Bags for food scraps at the tip, the Good Shepherd and the service centre
Separate collection of food waste began last year in the southwest of Iceland as part of increased sorting at home. Liner bags for food waste were distributed free of charge to residents alongside the new system. From 10 January, SORPA will stop distributing paper bags in shops, but residents will still be able to collect them free of charge from SORPA's recycling centres, the Góði hirðirinn shop, and the Hafnarfjörður municipal service centre.
From 10 January, Sorpa will stop distributing paper bags in shops.
Separate collection of food waste began last year in the southwest of Iceland as part of increased sorting at home. Letters for food waste were distributed free of charge to residents alongside the new system and in major supermarkets last year, and SORPA would like to thank the shops that took part in the project. It is clear that the distribution has been successful, and residents of the capital region have collected 24 million bags since the project began. That amount of paper bags should be enough for households for a year and a half. From 10 January, SORPA will stop distributing paper bags in shops, but residents will still be able to collect them free of charge from recycling centres. Rubbish and in the shop The Good Shepherd. It will also be possible to collect letterboxes from the City of Hafnarfjörður Service Centre at Norðurhellu 2. At the same time, the free distribution of letterboxes in shops will cease.
SORPA recycling centre at Breiðhellu in Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður Service Centre at Norðurhellu 2
The success of harmonised classification is great.
The success of the coordinated sorting is great, and the purity of the food waste returned by residents is around 98%. However, there is still a considerable amount of food waste left in the mixed waste bin, so there is much to be gained by recovering as much food waste as possible from the mixed bin in the new year.