SORTING GUIDE 2015 WASTE AND RECYCLING

SORTING GUIDE 2015
WASTE AND RECYCLING
RECYCLING
HARD PLASTICS
PLASTICS
RESIDUAL WASTE
++Soiled plastic containers from take-away and
++Plastic containers for soap, shampoo, and cleaning agents
++Clean plastic containers for beverage, food, and take away
++Empty and rinsed plastic containers, bottles, and drums
food, and other containers with leftovers
++Styrofoam, plastic bags, plastic film
PAPER
PAPER
++Wet or soiled paper
++Paper towels, napkins
++Plastic magazine wrapping
++Writing, drawing, and printing paper
++Newsprint, unsolicited mail, and magazines
++Books, phonebooks, envelopes, window envelopes
CARDBOARD
CARDBOARD
++Wet or soiled cardboard, carton, papier maché
++Pizza boxes, cardboard with food residues
++Milk and juice cartons
++Folded cardboard boxes, and corrugated cardboard
++Clean and dry cardboard, carton and
papier maché packaging
METAL
++Metal kitchenware, tools, screws and nails
++Aluminium capsules from coffee, tea light candles
++Rinsed food foil trays, food cans and beverage cans
DOMESTIC WASTE AND OTHER WASTE
++Kitchen waste in bags
++Hygiene waste in bags
++Food waste in containers, bottles, and drums
++Ashes in closed bag (cooled)
GLASS
++Rinsed glass food containers, preferably with a lid
++Glass beverage bottles
++Drinking glasses and cullet
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BAG IT
GARDEN WASTE
INLET
++Fruit windfalls, leaves, hedge clippings
++Weeds, grass, flower waste
»»Garden waste in paper bags, bundles of twigs
GLASS
50
cm
RESIDUAL
NOTE: MAX 15 l
waste bags
for vacuum system
inlets
HARD
PLASTICS
WASTE
RESIDUAL
WASTE
9 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE LIVING IN
FREDERIKSBERG RECYCLE
PAPER
METAL
CARDBOARD
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12
Recycle as musch as you can!
GARDEN
WASTE
USE THE RECYCLING CENTRE
SPECIAL TREATMENT
HAZARDOUS WASTE
++All batteries
++Paints, spray cans, chemicals, poison
++All bulbs and fluorescent tubes
»»See more on www.frederiksberg.dk/farligt (in Danish)
USE THE
CUPBOARD
HAZWASTE
RETURN POLICY
PHARMACY PAINT STORE
CALL SCEME
on your
doorstep
Use your kerbside collection service or
VISIT THE RECYCLING CENTRE
BULKY WASTE COLLECTION SCHEME
LARGE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
LARGE [1 - 3 m]
BURNABLE ITEMS
RECYCLING
INCINERATION
++Furniture, mattresses, large items made of wood and plastics
++Wooden boards and ledges in open transparent plastic bags
++Carpets (not exceeding 2 m)
VISIT THE RECYCLING CENTRE
OTHER WASTE
++Garden waste, twigs and stems
++Cables, automotive batteries, accumulators, car tyres
++Clean plastic film, clothes, shoes, mirrors, ceramics
»»All types of waste apart from domestic waste and pharmaceutical waste. Use transparent bags for wrapping.
»»Must be handable by no more than 2 persons
VISIT THE RECYCLING CENTRE
LARGE AND SMALL
ELECTRONICS
RECYCLING
++All items that give off light or sound; items with cords
++PC, IT, radio and TV sets, mobile phones, chargers
++Clean whitegoods, electrical kitchen appliances
»»All kinds of light bulbs are hazardous waste
LARGE
METAL ITEMS
RECYCLING
++Ladders, clothes horses, ironing boards
++Items entirely or partly made of metal
++Bicycles, prams – mark them with “storskrald” (bulky waste)
»»Small metal items should be placed in the metals container
HARD AND SOFT
PVC
MOVING AND CLEANUP
++Large amounts of waste and household items from
cleanup, moving, renovation
»»If waste is wrapped use transparent bags
»»Sort your waste at home and ask for advice at the recycling centre if in doubt
VISIT THE RECYCLING CENTRE
CONSTRUCTION WASTE
++Soil, gravel, sand
++Sanitary equipment, plasterboard, insulation materials
++Concrete, bricks, marble, stones, tiles
»»If waste is wrapped use transparent bags
RECYCLING
LANDFILL
++Blinds, cable ducts, garden hoses
++Beach toys, paddling pools, wellies
IMPREGNATED
WOOD
LANDFILL
++Wood from jungle gyms, fences, and wet rooms
++Garden furniture with wood-preserving agents
PREPARE THE WASTE FOR COLLECTION
»»Place it sorted, upright, without stacking, max height 120 cm
»»Remove nails and screws from wood
»»Collect small electronics in open transparent bags
BISPEENGEN
RECYCLING CENTRE
Bispeengen 35 (through Nordre Fasanvej)
Borups Allé 158
Open workweek 10 am - 6 pm; weekends 10 am - 5 pm
Find all recycling centres on www.a-r-c.dk (in Danish)
Cars and vans not exceeding 3,500 kg – turn off engine
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SWAP CENTRE (BYTTECENTER)
++Donate furniture and household items for reuse
»»Find furniture and household items for your own use
SELF SERVICE AND INFORMATION (in Danish)
www.frederiksberg.dk/affald
INSPIRATION (mostly in Danish)
www.frederiksberg.dk/genbrug | www.pinterest.com/genbrug