Along with the Christmas and New Year holidays come a lot of waste. Already in the shop you can reduce the amount of waste by thinking about how and what you buy. Keep also in mind which things you can reuse next Christmas.
Below we have listed the most common types of waste that the Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations originate and how to sort it. If you don’t find what you are looking for, use our sorting guide. Wishing you a Merry Sorting Christmas and a good New Sustainable Year 2024!
Christmas food
Waste: |
Sorting: |
Aluminium molds |
Metal |
Box of chocolate |
Cardboard packaging |
Fat from ham (packed in an empty milk jar) |
Biowaste |
Fish waste |
Biowaste |
Food waste |
Biowaste |
Glass jars from herring, jam or jelly |
Glass packaging |
Ham bone |
Biowaste |
Ham netting |
Combustible waste |
Ham oven bag |
Combustible waste |
Metal lids from glass jars |
Metal |
Metal tube |
Metal |
Mulled wine bottle |
Glass packaging |
Mulled wine packaging |
Cardboard packaging |
Pad in a box of chocolate |
Cardboard packaging |
Paper napkins |
Biowaste |
Preserve tin |
Metal |
Thick napkins that do not tear when wet |
Combustible waste |
Wrapping plastic around a box of chocolate and its praline tray |
Plastic packaging |
Christmas lights and lamps
Waste: |
Sorting: |
Batteries (note: Tape over the poles of batteries) |
Batteries |
Cemetery memorial candles (both glass and plastic) |
Combustible waste |
Christmas tree lighting |
Electronical and electronic waste |
Electric candelabra |
Electronical and electronic waste |
LED-light bulb or -candle |
Electronical and electronic waste |
Light string |
Electronical and electronic waste |
Marchall |
Metal |
Metal lid from cemetery memorial candles |
Metal |
Stearin candles and candle-ends |
Combustible waste |
Tealight’s aluminium cup |
Metal |
Christmas decorations
Waste: |
Sorting: |
Advent calendar in paper |
Cardboard packaging |
Christmas post card |
Paper |
Christmas tree |
Garden waste collection at waste reception station (or separate collection) |
Christmas tree decoration |
Combustible waste |
Christmas tree stand |
Metal |
Flowers and soil |
Biowaste |
Flower basket |
Combustible waste |
Flower packaging of newspaper |
Paper |
Flower plastic packaging |
Plastic packaging |
Flower wrapping paper |
Carton packaging |
Plastic Christmas Tree |
Metal |
The cardboard packaging of the Advent calendar |
Cardboard packaging |
The plastic packaging of the Advent calendar |
Plastic packaging |
Christmas gifts
Waste: |
Sorting: |
Cardboard box |
Cardboard packaging |
Cellophane |
Combustible waste |
Gift paper and lace |
Combustible waste |
Polystyrene packaging |
Plastic packaging |
Sticky tape |
Combustible waste |
New Year’s Eve
Waste: |
Sorting: |
Food waste |
Biowaste |
Garbage from fireworks |
Combustible waste |
New Year’s melting tin |
Hazardous waste |
Paper napkins |
Biowaste |
Sparkler |
Metal |
Thick napkins that do not tear when wet |
Combustible waste |
Unused fireworks |
Save for next year or return to seller |