Waste paper and cardboard

Newspapers, flyers, envelopes, toilet paper rolls, and cardboard boxes: it’s all waste paper. New paper and cardboard are made from waste paper and cardboard. It can be reused up to 7 times.

Recycling saves a lot of energy, reduces CO2 emissions, and saves trees. But only if you put the paper and cardboard in the waste paper and cardboard bin. Paper and cardboard that you put in the general waste bin are unnecessarily incinerated.

So please put your waste paper and cardboard in the waste paper and cardboard bin. Fold, tear, cut, or crush boxes to make them smaller, and collect paper at home in a bag or box. This keeps the bin tidy and allows it to hold more.

Waste paper that you turn in must be clean and dry. Used tissues, dirty pizza boxes, and wet newspapers do not belong in the waste paper and cardboard container. Books, flyers (without plastic wrap), and clean cake and pizza boxes can be placed in the waste paper and cardboard container.

If you’re unsure, use the waste sorting guide from Milieu Centraal.

Blue container

If you live in a house with a yard in Voorschoten, you can request a blue bin for paper and cardboard free of charge. Click on the link to submit a request.

The Waste Collection Calendar shows when the municipality will empty the bins on your street.

Underground collection containers

In the Waste Collection Calendar, you can see where the underground collection containers for waste paper and cardboard are located in your neighborhood.

Fold, tear, cut, or crush boxes to make them smaller, and then place them in the container. This keeps the opening clear and allows more to fit inside.

Submit to the municipality

You can also drop off large cardboard boxes at the municipal office. You can do this at the facility located at Koninklijke Marinelaan 21 in Voorschoten. There is a compactor for large cardboard boxes there.

You can drop off boxes on Wednesdays from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

More information

For more information and tips on waste paper and cardboard, visit the Milieu Centraal website at .

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