Sorting guide Template This guide is intended for employees based at : Property manager: Contact: With questions regarding sorting please contact the environmental representative at your institute. Type of waste Example This does not include Sorted where Responsible for emptying Non-recyclable waste: i.e. waste that remains after sorting. Cords, Binders, Clothing, Used dish brushes Sweet wrappers, Paper tissues, Chewing gum, Sticky notes Plastic bags, Books, Packaging, mixed paper, hazardous Chemicals, Stabbing and cutting objects, Food Waste baskets. Cleaning service Compostable waste Left-overs, Egg-shells, Fruit pomace, Coffee grounds, Coffee filters, Tea- bags, White napkins, Flowers, towels (Torky) Bread Coloured napkins, Plastic, Office paper and News paper Kitchen: Waste baskets for compostable waste. Cleaning service Type of waste Example This does not include Sorted where Responsible for emptying Combustible waste: other Candy paper, Paper tissues, Office: “Sopi” bags and in waste baskets. Cleaning service
Cardboard: Note: flattened /cut down! Only corrugated cardboard with wavy interlayer. Paper packaging Plastic covered cardboard, Cardboard contaminated with food Corridor: grey metallic rack Copying room: grey metallic rack Cloakroom: grey metallic rack Campus Service Collecting is done automatically Packaging of: Metal packaging: clean and dry, remove caps and closures that are made of plastic. Metal capsules, Aluminium and sheet metal packaging Tin cans, Aluminium trays, Light cases, Returnable bottles, Empty spray cans, Bottle caps, Returnable bottles with deposit, Metal food tubes Clean metallic containers from lab. Electric and electronic or parts therefrom, Tools, Scissors Metal that is not packaging Staples Metal clip Metal components Lunch room: In the drawer labelled with metal packaging at the grey waste tower. Laboratory: In marked waste bin on the roll stand in the corridor. Labelled with metal packaging Only if the items are clean from chemicals!! Cleaning service Paper packaging: clean and dry Cardboard boxes, Milk boxes Juice boxes Paper bags, Wrapping paper, Paper packaging by more than 50% of paper or cardboard, Kitchen rolls, Paper cups, Padded envelopes Clean cardboard boxes from lab. cardboard Lunch room: In the marked drawer at the grey waste tower. Laboratory: In marked bin on the roll stand in the corridor. Only if the are clean from chemicals!! Cleaning services Plastic packaging: Remove metallic caps and closures Hard and soft plastic packaging, Plastic clips, Pet- bottles, Plastic cans, Bubble wrap plastic, Plastic caps, Styrofoam, PVC-plastic (throws in Non-recyclable fraction) Lunch room: In the marked drawer at the grey waste tower. Cleaning services
Clean plastic containers from lab. Plastic bags, Clean plastic pipettes, Clean plastic tubes Laboratory: In marked waste bin on the roll stand in the corridor. Packaging (clean) of: Glass- coloured Clean and dry, remove caps and closures Bottles and cans, Clean glass-packaging from lab. Broken coloured Porcelain, glass, Glass, Mirrors, Incandescent bulbs Lunch room: In the marked drawer at the grey waste tower. Laboratory: In marked waste bin on the roll stand in the corridor. Cleaning services Glass – clear Clean and dry, remove caps and closures Bottles and cans, Clean1 packaging from lab. Broken glass, Porcelain, glass, Glass, Mirrors, Incandescent Lunch room: In the marked drawer at the grey waste tower. Laboratory: In marked waste bin on the roll stand in the corridor. Cleaning services Type of waste Example This does not include Sorted where Responsible for emptying PET-bottles and returnable bottles, Clean and dry, remove caps and closures Bottles and cans, Lunch room: In the marked drawer at the grey tower. Cleaning services Other waste Styrofoam Smaller of styrofoam Food containers Major parts of styrofoam. Transport boxes of styrofoam Plastic parts containers Lunch room: Waste bin From Lab: Smaller parts- waste bin Major parts- marked wagon in room 1477 (floor 1000) Cleaning services Campus-service, Collecting is done automatically
Wood Smaller of wood Major parts of wood, Transport boxes. Lunch room: Waste bin From Lab: Smaller parts- waste bin Major parts and volumes, contact Campus Service Medicinareberget Cleaning services mail: Hazardous waste: Computers and devices Computers, Devices electronic waste Not relevant For pic up, contact e-post: Type of waste Example This does not include Sorted where Responsible for emptying Hazardous general Other electronic waste and refrigerator and freezers Everything that has wired of powered by batteries such as: Telecommunications equipment, Electric motors, Cables, Medical equipment, Laboratory equipment Not relevant For pic up, contact e-post: Fluorescent tubes Fluorescent tubes Its packaging Regular light bulbs Halogen light bulbs, Low energy Compact fluorescent lights Not relevant For pic up, contact e-post: Compact fluorescent lights Low energy lamps Its packaging Regular light bulbs Halogen bulbs, Fluorescent tubes Floor K: physiology house, on the wall outside the waste room no 1410: Campus-service, Collecting is done automatically
