Sorting at home
Sorting more and better together
By sorting at home, you are helping to create a better living environment and a cleaner planet. Because thanks to your efforts, we can give packaging a new life. That means we need fewer raw materials, we save energy and we emit less CO2.
This page tells you how to sort correctly PMD, Paper-Cardboard and Glass at home and what you can do to make recycling easier.

Now easier than ever!
Thanks to the New Blue Bag, sorting has become even easier. Because lots more can go in your PMD bag than before. As well as plastic bottles and containers, you can now put almost all plastic packaging in the PMD. So yes, your yoghurt pots, butter tubs, plastic packaging around meat, fish and vegetables and all plastic films and bags, too. And that is a good thing: your residual waste bag gets a lot lighter and we can recycle even more.
Plastic packaging

- Bottles and containers
- Dishes, tubs and trays
- Pots and tubes
- Films and bags
- Beverage capsules
Metal packaging

- Drinks and food cans
- Aerosols spray cans
- Aluminium trays and dishes
- Lids, tops and crown caps
- Beverage capsules
Drinks cartons

- For milk and fruit juice, but soup or cream, too.
Tips for better recycling
- Empty bottles or other packaging completely.
- Squash plastic bottles flat lengthways, put the lid on and save space in the bag.
- Remove the plastic film from dishes and throw it into the bag separately.
- Remove full body sleeves from teh bottle and throw them separately into the blue bag.
What's not allowed with PMD?

Packaging consisting of a mixture of materials which cannot be separated

Packaging with at least one of these pictograms or a childproof closure

Motor oil, lubricants, pesticides, fuels, adhesives, paints and varnishes, silicone sealants packaging

Packaging of more than 8 litres

Polystyrene

Other items
Avoid these mistakes
- Do not stack anything.
- Do not put filled bags in the PMD bag.
- Do not attach anything to the outside of the PMD bag.
Filled bags in the PMD bag will not be recognised on the sorting belt and the contents cannot be processed for recycling.



What's allowed with Paper-Cardboard

- Newspapers and magazines
- Folders without the plastic packaging
- Printing paper
- All paper and cardboard packaging: boxes, bags and rolls
What's not allowed with Paper-Cardboard

- Dirty, greasy paper and cardboard
- Wallpaper
- Cellophane paper and aluminium foil and bags
Offer your Paper-Cardboard in a properly closed cardboard box. In this way, you avoid litter caused by paper blowing away.
Tips for better recycling
- Take newspapers, magazines and folders out of the plastic packaging.
- Stuff paper and cardboard in a cardboard box.
- Don’t use sticky tape to seal the cardboard boxes.
- Avoid overly heavy cardboard boxes.
What's allowed with glass

- White glass bottles, jars and containers
- Coloured glass bottles, jars and containers
What's not allowed with glass

- Opal glass and crystal
- Porcelain, ceramics and terracotta
- Heat-resistant glass
- Sheet glass such as windows and mirrors
- Bulbs
- Lids and tops
Tips for better recycling
- Empty your bottles and jars. There is no need to rinse or wash them.
- Throw clear glass and coloured glass in the right bottle bank.
- Metal or plastic caps and lids belong in the PMD bag.
- Respect the peace and quiet of local residents and only use the bottle bank during the hours stated.
- Don’t leave rubbish around the bottle bank. Fly-tipping is a criminal offence!
- Have you seen packaging that you don’t think is necessary? Too big for the product? Too much material? Let us know using our reporting form! Describe the packaging, tell us where you saw it and explain why you think it is superfluous. The producer will answer your question as soon as possible.