Fat from sewage treatment plants Share
Not accepted
Not accepted
Not accepted
Organic waste from sewage treatment plants, septic tanks and similar installations.
Only washed screen waste from recognised entities subject to operating permit requirements is accepted. In accordance with the SORPA Owners’ Policy, no sludge is accepted.
Organic waste will not be allowed to be buried in Álfsnes after 31 December 2021.
What happens to the material?
The material is received in a covered reception for strongly odoured waste at the landfill site of SORPA at Álfsnes.
Other possibilities
Screen waste can also be sent for incineration to the receiving and incineration station of Kalka in Helguvík, Reykjanesbær. See kalka.is.
The municipal sewage system is indicated for sludge. Further information can be obtained by calling the switchboard of the municipality in question.
Screen waste can also be sent for incineration to the receiving and incineration station of Kalka in Helguvík, Reykjanesbær. See kalka.is.
Fat from sewage treatment plants
code 1214019| Payment required | 36,95 kr./kg |
Washed screenings waste
code 1213219| Payment required | 24,42 kr./kg |
Clothing and reusable items
Metals and other recyclables
Garden waste
- Garden waste
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- Grass and hay
- Grass and hay
- Hay from animal husbandry
- Soil and excavation material
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- Tree branches
- Tree branches
- Tree branches - chipped
Various organic waste
- Fish waste
- Fat from sewage and washed screenings waste
- Pre-processed municipal waste
- Chicken manure
- Horse manure
- Pumpable bio-waste
- Biowaste from food production
- Fish liver oil waste
- Brewery waste
- Source separated biowaste
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- Slaughter waste – Risk category 2
- Slaughter waste – Risk category 2
- Slaughter waste – Risk category 2 for recycling
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- Slaughter waste – Risk category 3
- Slaughterhouse waste – Risk category 3
- Slaughterhouse waste – Risk category 3 for recycling
- Pig manure
Glass and minerals
Wood
Mixed ordinary wastes and bulky waste
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- Mixed municipal waste and similar waste
- Household waste and similar wastes
- Household waste for pre-sorting
- Foodstuffs in packaging
- Compressible waste from construction and demolition
- Waste from waste treatment stations
Overlay materials
Electrical equipment and hazardous waste
- Asbestos
- Light bulbs
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- Electrical and electronic equipment
- Refrigerators
- Small electrical equipment
- Display screens
- Large electric equipment
- Computers, printers and telephones
- Vehicle batteries
- Batteries
- Hazardous waste
