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Waste must be sorted

We must sort our household-like waste into these waste types: food, paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic, food and beverage cartons, and residual waste. Some of the fractions can go in the same bin. Look carefully for the pictograms. And if you are in doubt, please ask.

Textiles, hazardous waste and bulky waste must still be delivered to the recycling center.

We are working to make sorting as easy as possible for all of us.

But why is it important that we get even better at sorting?

Well, there are many good reasons for that, and here are three of them.

Three good reasons why we should sort household-like waste:

1. It’s good for the climate.
2. Better use of resources.
3.

Food waste

Leftovers and spoiled food. Peels, eggshells and hulls. Fish bones and chicken bones. Coffee filters and paper tea bags. Cut flowers.

  • In biodegradable bag – remember to tie the knot

Paper

Clean and dry paper, such as magazines, newspapers, magazines and envelopes – both glazed and unglazed. Receipts, paper bags and drawing paper.

Cardboard

Clean and dry cardboard, such as corrugated and cardboard. Cardboard packaging. Tubes from empty kitchen and toilet rolls.

  • Disassemble

Glass

Wine bottles and other glass bottles without deposit. Canning jars and broken drinking glasses. Vitamin glasses and glasses from spices.

  • Empty and scrape – do not wash

Metal

Cans, caps and metal lids. Tealight holders. Tin foil, foil trays and cans without deposit.

  • Empty and scrape – do not wash

Plastic

Hard and soft plastics. Plastic packaging from detergent, shampoo and food with and without labels. Plastic bottles without deposit. Foil and candy bags.

  • Empty and scrape – do not wash

Food and beverage cartons

Cartons from milk, cream, juice and cocoa. Cartons from chickpeas, peeled tomatoes and yogurt or similar.

  • Empty and scrape – do not wash

Residual waste

Pizza boxes, napkins, paper towels, dirty paper or cardboard. Cigarette butts, diapers, chip and coffee bags. Dog waste bags.

  • All the waste you can’t sort into the other waste types
  • Remember to tie the knot on the bag

You can also learn much more by following this link to the EPA website.