We welcome you as a new Reno-Vest customer! Useful information about the waste collection scheme for our household customers in Andøy, Bø, Hadsel, Lødingen, Sortland and Øksnes municipalities Updated: 31 May 2019 Top effort for the environment! We welcome you as a new Reno-Vest customer! This brochure provides a good overview of the waste collection scheme: HUSK DOBBEL Sorteringsguide KNUTE PÅ ALLE POSER. Trenger du grønne, røde eller Er du i tvil om hvilken pose du skal kaste avfallet i, blå poser? Knyt ønsket pose på We sort household waste in coloured bags. Food avfallsbeholderen, så får du en bruk restavfallsposen. poserull av renovatøren. ATAVFALL OG KART M IR ON scraps in the green bag, clean plastic packaging P G PA Matrester, eggeskall, Papir, aviser, tidsskrifter, rester av frukt og ukeblader, reklame uten grønnsaker, gamle brød -og plast, bøker med myk og hard bakervarer, blomster og jord, perm, emballasje kartong, in the blue bag, paper and carton in the red bag teposer og kaffegrut, vått eggekartong, drikkekartong hus holdningspapir OBS! Se egen info om OBS! Ikke kast plast returkartonglotteriet. i matavfallet. and general refuse in an inside-out shopping bag. EMBALL TAVFA ST AS RES LL LA JE P Aske, keramikk, porselen, dyre- See page 3. Alt av plastembal- ekskrementer/kattesand, lasje: • folie • poser • bleier og bind, innpaknings papir flasker • kanner (også jule papir), lær, gummi, • begre • bokser • kaffeposer garn, tau, konvolutter og post- OBS! Kun ren og tørr plast. it-ark med lim, isopor, støvler, Skyll evt. i kaldt vann sko, tekstiler, leker av plast, – fjern matrester. tannbørster ol. OBS! Vreng handlenettet. You have a permanent collection day every other week. Find your collection day at www.reno-vest. no/privatkunder/tommekalender/. On page 7, you can read more about our free text-message reminder about collection and our free App. We have a recycling station in each municipality. Read more on pages 17 and 18. Opening hours can be found on page 22. At the recycling station, you can pick up a red box, free of charge, for storing hazardous waste. The box is childproof. There is an accompanying brochure about hazardous waste. You may empty the box, free of charge at the recycling station. See page 9. Empty glass bottles, food jars and metallic packaging are disposed of in the glass and metal containers. These are placed in various locations in all the municipalities. We empty about 2,500 sludge/septic tanks per year. The tanks are emptied once every other year for all inhabited dwellings. For secondary residences, the tanks are emptied every fourth year. Learn more on page 21. We offer three different subscriptions for cabin/holiday home waste collection services – the blue big bag! See page 14. 2 Please contact us if you can’t find enough information in english - phone 76 11 29 00. Recycling guide ANIC WAS R AND CAR RG TE E TO O P N PA Food scraps, eggshells, Paper, newspapers, Matrester, eggeskall, rester Papir, aviser, tidsskrifter, scraps of fruit and magazines, weekly periodicals, av frukt og grønnsaker, gamle ukeblader, reklame uten plast, vegetables, old bread and advertisements without plastic brød -og bakervarer, blomster og bøker med myk og hard perm, baked goods, flowers and soil, wrappers, hard and soft binders, jord, teposer og kaffegrut, vått emballasje kartong, eggekartong, teabags and coffee grounds, packaging carton, egg cartons, hus holdningspapir drikkekartong wet paper towels beverage cartons OBS! Ikke kast plast OBS! Se egen info om NOTE! No plastic NOTE! See separate info on the i matavfallet. returkartonglotteriet. with the organic waste. carton recycling lottery. AC L TIC P KAG ERA REFU S IN EN SE LA G G P Aske,Ashes, keramikk, ceram- ics, drinking glasses, All types of drikke glass, krystall, Alt av plastemballasje: • folie crystal, porcelain, animal plastic packaging: • foil • bags porselen, dyre ekskrementer/ • poser • flasker • kanner excrement/cat litter, nappies • bottles • cans • cups kattesand, bleier og bind, • begre • bokser • kaffeposer innpakningsand tampons, papir wrapping (også jule paper papir), • boxes OBS! Kun ren og tørr plast. (incl.lær, gummi, Christmas garn, wrapping), tau, konvolutter leather, NOTE! Only clean and dry plastic. Skyll evt. i kaldt vann rubber,og post-it-ark yarn, rope, med envelopes lim, isopor, and Rinse under cold water if needed – fjern matrester. post-its with leker glue, av plast, polystyrene, – remove all food scraps plastic toys,tannbørster toothbrushes ol. etc. NOTE!OBS! Vreng Turn handlenettet.the shopping bag inside out. REMEMBER! DOUBLE KNOT ON ALL BAGS Do you need green, red or If you are unsure about which bag you should use, blue bags? You can get free bags in all grocery stores in deposit the waste in the bag for general refuse. Vesterålen. CARTON RECYCLING LOTTERY: To participate, you need to write your name and telephone number on the empty