Municipal solid waste
Things that go into municipal solid waste:
- Greasy and hard-to-clean packaging (e.g. a pizza box)
- Dirty and broken (unfit for re-use) clothes, shoes, soft children's toys
- Large bones from food waste
- Food supplements and vitamins
- Cosmetics
- Diapers, sanitary pads, tampons
- Packaged wipes and cat litter
- CD discs
- Empty/broken pens, paper clips
- Incandescent light bulbs
- Cooled ash
- Cigarette butts
- Used paper dishes
- Glass, including mirror fragments
- Broken dishes (pots, pans, plates, etc.)
Things that do not go into municipal solid waste:
- Bio-waste, including liquid waste
- Clean packaging
- Clean paper and cardboard
- Medicine (take it to a pharmacy)
- Batteries (take to point of sale or collection box)
- Small electronics (take to point of sale)
- E-cigarettes (take to point of sale)
- Flammable and explosive waste
- Toilet waste
- Collection pit sediments
- Construction waste
- Substances and objects that may endanger the custodian of the waste containers, the waste handler or other persons
Having a collection container for municipal solid waste on the waste owner's property is mandatory!
PLEASE NOTE! In the organised waste transport area, the waste manager must hand over the municipal solid waste to the waste hauler selected in the procurement process. In areas where waste transport is not organised, e.g. Aegna island, the waste owner must sign a waste management contract with a waste handler themselves. Find out more here.
From municipal solid waste, you must separate at least:
- biodegradable garden and landscaping waste and food waste
- packages made of different materials
- paper and cardboard waste
- plastic waste
- metal waste
- glass waste
- wood waste
- textiles
- bulky waste
- waste from products of concern
- hazardous waste
Sorting and handing over municipal solid waste by type helps to ensure a higher quality of the waste material, thereby increasing its recycling possibilities, improving sorting efficiency and avoiding excess energy and labour costs during post-sorting.
Read more in Tallinn's waste management regulation
Description of the service: organised waste transport