Waste tax
All municipalities in the Netherlands have the task of collecting household waste. The cost of waste collection is paid by residents through the waste collection levy. Everyone in the Netherlands pays waste disposal charges for the collection and processing of household waste.
In Geldrop-Mierlo, this is regulated through the Diftar system (differentiated rate). This means that you pay each time you offer residual waste. In addition, there is a fixed rate. Through the Diftar system, the waste goals in Geldrop-Mierlo are achieved.
Rate Table
When you present a mini-container or put a garbage bag in an underground container, this is recorded and linked to your address information. At the end of the year, all empties are added up, and billed to you along with the standing charge.
| Type of container | Container size in liters | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Flat fee | € 222,00 | |
| Residual waste | ||
| 25 | N/A | |
| 80 | € 6,12 | |
| 140 | € 10,37 | |
| 240 | € 16,66 | |
| GFT waste | ||
| 25 | N/A | |
| 80 | € 3,15 | |
| 140 | € 5,36 | |
| 240 | € 8,68 | |
| Substrate | ||
| 25 | € 2,16 | |
| 40 | € 3,55 |
East Brabant Tax Cooperation (BSOB).
Waste collection is part of the municipal taxes. For all tax assessments from 2024 you can contact the Belastingsamenwerking Oost-Brabant (BSOB). BSOB will take over all matters concerning municipal taxes from now on.
Waiver
If you are on a low income, you can ask the municipality for remission or a payment plan for paying municipal taxes. This also applies to waste collection charges. You can find information on how to apply for this under Taxes and levies, remission.
Rules for waste collection tax exemption to change
In Geldrop-Mierlo, you pay for waste collection via the Diftar system. Our residents pay each time they put out residual waste or green waste. In addition, everyone pays a fixed amount per year.
Waiver
Residents with low incomes are exempt from paying this tax. If you are eligible for this exemption, the rules for exemption from waste collection tax will change as of January 1, 2026.
What is changing?
Until 2025, residents with low incomes did not have to pay anything for waste collection. From January 1, 2026, the following will apply:
If you also receive remission in 2026, then:
- you still do not have to pay the fixed amount;
- You will receive a waiver for a number of times that you present residual waste or green waste (see table below).
And so not for all occasions, as was still the case in 2025.
If you dispose of waste more often than the number of times stated in the table, you will have to pay for those extra times afterwards. This will be included in the tax assessment that you will probably receive in February 2027.
How often can you dispose of waste free of charge?
Below you can see how often you can dispose of waste free of charge if you receive a waiver. And what you pay if you dispose of waste more often.
| Type of waste | Type of container or bag | Number of times free | Cost per additional time |
| Residual waste | 240L container | 5 | €20.16 |
| 140L container | 8 | €12.55 | |
| 40L garbage bag | 19 | € 3,55 | |
| 25L garbage bag | 31 | € 2,16 | |
| Green waste | 240L container | 3 | €5.25 |
| 140L container | 6 | €3.24 |
Other costs
In addition to waste collection fees, Cure Waste Management may charge for:
- Environmental street: At the environmental street in Geldrop different rates apply per category of waste. Please visit Milieustraat for more information and www.cure-afvalbeheer.nl for current rates.
- Applying for new Municipal Pass
- Requesting new minicontainer / exchanging minicontainer to another size
Cleaning fee
For associations and businesses, the municipality has no collection obligation. Companies, stores and associations basically engage a commercial party themselves to process the industrial waste.
Companies and stores whose waste is similar to that of a single household can also have their commercial waste collected by Cure Afvalbeheer. These companies pay a cleaning fee. The same rates apply here as for the waste collection fee plus 21% VAT.