Separate your waste at homeWaste types
Five waste types plus sanitary waste. Choose one to see what goes in, what doesn’t and how to prepare it.
- Organic wasteMeat scraps · Cooked food scraps · Fruit and vegetable scraps · Eggshells and nut shells · Seafood and fish scraps · Kitchen paper and paper napkins · Garden waste (small amounts) · Coffee grounds · Tea bags
- Lightweight packagingPlastic containers and bottles · Cartons (Tetra Pak) · Polystyrene or plastic trays · Aluminium foil · Cans · Aerosols · Metal lids
- Paper and cardboardCardboard boxes · Newspapers and magazines · Household cardboard rolls · Wrapping paper · Paper bags · Sheets of paper and envelopes
- GlassGlass bottles · Perfume bottles · Glass jars
- Residual wasteVery dirty paper and cardboard · Wet wipes, gauze, plasters · Sweeping dust, ash, hair · Sanitary textiles: pads, tampons · Ceramics and porcelain (small objects) · Disposable razors · Animal faeces
- Sanitary wasteNappies · Sanitary pads and tampons · Animal faeces · Wet wipes