Food waste

Planning Office, Laholm MunicipalityTelephone switchboard 0430-150 00Read more at www.laholm.se/kallsortering

Making it easier to do the right thing in the right way

From autumn 2018, the new household waste sorting system will be introduced in Laholm Municipality to reduce our environmental

impact and increase the level of recycling. The current green bins will be replaced by two larger bins, each divided into four compartments.

All households, both permanent residents and part-time residents.

Not sorting your waste is actually a legal offence. The new household waste sorting system simply makes it easier to do the right thing. In the right way.

No, the procedures for waste collection have been determined by the municipality. Important arguments for this are cost efficiency and good logistics. However, most essential of all is the fact that first-rate environmentally-adapted waste management systems aim to be relevant for and cover everyone.

Will the charge for waste collec-tion be increased?

Who is affected?

For permanent residents, emptying of bin 1 (picture above) is included every two weeks. Emptying of bin 2 (picture above) will be every four weeks.

For part-time residents, emptying of bin 1 is included every two weeks and bin 2 every four weeks from April to September. Between October and April you can request for your bins to be emptied twice.

Collection of bulky waste will be included in the service contract, while garden waste will be an additional service. Current collection of hazardous waste and electrical waste from the property will cease and be replaced by an alternative procedure.

What will the procedure be for waste collection?

Are there other options for waste collection?

You can find out more about the new household waste sorting system at www.laholm.se/kallsortering and watch videos showing how collection will work, for example.

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packagingColoured glass

Miscellaneous waste

Newspapers

DID YOU KNOW?:• Every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees.

• Recycling one glass bottle provides enough energy to keep a light bulb lit for 4 hours.

• It takes 95% less energy to recycle aluminium than to produce it.

• It takes 70% less energy to recycle plastic than to produce it.

• It takes 40% less energy to recycle glass than to produce it.

• Plastic bags and other plastic waste thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1 million different life forms in our oceans every year.

• Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.

We don’t know yet. A decision on a possible increase to the refuse collection charges will be made by the municipal council in autumn 2018. In ad-dition to the household waste sorting system, the charge will cover all other investments and costs within the waste category, e.g. development and environmental adaptation of waste management in Ahla.

The charges are presently relatively low in Laholm Municipality compared with other municipalities. In 2016, the average charge for de-tached and semi-detached homes in Sweden was approximately SEK 2,000/year. In Laholm, the corresponding figure was around SEK 1,500/year.

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Sharing bins with one or more neighbours can be a practical and cheaper solution for anyone who doesn’t generate much waste. The variable cost is then shared between the number of service users who share the bin. The refuse collection charges are divided into two parts, made up of a basic charge and a variable charge that each constitute around half. With the current charges you received a reduction of around SEK 470/year if you shared a bin with a neighbour.

It is not possible to extend the interval between emptying. Special grounds are required for anyone not to be covered by ordinary waste collection services. Requests should be made to the environ-ment office.

I have very little waste because I live alone. What can be done in this situation?

For anyone who needs it, an additional service will be available in the form of an extra bin for miscellaneous waste. This entails an extra cost for the household. There is no decision to close the recycling stations. It is still possible to take packaging to your recycling station.

We are a large family and consequently generate a lot of waste. What can be done in this situation?

Home composting is still permitted if you have a permit from the environment office. However, because the municipality advocates production of biogas ahead of compost production from organic waste, home composting will not be subsidised in the new refuse collection charges.

Will the charge be lower if I compost myself?

Bin dimensions Height: 112 cmHeight with lid open: 178 cmDepth (from the top): 87 cmWidth with wheels: 77 cm

The picture to the left illustrates recom-mended space given the gap and space needed for the collection process.

You can take a look at the new bins at Ahla recycling centre.

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Planning Office, Laholm MunicipalityTelephone switchboard 0430-150 00Read more at www.laholm.se/kallsortering

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Att dela kärlen med en eller flera grannar kan vara en praktisk och billigare lösning för dig som inte har så mycket avfall. Då delas den rörliga kostnaden mellan antalet abonnenter som delar på kärlen. Renhållningstaxan är uppdelad i två delar med en grundavgift och en rörlig avgift där vardera utgör cirka hälften av taxan. Med dagens taxa hade du fått en avgiftsminskning med cirka 470 kr/år om du hade delat kärl med en granne.

Det går inte att förlänga tiden mellan tömning. För att inte omfattas av ordinarie sophämt-ning krävs särskilda skäl. Ansökan görs hos miljökontoret.

Jag har väldigt lite avfall eftersom jag bor själv. Vad kan man göra åt det?

För den som behöver kommer det finnas en möjlighet att ha en tilläggstjänst i form av ett kompletterande kärl för restavfall. Det innebär en merkostnad för hushållet. Det finns inget beslut om att stänga återvinningsstationerna. Det finns fortsatt möjlighet att lämna förpack-ningar på din återvinningsstation.

Vi är en stor familj hemma och därför blir det väldigt mycket avfall. Vad kan man göra åt det?

Det är fortfarande tillåtet att ha hemkompos-tering så länge du har tillstånd av miljökon-toret. Men eftersom kommunen förespråkar produktion av biogas framför jordproduktion från organiskt avfall kommer hemkompos-tering inte vara subventionerad i den nya renhållningstaxan.

Blir avgiften lägre om jag komposterar själv?

Kärlens mått Höjd: 112 cmHöjd med uppfällt lock: 178 cmDjup (upptill): 87 cmBredd med hjul: 77 cm

Bilden till vänster illustrerar rekommen-derat utrymme givet med det mellanrum och utrymme som behövs för hämtaren. På Alha återvinningscentral kan du se och känna på kärlen.

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Planeringskontoret, Laholms kommunTelefonväxel 0430-150 00Läs mer på www.laholm.se/kallsortering

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