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.
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