Deposit Beverage Containers

(Icelandic: Skilagjaldsskyldar umbúðir)

How to sort

• Aluminium cans
• Plastic bottles
• Glass bottles

Note:
Other plastic containers, e.g. those used for such things as juice extract, milk-drinks, cooking oil, ketchup or dish-washing liguids, may not be mixed together with the deposit beverage containers. They should be sorted seperately as plastic containers see here.

Where to bring it
You can bring sorted deposit beverage containers to the nearest recycling centre - maximum 1.000 units.

For bigger loads go to Endurvinnslan hf. at Knarrarvogur 4, 104 Reykjavík.

The Recycling
The deposit beverage containers SORPA collects are sent to Endurvinnslan hf.

• Cans are compressed, then sold abroad, where they are melted down and used to make new cans, after removal of paint, etc.
• Plastic bottles are compressed, and sold abroad, where they are sorted, washed and ground into chips. The plastic chips then go to a factory where they are moulded into thin plastic thread, which is used to make polyester wool, used in textiles, carpets, etc.
• The glass is crushed in Iceland and used as landfill, instead of earth or gravel