Pallets, boxes and similar waste Share
The category is for pallets and boxes made of wood without foreign materials.
What happens to the material?
The material is chipped in the wood chipper of the SORPA receiving and sorting plant. This makes it possible to retrieve metal parts in mechanical sorting. The material is then used as a source of carbon in the manufacture of ferro-alloys. Such recycling of wood is the first of its kind in the world. Wood is usually used as a source of energy overseas. The use of renewable energy sources, and thereby environmentally friendly energy production here in Iceland, however, means that the wood is better utilised in this manner. This means both the reduction of coal imports and burying of organic waste.
The category is for pallets and boxes made of wood without foreign materials.
- Pallet
What happens to the material?
The material is chipped in the wood chipper of the SORPA receiving and sorting plant. This makes it possible to retrieve metal parts in mechanical sorting. The material is then used as a source of carbon in the manufacture of ferro-alloys. Such recycling of wood is the first of its kind in the world. Wood is usually used as a source of energy overseas. The use of renewable energy sources, and thereby environmentally friendly energy production here in Iceland, however, means that the wood is better utilised in this manner. This means both the reduction of coal imports and burying of organic waste.
Pallets, boxes and the like
code 1400415| Payment required | 5,28 kr./kg |
Not accepted
Clothing and reusable items
- Clothes and textiles
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- Reusable items
- Building material
- Bicycles
- Shoes
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