Grey bin labelled with compact fluorescent lights Regular light bulbs Regular bulbs, Halogen light bulbs Its packaging Halogen light bulbs, Fluorescent tubes Compact fluorescent lights Floor K: physiology house, on the wall outside the waste room no 1410: Grey bin labelled with Regular light bulbs Campus-service, Collecting is done automatically Batteries batteries, Radio batteries, Other small batteries, Rechargeable batteries, Lithium batteries Car batteries (return to delivering company) Floor K: physiology house, on the wall outside the waste room no 1410: Grey bin labeled with Batteries Campus-service, Collecting is done automatically Type of Example This does not include Sorted where Responsible for emptying Hazardous general waste: Toner cartridges from printers and copiers Empty toner cartridges Empty toner cartridges that contains any kind of metal mechanism Its packaging Corridor: From Lab: In marked waste bin on the roll stand in the corridor. Empty toner cartridges: In marked waste bin for plastic, on the roll stand in the corridor Empty toner cartridges with metal parts: Ordinary bin for waste The person who change the old toner cartridge to new. Chemical waste: Chemical waste Including contaminated pipette tips, tubes, gloves etc. and liquid chemical waste for example: of hazardous chemical substance, Contaminated materials such as saturated cotton and used decontaminant, Placed in a labelled waste cardboard box or yellow waste container with a tightly fitting lid. Further instructions on chemical waste, can be find in the folder “Instructions on chemical and hazardous waste”, HA-Andersson Rita Grander order pic up. 031-7863329
Continue Chemical waste packages that contained a dangerous chemical substance Glue located on the web page The regulations on chemical occupational risks: Full container/cardboard Bring to floor K, to the storage room for chemical, hazardous and biological waste. The door is labelled “AVFALLSRUM”. Room no: 1416D Type of Example This does not include Sorted where Responsible for emptying Hazardous waste: Hazardous sharps Used needles, Lancets, Scalpel blades, Broken glass from the lab, Injection bottles with remains from Used glass ampules In yellow small containers or in Cardboard boxes marked ”Riskavfall” Further instructions on Hazardous waste, can be find in the folder “Instructions on chemical and hazardous waste”, located on the web page: Full container/cardboard boxes: Bring to floor K, to the storage room for chemical, hazardous and biological waste. The door is labelled “AVFALLSRUM”. Room no: 1416B HA-Andersson Rita Grandér pic up. 031-7863329
Type of waste Example This does not include Sorted where Responsible for emptying Hazardous waste: Biological waste Not infectious of humans, dead animals, discarded biological material from pathological department Definition: Biological agent not contagious. Cannot contain genetically modified microorganisms, GMM, chemical agents, anticancer agents, radioactive substances Further instructions, please read how to handle the radioactive waste on following link: Shall be stored in freezer until pic up. Dead animals: back to EBM and put in the freezers. The person who use animals bring them back to EBM and put in the freezers Other biological waste is collected by HA Andersson Infectious Biological waste -Human tissues waste and blood waste ( blood are always considered to be infectious) It also includes contaminated pipette tips, tubes and gloves etc. Material containing biological, protection class 2 or higher levels. Materials containing biological substances Category 2 or higher levels and that cannot be neutralized. Ex waste from microbiological activity of handling human pathogens, blood samples containing known or suspected risk of infection. Biological waste Hazardous sharps (needles, scalpels, broken glass from the lab. And gloves contaminated from chemical substances) Hazardous sharps and contagious waste Pharmaceuticals Genetically modified micro-organism (GMO) waste (not Infectious ) Genetically modified waste (GMO) (Infectious ) Radioactive chemicals or items In big yellow containers or in Cardboard boxes marked ”Riskavfall” Further instructions on Hazardous waste, can be find in the folder “Instructions on chemical and hazardous waste”, located on the web page Full container/cardboard Bring to floor K, to the storage room for chemical, hazardous and biological waste. The door is labelled “AVFALLSRUM”. Room no: 1416B HA-Andersson Rita Grandér order pic up. 031-7863329 Type of waste Example This does not include Sorted where Responsible for emptying Hazardous waste: Radioactive waste Shall contain radioactive substances or material that have Animals containing radioactive substances Further instructions, please read how to handle the radioactive HA-Andersson
It also includes contaminated pipette tips, and gloves etc. been in contact with radioactive materials, or if it is suspected to have been in contact with radioactive substances. waste on following link: Animal subjected to radioactive substances, transports to EBM and placed in special freezers for radioactive waste. Rita Grandér order pic up. 031-7863329 The person who use animals shall bring them back to EBM and put in the freezers for radioactive waste. Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals continues Discarded drugs Pharmaceutical residues Ex packs of tablets. Drugs in unopened ampoules or vials. Vials with residual In big yellow containers or in Cardboard boxes marked ”Riskavfall” Further instructions on Hazardous waste, can be find in the folder “Instructions on chemical and hazardous waste”, located on the web page Full container/cardboard boxes: Bring to floor K, to the storage room for chemical, hazardous and biological waste. The door is labelled “AVFALLSRUM”. Room no: 1416B OR The waste is sent to the pharmacy at Sahlgrenska University hospital HA-Andersson Rita Grandér order pic up. 031-7863329 Type of Example This does not include Sorted where Responsible for emptying Hazardous waste: Biological waste Not infectious Parts of humans, dead animals, discarded biological material from pathological Further instructions, please read how to handle the radioactive The person who use animals bring them back