Drenthe expects no more waste from AVR Rozenburg after November 1

After November 1, Drenthe will probably no longer be able to store waste that can no longer be processed there following the major fire at AVR in Rozenburg. In the next two weeks, less AVR waste will be brought to Wijster, Drenthe. Recently, more and more residents have been complaining about stench. More than before, according to deputy Egbert van Dijk.

The stench is caused by the fact that the landfill cannot be completely covered as long as AVR waste is still arriving. "As soon as the supply of waste stops, Attero Wijster will cover the entire landfill site, so that stench nuisance is kept to a minimum," says Van Dijk. Since this summer, around 100,000 tons of waste from the AVR has come to waste processor Attero Wijster. That waste is stored there for three years at most. Waste processors have also stored AVR waste in other places in the Netherlands.

Van Dijk consulted with the province of Zuid-Holland, AVR and Attero on the situation on Friday afternoon. He was told that the "waste processing lines at AVR Rozenburg" are being restarted. The expectation is that the waste can be fully stored and processed there again from 1 November. Van Dijk states: "The end of the storage of AVR waste by Attero Wijster is in sight".

The fire in September 2023 at AVR caused a lot of damage to the household waste incinerators. At the AVR in Rozenburg, the waste comes from more than 2 million Dutch households, including from cities such as The Hague, Rotterdam, Leiden, Utrecht and the entire province of Zeeland. According to the AVR spokesman, three of the seven waste incinerators are back in operation a year later. The rest will follow before the end of the year.