ORDINARY WASTE
Ordinært avfall

Garden and park waste

YES PLEASE

  • Leaves
  • Twigs
  • Branches
  • Cuttings from trees and shrubs
  • Grass

NO THANKS

  • Fallen fruit
  • Large roots
  • Stones
  • Gravel
  • Soil
  • Tree trunks
Classification

Waste code: 1131

Packaging and shipping

Can be sent in a container

Recycling and processing

Park and garden waste is composted into new soil.

Requirements and criteria

Businesses generating household-like waste must separate park and garden waste at source and deliver it for material recycling.

On-site composting arrangements may replace this requirement (Norwegian Waste Regulations § 10a).

Further information

Fallen fruit may attract rats if left with garden waste and should be separated as food waste.

Ordinary waste
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GLossary

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