Guidelines for waste sorting
Valid from April 4, 2016
Welcome to the team
We need a strong team
– when we take sorting of waste to the next level
It is important to sort your waste, as it contains many resources, which can be
re-used. Join our team’ Sammenholdet’ and help optimise recycling of waste.
These guidelines will tell you where the various types of waste belong. The
containers which are placed where you live, are clearly marked with coloured
icons, making it easy to see, which container you should use for the various
types of waste. You may have containers with two compartments or singleroom containers. In either case, you have to sort the waste in the same way.
You can also read about the bulky waste collection, which you can use for the
recycleable waste, which you cannot put in the containers. This could be for
instance clothes, shoes, furniture and other large items.
If you have waste that you do not know how to sort, you can use our app:
AffaldGenbrug Vejle. Read more on the reverse of this folder. You can also send
en email to: [email protected] or call us.: +45 76 81 28 00.
Thank you for being a part of Veje Kommunes team for better
waste sorting – SammenHOLDET.
General waste
Use the container for:
• Empty cartons from yoghurt, milk and juice
• Disposable cardboard plates, cups and cutlery
• Toothpaste and cotton sticks
• Ladies towels and nappies
• Plastic packaging from oil, butter and margarine
• Dirty plastic packaging
• Vacuum cleaner bags
• Dirty pizza boxes
Put your general waste in a bag of your own choice. The general waste
is sent for incineration and used for heating.
Organic waste
Use the container for:
• All food waste – cooked or raw (without packaging)
• Fruit and vegetables
• Bread, cereal and nuts
• Cheese and dairy products
• Meat, bones and offald
• Egg shells and egg boxes of cardboard
• Straw from small pets
• Flowers and soil
• Kitchen paper and paper napkins
• Used teabags, coffee filters and used coffee ground
• Rice and pasta
Use the green bags, which we provide, for the organic waste. Organic
waste is used to produce biogas.
Metal and plastic
Use the container for:
(The packaging must be empty and clean. Consider the
environment and maybe use water from boiling potatoes when you rinse the
tins)
• Tins from beer and softdrinks
• Tins from food e.g. tomatoes, pipeapple and cookies
• Alu trays and alufoil
• Used tea light holders, bottles tops and metal lids
• Small pots and other small metal items
• Plastic trays from cakes, fruit and vegetables (clean)
• Plastic foil e.g. carrier bags, freezing bags and packaging from bread,
vegetables and clothes
• Plastic lids and bottels from juice and limonade
• Plastic containers from vinegar, ice cream,
shampoo, dish washer liquid and screen wash
Place the items loose in the container. Plastic is melted and used for
new items such as garden furniture and fleece jackets.
Paper
Use the container for:
(The paper must be clean and dry)
• Newspapers and magazines
• Cartoons
• Brochures and commercials
• Writing paper
• Letters and envelopes
• Carton boxes from e.g. cornflakes, toothpaste and electrical light bulbs
• Phone books and directories
For correct disposal of cardboard, see the section ’Cardboard’ in this folder.
Place the paper loose in the container. The paper is recycled and used
for e.g. boxes for eggs, packaging and toiletpaper.
Doubts? Use
our app
Hazardous waste
Use the red box for:
• Ordinary and rechargeable batteries
• Ink cartons
• Light bulbs
• Poison for vermins
• Chemicals and cloths with chemicals
• Make-up and nail varnish
• Small electrical items like mobile phones and lights for bicycles
• Spray cans
• Thermometers
Take larger items to the
recycling centers
Take syringes and medicin
to the pharmacy.
Broken glass (wrapped in
paper), vacuum cleaner bags
and ashes (in a closed bag)
belong in general waste.
Place your hazardous waste in the red box. Once the box is full (max.
4 kg), place it with your container with daily waste, then it will be
exchanged. For residential areas there may be different agreements check with the caretaker.
Garden waste
Use the container for:
•Leaves
• Grass
• Flowers
• Small branches
• Cut offs from a hedge
• Windfalls
Garden waste is collected 13 times per year.
Bring your container out on the collection
day. Check the calender to see when
your container is emptied:
www.affaldgenbrug.vejle.dk/Selvbetjening/
Toemningskalender.aspx
We also collect Christmas trees, and
should you have branches, which don’t
fit in the container, you can bundle
them and leave them next to the
container. They must be max.
