A container for the collection of urban waste, formed from an aluminium support structure that contains and protects a cardboard repository, the support structure comprising: - an external housing frame formed by a series of straight profiles - a removable flippable cover with respect to the housing frame that closes the frame assembly; wherein the cover is able to flip open by means of gravity when the container is turned over; - a bottom grate, which is fixed to the lower portion of the housing frame and supports a cardboard repository; the cardboard repository being housed and supported by the housing frame; and being formed from cardboard sheets with flat folded faces, wherein the cardboard repository rests on the grate of the support structure, and wherein the top portion of the cardboard repository is closed by straight closing profiles of the support structure; characterized in that the external housing frame further comprises a flippable circular profile that forms the front access of the container for the introduction of waste; and a flippable circular plate vertically arranged that closes the front access generated by the circular profile; and in that the cardboard repository forms a regular parallelepiped open at the top portion, with a base and top portion of identical geometric shape. - an external housing frame formed by a series of straight profiles - a removable flippable cover with respect to the housing frame that closes the frame assembly; wherein the cover is able to flip open by means of gravity when the container is turned over; - a bottom grate, which is fixed to the lower portion of the housing frame and supports a cardboard repository; the cardboard repository being housed and supported by the housing frame; and being formed from cardboard sheets with flat folded faces, wherein the cardboard repository rests on the grate of the support structure, and wherein the top portion of the cardboard repository is closed by straight closing profiles of the support structure; characterized in that the external housing frame further comprises a flippable circular profile that forms the front access of the container for the introduction of waste; and a flippable circular plate vertically arranged that closes the front access generated by the circular profile; and in that the cardboard repository forms a regular parallelepiped open at the top portion, with a base and top portion of identical geometric shape. the cardboard repository being housed and supported by the housing frame; and being formed from cardboard sheets with flat folded faces, wherein the cardboard repository rests on the grate of the support structure, and wherein the top portion of the cardboard repository is closed by straight closing profiles of the support structure; characterized in that the external housing frame further comprises a flippable circular profile that forms the front access of the container for the introduction of waste; and a flippable circular plate vertically arranged that closes the front access generated by the circular profile; and in that the cardboard repository forms a regular parallelepiped open at the top portion, with a base and top portion of identical geometric shape.