Mix of plastic packaging and plastic with no recycling fees (>80% packaging) Share
All plastic packaging may be included in the category, both soft and hard, as well as plastic not subject to recycling fees.
Note that toys that use electricity or batteries must be disposed of in the electrical appliances container.
Packaging should be empty and should be rinsed to prevent unpleasant odour during storage. It is a good idea to stack packaging together or to decrease the volume in another manner to make the best use of space and reduce transportation.
How does one know whether packaging is made of plastic or aluminium, e.g. bags containing coffee or snacks?
The rule of thumb is that if you crumple it together and it snaps back out again, then it is plastic; if it remains crumpled, then it is aluminium.
- Balloon
- CD
- Candy wraps
- Coffee bag
- DVD
- Dishwashing brushes
- Disposable gloves
- Hairnet
- Ketchup bottle
- Plastic bag
- Plastic bottle
- Plastic foam
- Plastic furnitures
- Plastic pipes
- Shampoo bottle
- Skyr tub
- Snack bag
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste tube
- Toothpick (plastic)
- Toys
- Yoghurt tub
What happens to the material?
The material is compressed and baled at the receiving and sorting plant of SORPA to reduce its volume and is then transported to Sweden for energy production.
In the municipalities of Hafnarfjörður, Garðabær, Mosfellsbær and Seltjarnarnes, inhabitants can sort plastic in plastic bags of their own choice. Bags should be closed well and put in the waste bin for municipal household waste. SORPA sorts the plastic mechanically from other waste and recycles it.
Inhabitants of Reykjavik can get a special waste bin for plastic. More info on reykjavik.is.
Inhabitants of Kópavogur can sort plastic with paper in the blue bin. More info on kopavogur.is.
All plastic packaging may be included in the category, both soft and hard, as well as plastic not subject to recycling fees.
Note that toys that use electricity or batteries must be disposed of in the electrical appliances container at recycling centres.
Packaging should be empty and should be rinsed to prevent unpleasant odour during storage. It is a good idea to stack packaging together or to decrease the volume in another manner to make the best use of space and reduce transportation.
How does one know whether packaging is made of plastic or aluminium, e.g. bags containing coffee or snacks?
The rule of thumb is that if you crumple it together and it snaps back out again, then it is plastic; if it remains crumpled, then it is aluminium.
- Balloon
- CD
- Candy wraps
- Coffee bag
- DVD
- Dishwashing brushes
- Disposable gloves
- Hairnet
- Ketchup bottle
- Plastic bag
- Plastic bottle
- Plastic foam
- Plastic furnitures
- Plastic pipes
- Shampoo bottle
- Skyr tub
- Snack bag
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste tube
- Toothpick (plastic)
- Toys
- Yoghurt tub
What happens to the material?
The material is compressed and baled at the receiving and sorting plant of SORPA to reduce its volume and is then transported to Sweden for energy production.
In the municipalities of Hafnarfjörður, Garðabær, Mosfellsbær and Seltjarnarnes, inhabitants can sort plastic in plastic bags of their own choice. Bags should be closed well and put in the waste bin for municipal household waste. SORPA sorts the plastic mechanically from other waste and recycles it.
Inhabitants of Reykjavik can get a special waste bin for plastic. More info on reykjavik.is.
Inhabitants of Kópavogur can sort plastic with paper in the blue bin. More info on kopavogur.is.
Mix of plastic packaging and plastic with no recycling fees (>80% packaging)
code 1402720| Refund | kr./kg |
Less than 500 kg per month: -8.93 ISK/kg
501 – 1000 kg per month: -11.90 ISK/kg
1001 kg or more per month: -14.88 ISK/kg
The refund occurs at the end of the month if the transaction is registered with an identification number (kennitala). If not the waste category carries no fee.
Mix of plastic packaging and plastic with no recycling fees (>20% packaging)
code 1402820| Payment required | 15,50 kr./kg |
Not accepted
Clothing and reusable items
- Clothes and textiles
-
- Reusable items
- Building material
- Bicycles
- Shoes
Metals and other recyclables
Garden waste
- Garden waste
-
- Grass and hay
- Grass and hay
- Hay from animal husbandry
- Soil and excavation material
-
- Tree branches
- Tree branches
- Tree branches - chipped
Glass and minerals
Wood
Mixed ordinary wastes and bulky waste
-
- Mixed municipal waste and similar waste
- Household waste and similar wastes
- Foodstuffs in packaging
- Compressible waste from construction and demolition
- Waste from waste treatment stations
Overlay materials
Electrical equipment and hazardous waste
- Asbestos
- Light bulbs
- Medicines
-
- Electrical and electronic equipment
- Refrigerators
- Small electrical equipment
- Display screens
- Large electric equipment
- Computers, printers and telephones
- Vehicle batteries
- Batteries
- Hazardous waste
