Diftar in Tervuren: an unfair, costly, and visionless reform On August 28, 2025, the Tervuren municipal council approved the implementation of the Diftar system based on weight for household waste collection. From 2026, each household will have to present its [...]

The Tervuren Municipal Council meeting of August 28, 2025, marked the political reopening after the summer recess. The session, dense and at times contentious, was dominated by a lengthy debate on the new household waste tariff (Diftar), which for the [...]

Discover Tervuren's new waste collection system effective March 2026. Learn about chip-enabled containers, underground sorteerstraten, weight-based billing, and how the 'polluter pays' principle affects households and businesses.

Tervuren will be switching to a new waste collection system, with containers fitted with chips to weigh residual waste.
This change could cost the 23,301 residents of Tervuren an extra €1 million