Waste sorting guide

Plastic packaging

• Plastic packaging, e.g. cottage cheese container, ketchup bottle, yogurt drink bottle
• Biscuit packaging, candy and ice cream plastic wrappers
• Soft plastic packaging e.g. plastic bags, bread bags
• Plastic bottle caps
• Styrofoam in small quantities

Residual waste

• Wooden cutlery, ice cream sticks
• Paper towels and napkins
• Envelopes and sticky notes
• Soft plastic that is not packaging, e.g. plastic binders

Paper packaging

• Milk and yogurt paper packaging (sort the lid as plastic)
• Disposable paper cups
• Paper bags
• Wrapping paper

Paper

• Printer paper
• Newspapers

Food waste

• Food scraps
• Fruit and vegetable scraps
• Leftover bread
• Tea bags
• In cases of very wet waste, place some newspaper or used paper towel at the bottom.

Metal packaging

• Tin cans
• Foil packaging
• Aluminum foil
• Metal tubes, e.g. caviar (empty and with the cap on)
• Metal lids
• Bottle lids

Clear glass packaging

• Non-depositable jars and bottles made of clear glass

Non-recyclable

• Porcelain, e.g. plates, cups
• Glass (not packaging), e.g. drinking glass
• Before sorting – first think about whether whole items can be reused in another location.

Coloured glass packaging

• Non-depositable jars and bottles made of coloured glass

Batteries

• Batteries are hazardous waste and should be placed in designated containers or in the major recycling stations.
• NOTE! Lithium-ion batteries must not be placed in the recycling bin for batteries. Lithium-ion batteries should, as a first choice, be turned in to the IT Service Desk.

Refund for recycling

• Aluminum cans, PET bottles, glass, and plastic bottles that can be deposited