Adjusted rules thanks to high textile collection
Well done! So many people have followed the new rules on textile recycling that the system will now be adjusted to handle the increased amount of collected material. This means that from 1 October you may throw broken and dirty textiles as well as socks and underwear directly in the household waste.
Since the requirement to sort textile waste was introduced across the EU at the turn of the year, the amount of collected textiles has increased sharply. This is positive, as it shows a strong willingness to reuse and recycle. But the large volumes and the lack of a market mean that neither municipalities nor second-hand organisations are able to manage it all.
Therefore, new national sorting rules will be introduced across Sweden from 1 October.
You may put the following in your regular household waste:
- socks and underwear
- textiles that are very dirty, mouldy or infested with pests
- textiles that are very torn
Where do I leave other textile waste?
Textiles that can be reused should be handed in clean and intact to a reuse/second-hand shop or charity organisation. You can do this either in the designated reuse containers at one of Boden Municipality’s recycling centres, or directly to a second-hand shop or charity organisation.
The rest should be sorted as textile waste and placed in designated containers at one of our recycling centres, or in the container at ÅterbruksBoden at Kårbacken, Flygfältsvägen 3 B, during their opening hours.
Our recycling centres are:
- Brännkläppen Recycling Centre in Boden
- Harads Recycling Centre, Bergvägen in Harads
- Gunnarsbyn Recycling Centre, Industrihuset Hallonvägen in Gunnarsbyn
- Mobile recycling centre
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Text by: Municipality of Boden
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