Waste collection
Odense Renovation self-service provides dates and schemes and handles bins, missed collections, large reusable items, bulky waste and the red box.
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Odense Kommune
Find your Danish municipality and see contact information, local waste rules and recycling centres.
Contact information
About the municipality
Odense Municipality is Denmark’s third-largest city and is known as the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen. It offers a dynamic cultural life, many educational institutions, green areas and an attractive environment for students, families and businesses.
Cities and postcodes
See the postal cities and postcodes associated with the municipality.
Agedrup5320
Blommenslyst5491
Munkebo5330
Odense C5000
Odense M5230
Odense N5270
Odense NØ5240
Odense NV5210
Municipal waste rules
In Odense Municipality, residents sort waste into ten trash categories, including food waste, residual waste, paper and small cardboard, glass and metal, plastic, food and beverage cartons, hazardous waste and textiles. Food waste is collected in green bio bags, and glass and metal are sorted together. Batteries and small electronics are delivered separately through environmental boxes or recycling stations. Odense Renovation offers the Mit Affald app for collection reminders and sorting guidance.
Waste categories: 10 of 10
Residual waste
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Food waste
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Cardboard
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Plastic
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Glass
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Hazardous waste
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Paper
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Metal
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Textile waste
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Food and beverage cartons
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Practical waste information
- Waste operator
- Odense Renovation
- Official waste page
- Odense Municipality - waste sorting
- Recycling centres
- 7 recycling centres
Municipal waste service information
Sorting guidance
Odense Renovation provides a digital guide to the ten waste categories plus web and printable guidance for household sorting and eight recycling centres.
Bulky waste
Bulky waste and large reusable items are booked through self-service or customer service. Usable items can also go in black Zirkel containers at all eight recycling centres.
Hazardous waste
The red box collects hazardous waste and small electronics. These can also go to major recycling centres and must never enter residual waste or drains.
Garden waste and composting
Garden waste goes to Odense Renovation recycling centres or is composted at home. It is kept separate from residual waste and treated as a resource.
Useful official links
Source: The information is based on Odense Municipality's official waste page and Odense Renovation's information about waste schemes. Affaldsguide Danmark is an independent guide and is not part of the municipality or Odense Renovation.
Last checked: 2026-05-15