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How should carrier bag be sorted?

Search for an item and see which Danish waste category it should be sorted into. Try pizza box, coffee filter or battery.

Carrier bag should be sorted as:

Plastic

If the bag is made of plastic

Plast

Cardboard

If the bag is made of clean, dry brown paper

Pap

Paper

If the bag is made of clean, dry ordinary paper

Papir

Residual waste

If the paper bag is wet or soiled with food residue

Restaffald

About this item

Reuse the carrier bag if possible. An emptied plastic bag goes with plastic. A clean, dry brown paper bag goes with cardboard; a bag made of ordinary clean, dry paper can go with paper. Wet or food-soiled paper bags go in residual waste.

If the category is not available locally

If your municipality does not collect this category at your home, you can do this.

Plastic

Alternative: Municipal recycling centre, local collection point or shared collection station. Do not automatically use residual waste.

Cardboard

Alternative: Municipal recycling centre, local collection point or shared collection station. Do not automatically use residual waste.

Paper

Alternative: Municipal recycling centre, local collection point or shared collection station. Do not automatically use residual waste.

Residual waste

There is no general substitute category. The municipality must provide a residual-waste scheme; contact it if you cannot access one.

Your waste sorting guide

Mit Affald helps you understand waste sorting in Denmark, whether you need to look up a single item, read about a waste category or find local information for a municipality.

Use the search field above to see how an item should be sorted, browse the main Danish waste categories, find municipality contact details and local waste rules, or locate recycling centres across Denmark.

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