How should kitchen roll be sorted?

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Kitchen roll should be sorted as:

Cardboard tube

Cardboard / Pap

If used for food

Food waste / Madaffald

If used for cleaning

Residual waste / Restaffald

About this item

The cardboard tube from kitchen roll should be sorted as cardboard. Used kitchen paper may go in food waste only if it has been used for food or ordinary food residue. If it has been used for cleaning, oil, paint, chemicals, dust or hygiene, sort it as residual waste. Do not place kitchen paper in paper recycling.

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