Recycling centres
Apart from the waste that the municipal services and EcoWerf collect from the pavements, you can also take waste to the recycling centre yourself. In the recycling centre, waste is collected selectively for recycling.
Opening hours
Consult the opening hours of recycling centres (Dutch only)
Where?
Find the addresses and a map of recycling centres (Dutch only)
For whom?
With identity card
Residents of Leuven have access with their identity card.
With temporary admission card
These people are granted access with a temporary admission card:
- Future residents of Leuven who are renovating in Leuven
- Residents who have recently moved and whose identity card has not yet been updated
- Temporary residents of Leuven, e.g. students
- People who own property in Leuven but do not live there themselves
- People who do not have an identity card (at the moment)
Not permitted
Not for entrepreneurs with commercial waste or waste from works in Leuven.
What do you need to bring?
Your identity card or temporary admission card.
Which type of waste can you take to the recycling centre?
Free of charge
- Asbestos cement (Eternit)
- Discarded electric and electronic devices
- Small Hazardous Waste (paint residues, frying oil, spray cans of poisonous products,…)
- Candles
- Mattresses
Against payment
- Tree trunks, grass, leaves
- Aerated concrete
- Plaster and lime
- Glass (container glass and glass sheets separately)
- Bulky refuse (additional fee)
- Hard plastics
- Reusable goods
- Ceramics
- Cork
- Scrap metal
- Paper and cardboard
- Polystyrene
- PMD (in the blue PMD bag with the EcoWerf logo)
- Demolition wood
- Wood cuttings
- Brick waste
- Textile (clean and in bags)
Do you have any doubts about the types of waste?
Use the EcoWerf sorting guide (Dutch only).
Use the EcoWerf sorting guide (Dutch only).
Prices
You can find the rates at EcoWerf (Dutch only).
Do you have a question?
Contact us. We are happy to help you.
