Waste bags

You must purchase specific bags for various types of unsorted waste, biodegradable, pmd, and soft plastics.

Points of sale

In most supermarkets in Leuven
In the city office (without appointment)
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You can pay with a bank card (preferably) or cash.

Prices

Brown bags (unsorted waste)
- Roll of 10 large bags (60 litres per bag): € 22,5
- Roll of 10 small bags (30 litres per bag): € 11,25
Blue bags (PMD: plastic packaging, metal packaging, drink cartons)
Both PMD bags with black and red tyre are official EcoWerf bags
- Roll of 20 bags (60 litres per bag): € 3
- Roll of 20 bags (90 litres per bag): € 4
Light green bags (GFT: vegetable, fruit and garden)
Green gft bags are only for Leuven city centre. Biodegradable waste in the boroughs is collected in a GFT container.
- Roll of 10 large biodegradable bags (40 liters): € 7
- Roll of 20 small biodegradable bags (20 liters): € 7

Compostable bags for kitchen waste bins
We also sell a roll of 50 compostable bags (€ 2,5). You can put these in your kitchen waste bin for GFT waste. Note: you may not put GFT waste in these bags for collection. For that you use the official light green bags.

Bag broken

You can exchange a broken bag at the city office.

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Do you have a question?

Call us

016 27 40 10

Mail us

stadsreiniging@leuven.be

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