Sorting instructions for carton packaging
Almost 80,000 tonnes of carton from consumers alone is collected for recycling every year. Luckily, sorting it is easy! View and print the instructions here.
Sorting instructions for carton packaging
Yes
Household empty cardboard packaking
- Cardboard beverage cartons
- Cardboard packaging for food and other products
- Paper bags, paper sacks, and wrapping paper
- Toilet and kitchen roll tubes
- Pizza boxes, egg cartons
- Takeaway containers and packaging, disposable cups
- Cardboard boxes
- Cardboard and paper packing materials
Flatten cartons before sorting. When the cartons are flattened, it is possible to empty the collection containers less frequently.
No
- Plastic: e.g. plastic bags and wrappings, polystyrene, bubble wrap
- Batteries or electronic devices
Return batteries and electronic devices to their own collection points.
Any packaging that contains residues of dangerous substances and pressurised packaging (e.g. paint, chemicals, oils, medicines, hairspray) must be taken to your local hazardous waste collection point.
Printable sorting instructions
How to sort carton packaging (in Finnish)
