Paper and non-corrugated cardboard
(Icelandic: Pappír og sléttur pappi)
How to sort
All newspapers, magazines, advertisement leaflets and printing paper from homes as well as paper and carton packaging such as milk cartons, juice cartons and every sort of packaging made from paper or carton, i.e. cartons for softener, cartons covered/lined with aluminium foil, cereal boxes and shoe boxes etc. can be put into the blue container. Note! Stables and paperclips don’t effect the recycling process.
Note
Be sure to sort correctly. No plastic. Any unwanted or unsuitable material in a specific waste category can decrease the recycling possibilities of the waste or even prevent it altogether. Please compress the containers to remove as much air as possible.
Where to bring it
Smaller loads: The nearest recycling centre (max 2 m3) OR your local drop-off centre into the blue container. The location of the drop-off centres
Bigger loads: Receiving Plant at Gufunes.
The newspapers/magazines are compressed in SORPA´s Receiving Plant at Gufunes before it's exported to Sweden. There it's recycled into various kinds of paper towels (e.g. Edet and Tork).Paper and carton packaging is compressed in SORPA's Receiving Plant at Gufunes before it's exported to Sweden. There it's recycled into carton paper that is used to make new packaging.