1 meter.
You need to sign up for collection of garden waste. You are also always
welcome to bring your garden waste to the recycling centers.
Doubts? Use
our app
Bulky waste
We collect:
• Furniture and rugs
• Cardboard (in a clear bag or bundled)
• Foam polystyrene (in a clear bag)
• Clothes and shoes (in a clear bag)
• Hard plastic. e.g. toys and garden furniture
• The items must max. be 2 m long and weigh 45 kg.
• The clear bags must weigh max. 15 kg.
• We collect up to app. 1 m3 per colletion
• The clear bags must be closed
You order collection of bulky waste in our
self service solution AffaldOnline
or you can call us. You can choose between
a number of dates for collection of your
waste. The dates are with app. 14 days
interval, and we collect within app. 3-14
days.
Some residence associations and
apartment buildings have a different
system - check with the care taker where you live.
See how to order collection of bulky waste:
www.affaldgenbrug.vejle.dk/storskrald
Cardboard
We collect:
•Cardboard
• Cardboard tubes
• Corrugated paperboard
• Big pieces of carton
• Clean pizza cardboard boxes
If you live in a detached our semi-detached house, you bundle your
cardboard or put it in a clear bag for bulky waste collection.
Some apartment buildings or residence associations
may have a container for cardboard. If you have
doubts about how it works where you live, consult
the caretaker or building administrator.
The cardboard is recycled and used for e.g. egg boxes or new
cardboard boxes.
Doubts? Use
our app
Glass
We accept:
• Glass bottles from e.g. fruit juice, cordial and liquor
• Jars from e.g. olives, pickled beetroot or cucumber
• Wine and beer bottles
• Jars from jam and marmelade
• Glass and bottles must be empty and clean
Glass and bottles must be placed in the containers, which you find strategically
placed throughout the municipality. Find your nearest glass container here:
http://www.affaldgenbrug.vejle.dk/Borger/Glas-og-flaskekuber.aspx.
You are always welcome to take your glass and bottles to one of our
recycling centers.
Recycling centers
We have four recycling centers in Vejle Municipality : Børkop, Egtved, Give
and Vejle. As residents of Vejle Municipality you can use any of the four
facilities.
Vejle Recycling center, Vestre Engvej 70, 7100 Vejle
Open: Monday to Friday 7.00-18.00
Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays 9.00-18.00
Børkop Recycling center, Overmøllevej 121, 7080 Børkop
Egtved Recycling center, Nydamsvej 8, 6040 Egtved
Give Recycling center, Dyrskuevej 2, 7323 Give
Open: Every day 10.00-18.00
All sites are closed 24/12, 25/12, 31/12 and 1/1.
Extra waste?
If you occasionally have more waste than you can fit in your container, you can
buy a sticker from AffaldGenbrug. Place the sticker on a clear bag and put the
bag next to your container. You can buy a sticker for either household waste or
recyclable waste. Read more on our website: www.affaldgenbrug.vejle.dk
Doubts? Use
our app
Velkommen til holdet
Send your waste off to recycling
Household waste
– Remember to close the bag
Put your organic waste in the green bags, which we provide. The bags will be
delivered to your door once every year in September. You can choose which
bags you use for the general waste. We recommend that you don’t fill bags too
much. Make sure you can close them with a knot to avoid that your container
gets dirty.
Doubts? Use
our app
Place papir, plastic and metal
loose in the container
Due to the further handling of the waste, you must place it loose in the
container. If for instance you collect your waste in a bag, you must empty the
bag in the container. Put the empty plastic bag in the compartment for metal
and plastic or use it again.
Crush and squeeze your packaging. The less room the waste takes up, the
more you can fit in the container. Also remember to rinse the packaging, e.g.
the tins. If you cannot clean it with cold water, put it in general waste.
Doubts about how to sort
the waste? Use our app
Our app: AffaldGenbrug Vejle
will tell you where to put the different types
of waste when you are at home or when you
visit the recycling center!
Search for the type of waste you have
doubts about in the menu: Sortering.
The app will tell you which
container to use at the
recycling center and which
container to use at home.
The app is free and available
for IOS, Android and Windows.
FEBRUARY 2017