bags are not collected, hand in at the waste container)

For a fee you can hand in the following to Cirwinn (Pontonweg 10, Almere Buiten):

• Commercial waste
• Contaminated soil (e.g. by pesticides, heavy metals, cyanides, PAHs and aromatic and chlorinated hydrocarbons) 
• Roof gravel
• Unsorted construction and demolition materials