How should shaving foam be sorted?

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Shaving foam should be sorted as:

Packaging

Hazardous waste / Farligt affald

The foam itself

Sink / Vask

About this item

Shaving foam cans should be handed in as hazardous waste or metal according to local rules because they are pressurised.

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