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Most buildings have a kind of shed which houses large bins into which you dump your different recyclable materials. Above each of these bins is a helpful sign indicating what should go where.
First up, we have the cardboard and printed paper bins: Papper is Swedish for paper, but in this context, it's mainly meant as packing material, which includes cardboard. This is where you put your empty cardboard beer crates that you bought on the ferry, your IKEA furniture boxes.
Tidningar is the Swedish word covering both newspapers and magazines. But this bin applies for any printed paper you might want to throw away, like parking tickets and bills that you don't want to pay, as well as the threatening letters that always seem to follow. I've found that it's also good for court summonses as well, but that's another story.
Then there are the bins for your glass waste. This is separated into clear and coloured glass. Next, we have plastics and metals: The plastics bin is actually for hard plastic only; things like smashed CD's and empty bottles of shampoo or black hair dye.
Metal is for...well, metal. This includes empty cat food tins, foil, and beer cans. The cans of beer you buy in the alcohol shop are returnable to supermarkets, where you put them in a machine and get a receipt that you can bring to the checkout to get your deposit back. Cool, eh?
A newer addition is the bin for soft plastic: This is for your plastic carrier bags, your bacon packaging, and the packaging of the shampoo.
With thanks to Helsingbloggin
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