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 Bioaffald za Piz 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 m 0c 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 »» »» »» 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
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