beverage carton or packaging containing multiple cartons and turn it in to the recycling station. GLASS AND METAL PACKAGING: Recycling containers are located at various places in the municipalities Non-deposit glass bottles • clean jam/food glass jars • empty medicine bottles • all types of metal food containers (tin cans, metallic tubes etc.) ELECTRIC/ELECTRONIC WASTE (EE WASTE): Everything that runs on electricity or batteries such as computers • refrigerators • TV • PC screens • electric toys • light bulbs of all types • mobile telephones • electric shavers • hair driers • blinking light-up shoes • etc. All this is delivered free of charge at the point of sale or at the recycling station. Use the red box when possible! HAZARDOUS WASTE: Delivery is free of charge at the recycling station; use the red box when possible: For example, • paint • varnish • glue • all types of lightbulbs and fluorescent tubes • all types of batteries • plant preservatives • spray cans and gas • PCB windows • chlorinated paraffin windows • etc. RISK WASTE: Reno-Vest will only accept infectious waste such as hypodermic needles in sealed containers. Leftover medicine is to be delivered to the pharmacy. 3 FACTS ! You can dispose of the follo- The wing items in the red bag: • Newspapers and magazines • Advertisements without plastic wrappers red bag • Periodicals • Books • Various types of carton packaging • Flattened and stacked drink cartons or loose cartons The red bags are sorted separately in the optical processing plant. They are compressed and sent to recycling – the content becomes new paper and new cartons. 4 Use the BLUE BAG only for clean and dry plastic packaging! What should be placed in the blue bag and why? What Why Clean, dry plastic packaging • Recycling plastic saves • Plastic bags crude oil and energy • Non-refundable plastic bottles • Saves the environment • Yoghurt containers from 2.7 kg CO2 for every • Bottles for dishwasher soap etc. kg of recycled plastic • Plastic containers 5 Bags for waste-sorting are available in grocery stores. You get bags for sorting waste free of charge in grocery stores in Vesterålen and Lødingen. Making green, red and blue bags available in grocery stores facilitates waste-sorting. Everyone has to buy food, and the grocery stores have late opening hours. This way you can get the roll of bags that you need without having to wait two weeks for the next waste collection. Each roll contains 40 bags, so one roll will last many weeks. This arran- gement is here to stay – you do not need to stockpile bags at home. The stores will also sell white bags for residural waste at NOK 30 per roll (40 bags). You will find free waste sorting bags in the following grocery stores: Andøy Lødingen Bunnpris Andenes Coop Prix Lødingen Coop Marked Dverberg Matkroken Vestbygd Coop Prix, Andenes Nærbutikken Vågehamn Joker Risøyhamn Rema 1000 Lødingen Matkroken Åse Spar Lødingen Rema 1000, Andenes Snarkjøp Nordmela Sortland Landhandleri & kafé Bunnpris & Gourmet Sortland Coop Extra Sortland Bø Coop Mega Sortland Coop Prix Straume Coop Prix Strand Joker Bø, Eidet Joker Eidsfjord Spar Bø i Vesterålen, Vinje Kiwi Lykkentreff, Sortland Rema 1000 Sortland (Nord) Hadsel Rema 1000 Sjøgata, Sortland Coop Prix Melbu Coop Prix Stokmarknes Øksnes Joker Melbu Bunnpris Myre Rema 1000 Melbu Coop Prix Myre Rema 1000 Stokmarknes Matkroken Alsvåg Spar Stokmarknes Rema 1000 Myre 6 Min renovasjon - download the free app to your mobile telephone Would you like to know when your refuse will be collected, when the recycling station is open and where the closest return point is? This is how to launch the new alert app Min Renovasjon: 1. Download the Min Renovasjon app free of charge from Google Play (for Android) or from the App Store (for iPhone/iPad). 2. The first time you use the app, you will need to select the municipality you belong to. Next, register your address or your property registration and holding number. 3. The collection calendar shows the days when we collect refuse at your address. You can activate the alert so that you are notified by mobile phone before pick-up time. The notification is free of charge. Free text-message reminder the day before collection To get your text-message reminder, go to the collection calendar via www.reno-vest.no/privatkunder/tommekalender/: • Write the name of your street in the search field (or property/holding number) The address will show in the drop-down menu. Select your address. • When you have selected the correct address, fill in your telephone number. • Select ‘order’ (bestill). • You will now receive a confirmation text message. This can also be done in the app. 7 Position the waste bin with the lid’s opening towards the road – close to the road so that the lift arm reaches the bin. We serve most routes using garbage trucks with a lift arm. To have the bin emptied: 1. the lid opening must be facing the road 2.