Oily and fatty ship waste on inland waterways
Boatmasters of inland navigation vessels operating in the Netherlands must pay an afvalbeheersbijdrage (waste management levy) for oily and greasy waste. The Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) oversees this.
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Waste management levy and payment
You can find out how to make payments and how much you need to pay on the Stichting Afvalstoffen & Vaardocumenten Binnenvaart, SAB (inland navigation waste materials and sailing documents foundation) website.
If you fail to pay the waste management levy, the ILT will impose an administrative fine.
Ship waste convention, CDNI
The collection, delivery, and receipt of oily and fatty ship waste are governed by the Scheepsafvalstoffenverdrag, SAV (Convention on the Collection, Deposit and Reception of Waste Generated during Navigation on Inland Waterways, CDNI). The Scheepsafvalstoffenbesluit Rijn- en binnenvaart (Rhine and Inland Waterways Ship Waste Decree, in Dutch) is the implementation of the CDNI in the Netherlands.
Implementation of the CDNI
Under the CDNI, the polluter pays the costs of collecting, treating, or processing waste. The ILT supervises the payment of the disposal contribution and degassing. Rijkswaterstaat, the executive agency of the Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) oversees other aspects of the CDNI in the Netherlands.
You can find the CDNI user guides and information about the Scheepsmilieuplan, SMP (Shipping Environmental Plan) on the SAB website.