Sorting your Waste

Do you know how to sort your household waste or what you can dispose of at our recycling stations?

Your waste must be sorted in five types:

Other waste
Food waste
Paper/cardboard
Packaging waste (Metal, plastic and glass packaging)
Environmentally harmful waste (only for single-family houses)

If you are in any doubt about which container to use, then please use the 'other waste' container.

How often do we collect your waste?

We will collect your “other waste” and “food waste” every two weeks and your recycling container (the one for paper/cardboard and packaging waste) will be collected every four weeks.

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Recycling stations

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What to dispose of at our recycling stations

Use our recycling stations for waste which is does not fit into the categories “other waste” or “food waste” and which comes from a regular household.

Addresses and opening hours

Horsens Recycling Station

Endelavevej 24, 8700 Horsens

Monday – Friday 7 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday and holidays 9 a.m. – 16 p.m.

Brædstrup Recycling Station

Energivej 11, 8740 Brædstrup

Monday – Friday 1 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday and holidays 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Vedslet Recycling Station

Gl. Århusvej 50, Grumstrup, 8732 Hovedgård

Monday – Friday 12 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Sunday and holidays Closed.

All three recycling stations close at 12 p.m. on 1 May.
They are all closed on 24 December, 25 December, 26 December, 31 December and 1 January.

What can you dispose of at the recycling stations?

Here is a list of the types of waste, which may be disposed of at the recycling stations. In the brackets you can see at which recycling stations this type of waste can be disposed of. Please ask for help from the staff at the recycling station if you need it.

Accumulator batteries - container no. 48 (all 3 recycling stations)
Asbetos and fibre cement roofing sheet – container no. 35 (only Horsens recycling station)
Lighting equipment –container no. 50
Concrete –container no. 40
Books – container no. 58
Waste which cannot be recycled or incinerated (e.g. soft PVC like garden hoses and inflatable beach toys, or fibre cement slates, mirrors, etc.) – container no. 11
Tyres –container no. 24
Cans – container no. 27 (only Horsens recycling station)
Packaging – container no. 62 (only Horsens recycling station)
TVs and screens - container no. 52
Polystyrene plastic –container no. 3 (only Horsens recycling station)
Reuse items (e.g. pictures, furniture, cutlery) - container no. 55 (only Horsens og Vedslet recycling stations)
Plaster - container no. 18 (all 3 recycling stations)
Glass packaging - container no. 7 (all 3 recycling stations)
Glass, flat - container no. 56 (all 3 recycling stations)
Garden waste - container no. 45 (all 3 recycling stations)
White goods - container no. 31 (all 3 recycling stations)
Impregnated wood - container no. 16 (all 3 recycling stations)
Insulation - container no. 15 (all 3 recycling stations)
Iron and metal - container no. 19 (all 3 recycling stations)
Soil - container no. 38 (all 3 recycling stations)
Soil with a risk of contamination - container no. 36 (only Horsens recycling station)
Cable waste - container no. 29 (all 3 recycling stations)
Chemical waste - container no. 47 (all 3 recycling stations)
Clear storage cans - container no. 28 b (all 3 recycling stations)
Refrigerating machines - container no. 12 (all 3 recycling stations)
Natural stones - container no. 41 (only Horsens recycling station)
Oil-containing machines - container no. 30 (all 3 recycling stations)
Cardboard - container no. 4 (all 3 recycling stations)
Paper - container no. 6 (all 3 recycling stations)
Polyethylene plastic sheeting - container no. 5 (all 3 recycling stations)
Plastic bottles - container no. 28 a (all 3 recycling stations)
Plastic garden furniture - container no. 1 (only Horsens recycling station)
PVC for recycling - container no. 14 (all 3 recycling stations)
Clean wood - container no. 22 (all 3 recycling stations)
Sanitary appliances - container no. 37 (all 3 recycling stations)
Small batteries - container no. 49 (all 3 recycling stations)
Small appliances - container no. 53 (all 3 recycling stations)
Combustible, small waste - container no. 8 (all 3 recycling stations)
Furniture (fabric) - container no. 23 (all 3 recycling stations)
Tiles - container no. 39 (all 3 recycling stations)
Pressurised cylinders - container no. 54 (all 3 recycling stations)
Tree roots - container no. 46 (all 3 recycling stations)
Clothes - container no. 25 (all 3 recycling stations)
Windows - container no. 9 (all 3 recycling stations)

Bulky Item Collection

You can have your bulky items collected in Horsens Municipality.

There are three steps you must follow:

1. Request a collection of your bulky items via telephone 76 29 26 92.

The phone line is open:

Monday – Wednesday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Thursday: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

2. Sort your bulky items

Sorting your bulky items means sorting into these types: electronics, white goods, iron and metal, furniture, cardboard, soft plastic, blankets and mattresses, clothes and shoes and various.

You must sort your bulky items into transparent plastic bags. Put each type of waste into separate bags. E.g. cooking pots and clothes belong in separate bags.

3. Place your bulky items on the pavement no later than 7 a.m. on the day of collection.