Paper / Papir

See the most important Danish waste categories and how correct sorting helps materials move on to recycling.

Click a waste category to read more about it.

Cardboard
Paper
Hazardous waste
Textile waste
Plastic
Residual waste
Small electronics
Glass
Food and beverage cartons
Food waste
Metal
Batteries

Paper as a waste category

Paper is one of the best-known recyclable waste categories. In Denmark, newspapers, office paper, envelopes, magazines and paper bags can often be collected separately and recycled into new paper products.

What to remember

Paper should be reasonably clean and dry. Dirty, wet, greasy or coated paper can reduce the quality of recycling and may need to go in residual waste. Books, baking paper and gift wrap are often handled differently, so always follow the specific sorting result.

Accepted

  • Newspapers, advertisements, magazines and brochures
  • Office paper and receipts
  • Envelopes with or without windows
  • Paper bags

Not accepted

  • Wet or dirty paper (residual waste)
  • Wet-strength paper, for example oatmeal bags (residual waste)
  • Gift wrap and baking paper (residual waste)
  • Books (recycling centre)

Waste items sorted as paper / Papir

Advertising leaflets

Bakery bag

Baking soda paper bag

Birthday card

Bread bag

Brochure

Business card

Carrier bag

Christmas wrapping paper

Cigarette paper

Coloured paper

Comic book

Copy paper

Daily newspaper

Document

Drawing

Envelope

Envelope with window

Flour bag

Flour or grain bag

Greaseproof paper

Interleaving paper

Letter

Letter paper

Magazine

Muffin case

Newspaper

Notebook

Oat bag

Office paper

Paper

Paper bag

Paper bakery bag

Paper streamers

Paperback book

Periodical magazine

Postcard

Poster

Printed brochure

Printed matter

Printer paper

Protective covering paper

Receipt

Rolling paper

Scratch-off Christmas calendar

Shredded paper

Spiral calendar

Spiral-bound book

Staple

Stapled paper

Sticky note

Sugar bag

Tissue paper

Weekly magazine

Window envelope

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