Building Office
Åsa Bäckström, environmental coordinator
asa.backstrom@adm.umu.se
Procedure for sorting waste at
source
23/03/2015
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Contact Cleaning Services or Din Hus technicians if you have
any questions. Telephone: __________________
Procedure for sorting waste at source at Umeå University, campus area
Recyclable waste
Metal packaging*
Responsible
Action
All
To be placed in waste
employees/students
sorting containers in
Treatment
Transport to recycling.
Comments
The packaging must be
empty and rinsed out.
staffrooms/canteens or
Glass packaging*
Café/other staff
environmental rooms.
All
To be placed in waste
To be sent to Dåva for
The packaging must be
employees/students
sorting containers in
interim storage. On to
empty and rinsed out.
staffrooms/canteens or
recycling in southern
Contaminated glass
environmental rooms.
Sweden.
from labs, for example,
(Uncoloured -
must receive special
To be sorted into
glassworks. Coloured -
treatment (hazardous
coloured/uncoloured.
building mtrl.)
waste).
All
To be placed in waste
To be sent to Holmsund
The packaging must be
employees/students
sorting containers in
for interim storage and
empty and rinsed out.
staffrooms/canteens in
transport to recycling.
Hard and soft packaging
Café/other staff
Plastic packaging*
Café/other staff
environmental rooms.
made of plastic, e.g.
lunchboxes, bottles,
cartons, carrier bags,
plastic bags. NOTE: not
Styrofoam
packaging!
Paper packaging*
a) All
a) To be placed in waste
Transport to Holmsund,
The packaging must be
employees/students
sorting containers in
recycled in Obbola.
empty and rinsed out.
Incineration**
Flammable waste;
Corrugated cardboard,
card
staffrooms/canteens in
b) Building
environmental rooms. a)
technicians/
Card to be folded, placed
in containers or in the
Café/other staff
press in environmental
rooms.
b) Presses/bales.
Flammable materials*
All
To be placed in
employees/students
containers/waste bags
for flammable waste,
Styrofoam packaging,
**Incineration generates
paper cups, plastic cups,
*Cleaning Services wastebasket.
district heating for
envelopes, post-it notes,
offers an
Umeå University.
fruit remains, "snus",
additional service
Containers/waste bag for
OH sheets, napkins, CDs,
– collection of
flammable waste and
etc.
packaging from
wastebaskets are emptied
staffrooms
by Cleaning Services and
the waste is left in
environmental
rooms/containers.
Building Office
Åsa Bäckström, environmental coordinator
asa.backstrom@adm.umu.se
Procedure for sorting waste at
source
23/03/2015
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Contact Cleaning Services or Din Hus technicians if you have
any questions. Telephone: __________________
Recyclable waste
Items with deposits*
Responsible
Action
Treatment
All
To be placed in
To be collected by
employees/students
containers for items with
reusable packaging
Café/other staff
deposits
companies for
Comments
recycling.
Recyclable paper
a) All
a) To be left in containers Transport to Holmsund
Note: must not
employees/students
for paper recycling
for sorting. Delivery to
include adhesive
b) Building technicians
various paper mills for
residues (no
b) Building
are responsible for
recycling, depending
envelopes, post-its,
technicians
rolling out the barrel
on quality.
etc.)
prior to collection.
Batteries
Every employee or
Left in a designated
Sent for destruction
designated officer
location (battery box) in
and/or final storage.
environmental rooms.
Ragnsells empties 5
times a year.
Electronic/electrical
Every employee or
Electrical waste is left in
Transport to
Not applicable to large
waste
designated officer
a special cage/crate for
recycling/disposal.
cleanups, order special
Scrapped computers
(It is possible to
electrical waste for each
collection. Electrical
building.
waste: see the specific
contact House
solution for each
Services for the
Computers are left in an
building. Note:
building in question
electrical cage/electrical
Computers left must
for more information) crate for electrical waste
not contain sensitive
for each building.
Scrap metal
information.
Every employee or
To be left in specific
Transport to
Note: Must not be left
designated officer
container in
recycling/disposal.
in electrical waste
environmental room
Light sources +
Building technicians
fluorescent tubes
cage/crate
To be left in specific
To be sent to Elkretsen,
container in
which deals with
environmental room
transport for
Ragnsells collects from
recycling/destructio
environmental rooms 5
n.
times a year, according to
a set schedule
Soft plastic (stretch film) Every employee or
designated officer
Placed in bag rack in
To be sent to Dåva for
Collection options in
environmental room.
interim storage and
some buildings.
transport to recycling.
Building Office
Åsa Bäckström, environmental coordinator
asa.backstrom@adm.umu.se
Procedure for sorting waste at
source
23/03/2015
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Contact Cleaning Services or Din Hus technicians if you have
any questions. Telephone: __________________
Recyclable waste
Responsible
Action
Cellular plastic
Every employee or
To be left in
(Styrofoam) from
designated officer
environmental room. To
packaging
Treatment
Incineration**
Comments
Separate from
corrugated cardboard.
be placed in Flammable.
Separate from corrugated
cardboard.
Sawdust, plaster, etc.
Every employee or
Special handling. Local
Landfill or
Business waste is
designated officer
solutions.
incineration**
disposed of and paid for
by the business in
question.
Contaminated waste
Lab
To be packaged and
Incineration**
Special procedures,
personnel/technician
labelled well. To be
packaging, financing,
s
placed in specific
etc.
location in
environmental room.
Hazardous waste
Responsible at
To be handed in at the
Destruction/final
Special disposal as per
(chemicals/radioactive
department
Safety Building or
storage
instructions.
waste, some
Radiation Physics
contaminated waste)
Toner
Every employee or
To be returned to reseller To be dealt with by
Order a return box from
designated officer
in Return packaging.
Wisum. This box is called
Reseller for reuse
"Atea miljöstation
returkartong för
förbrukade lasertoner
och bläckpatroner" [Atea
environmental station
return box for used laser
toner and ink cartridges]
and can be ordered in
packs of two or packs of
six. You can place all
kinds of toner in the box.
Notify the carrier (the
telephone number is on
the box), who will then
collect the box free of
charge and take it for
recycling. Boxes can be
ordered here:
https://www.wisum.its.
umu.se/RDS
Building Office
Åsa Bäckström, environmental coordinator
asa.backstrom@adm.umu.se
Procedure for sorting waste at
source
23/03/2015
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Contact Cleaning Services or Din Hus technicians if you have
any questions. Telephone: __________________
Recyclable waste
Responsible
Action
Treatment
Comments
Business waste - fixed
Every employee or
Special handling. Local
To be sorted and
Business waste is
installations, self-made
designated officer.
solutions.
dealt with by a
disposed of and paid for
procured provider
by the business in
devices
question. The
Refrigerators, freezers
department will pay for
and order removal of
The business must
arrange removal of
devices which are far too
bulky to be stored in the
electronic cage.
Bulky waste
business waste.