New and smarter features at the local waste collection stations

Six small and four large neighbourhood stations in Hafnarfjörður

The local stations of SORPA and municipalities in the capital area will in the coming weeks have new and smarter features. Sensors will be installed in all local waste collection containers to ensure timely discharge, and metal packaging and glass will be collected at all local waste collection stations. In Hafnarfjörður, the implementation will take place between February the 11th-17th. The changes ensure that residents of the capital area can dispose of the main types of waste in their own neighbourhood or at local waste collection stations.

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Small and large local waste collection stations

Households already have bins for food scraps, mixed waste, plastic, and paper/cardboard. Containers for glass, metal packaging, bottles and cans will be located at all neighbourhood waste collection stations. These stations are called small local stations and there will be about 50 in the capital area. In Hafnarfjörður there are six of them, and as a new addition, containers for glass, metal and textile will be placed on all stations. In the summer of 2024, three new small neighbourhood stations are planned to be installed in Hafnarfjörður, i.e. in Skarðshlíð, Ásland 3 and Holtið.

Containers for glass, metal packaging, bottles and cans, textiles, paper and cardboard, and plastic will be located at large local stations in all districts of the capital area. There will be about 40 large local stations in the capital area, four of them in Hafnarfjörður, at the shopping centre Fjörður, Nettó in Miðvangur, Tjarnarvellir and Sólvangsvegur. Today, all residents should have access to sort plastic and paper next to their home, but these four larger stations are only intended for overflow from those bins, it is as well always possible to take the sorted waste directly to Sorpa’s recycling centres. Textiles will also be collected at all local stations in the coming seasons. Currently, textile collection is under the auspices of the Red Cross and differs from each station.

Everyone needs to sort their waste – including residents in spare apartments

All residents of Hafnarfjarðarbær are required to sort their household waste into the appropriate waste containers and deliver other waste to local or Sorpa´s recycling facilities. Residents of secondary dwelling units that do not have a property number are also required to sort their household waste into the four categories, but it is a matter of agreement between the landlord and the tenant whether the tenant has access to the landlord’s waste containers or has their own container. For smaller households in spare apartments with two or fewer residents and do not have access to the landlord’s waste containers, it is ideal to have two dual containers, 240L food scraps and mixed waste containers and 240L plastic and paper containers. However, it is recommended that households with more than two occupants in secondary dwellings have a minimum of 240L dual containers for food scraps and mixed waste, 240L containers for plastic and 240L containers for paper.

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General information about the four household waste sorting categories

Local stations in Hafnarfjörður

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