How should salmon packaging be sorted?

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Salmon packaging should be sorted as:

If clean plastic tray/film

Plastic / Plast

If dirty/mixed

Residual waste / Restaffald

About this item

Salmon packaging should be sorted by material and condition. An empty plastic tray or clean plastic film can be sorted as plastic if scraped free of food residue. Packaging with fish juices, grease, foil lining or mixed materials should go in residual waste. Clean cardboard sleeves should be sorted separately as cardboard.

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