Compressible waste from daily operations Share
Compressible item not classified under other categories. It is important to sort other waste that belongs to other categories and is valuable raw material, such as paper and paperboard, deposit beverage containers, clothing, hazardous waste, etc.
When mixed waste is brought to recycling centres, it should be in clear bags. This helps the employees of SORPA to provide sorting instructions.
- Bamboo
- Bones
- Cassette
- Cat litter
- Cat poo
- Cellophane
- Chewing gum
- Cigarette stub
- Coffee grounds
- Composite packaging
- Condom
- Cooking oil
- Cork
- Cotton pad
- Cotton swab
- Diapers
- Dishwashing gloves
- Disposable gloves
- Dog poo
- Dust
- Eraser
- Floss
- Flour
- Food
- Foodstuffs
- Golf ball
- Latex
- Mat
- Organic kitchen waste
- Photograph
- Sandpaper
- Shampoo
- Silicon
- Soap
- Sweep-up
- Tampon
- Tapes
- VHS
- Vacuum cleaner bag
What happens to the material?
The material is ground up at the receiving and sorting plant at Gufunes.
This makes it possible to retrieve metal parts in mechanical sorting. The rest is baled and buried in the landfill at Álfsnes, where the landfill gas formed when the organic material decomposes is collected. The gas is refined and used as fuel for vehicles.
Compressible item not classified under other categories. It is important to sort other waste that belongs to other categories and is valuable raw material, such as paper and paperboard, deposit beverage containers, clothing, hazardous waste, etc.
- Baby wipes
- Bamboo
- Banana
- Bones
- Butter
- Cassette
- Cat litter
- Cat poo
- Cellophane
- Chewing gum
- Cigarette stub
- Coffee grounds
- Composite packaging
- Condom
- Cooking oil
- Cork
- Cotton pad
- Cotton swab
- Diapers
- Dishwashing gloves
- Disposable gloves
- Dog poo
- Dust
- Eraser
- Floss
- Flour
- Food
- Foodstuffs
- Golf ball
- Latex
- Mat
- Napkins
- Negatives
- Organic kitchen waste
- Pencil
- Photograph
- Photographs
- Razorblades
- Sandpaper
- Shampoo
- Silicon
- Soap
- Sweep-up
- Tampon
- Tapes
- Toothpick (wood)
- VHS
- Vacuum cleaner bag
- Vitamins
What happens to the material?
The material is ground up at the receiving and sorting plant at Gufunes.
This makes it possible to retrieve metal parts in mechanical sorting. The rest is baled and buried in the landfill at Álfsnes, where the landfill gas formed when the organic material decomposes is collected. The gas is refined and used as fuel for vehicles.
Compressible waste from daily operations
code 1400120| Payment required | 24,63 kr./kg |
Not accepted
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
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
- 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
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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
