A large amount of our household waste can be separated and recycled. This waste should be put into the containers provided in the waste separation room. Waste separation does not require a lot of effort. The most important thing requiring the most effort is to dispose of hazardous waste in the correct manner.

Our common responsibility

To take care of our waste properly, it is important for both SSSB and the residents to take their respective responsibilities. All unauthorised dumping, i.e. of waste that is not generated in SSSB apartments, increases both our and your costs. Tenants should not have to foot the bill for this.

• SSSB is responsible for ensuring that there is adequate space, different separation containers and good, accessible information.
• Tenants are responsible for following the separation instructions to ensure good-quality recyclable material. Otherwise, our recycling efforts will be to no avail.
• SSSB and the tenants have a common responsibility to keep the waste rooms tidy.

Household waste

Remember that everything you put in the household waste must be convertible to district heating energy, non-hazardous and non-recyclable. In some of SSSB’s facilities each apartment has two waste containers, one for combustible waste and one for organic waste. See the labelling on the waste chute. Organic waste must be thrown away in bags that are organically degradable.

The waste collectors’ work environment can be improved if everyone packages their waste appropriately before throwing it away. Ensure waste bags are adequately tied so that they don’t leak.

Waste separation

New waste separation regulations came into force a few years ago. Under these regulations, we must separate waste paper, cardboard boxes, corrugated cardboard, glass, metals and electronic waste, so that producers can collect it for recycling. We are also supposed to separate fluorescent light-tubes, light bulbs, low-energy light bulbs and small batteries.

It is important that everyone lends a hand to keep the waste separation room tidy. Only deposit designated waste in the waste room and read the signs carefully so that everything is correctly separated.

Help each other to throw the right things in the right place. In addition to waste separation being important for the global environment, your recycling room is also part of the waste collector’s and house caretaker’s work environment. The risk of fire or vermin is also something to bear in mind.

If you want to throw large articles or large amounts of packaging away, we recommend that you take it to the nearest public recycling station yourself.

Hazardous waste

Mercury bulbs, i.e. low-energy bulbs, and small batteries are the only hazardous waste items accepted by SSSB. You must take all other hazardous waste to the nearest public hazardous waste recycling station. Waste paint, glue, household chemicals, car tyres, car batteries, fridges, freezers must not be deposited in our recycling rooms. Old medicine and mercury thermometers are to be taken to the chemist's (Apoteket).

How do I separate my waste?

Why am I allowed to put a newspaper in newspaper collection container but not a cardboard box? Why am I allowed to put a tin in the waste metal container, but must put my old frying-pan in the bulky waste? Many people ask themselves these kinds of questions and since so many throw “the wrong waste in the wrong container”, this affects how our waste is dealt with when it is collected from our property.