All food waste must now be sorted into a separate container

Everything you need to know about sorting of food waste in separate containers and not into residual waste, as in Oslo/ Follo. 

Food waste is a resourse.

Food waste can be converted into climatefriendly fuel for vehicles, fertiliser and biogas for the production of heat and electricity. When you sort your food waste separately, there will be less residual waste to be incinerated.

How it works

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1. You have now received the caddy and biodegradable bags for food waste. It is important that you only use bags from MOVAR for your food waste caddy. These should be put in your food waste bin.

2. You can see when your waste will be collected in the MinRenovasjon app or on movar.no/kalender

3. When you run out of biodegradable bags, tie a bag to your food waste bin. The collector will leave you a new roll of bags. If you share your caddy or bin, or need additional biobags for your cabin or holiday home, you will have to obtain more biobags yourself.

These can be obtained at our recycling stations or from the Miljøbilen collection vehicle. Biobags are also available in some supermarkets – for a list, see movar.no/matavfall

What counts as a food waste?

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Yes, please!
Anything that you could have eaten:

  • Fruit and vegetables
  • Flour, grains and sugar
  • Bread and cakes
  • Rice and pasta
  • Meat, fish and shellfish
    Also:
  • Coffee grounds, with or without filters
  • Eggshells and nutshells
  • Kitchen paper
  • Teabags
  • Small bones from fish and meat
  • Mouldy and/or rotten food
  • Food you can’t eat

No, thanks!
Anything else that can’t be eaten:

  • Pot plants
  • Nappies
  • Cigarettes and other tobacco products
  • Cat litter and dog waste bags
  • Food waste with packaging
  • Herb plants
  • Garden waste
  • Soil and gravel
  • Cut flowers
  • Ashes

Not sure?
Find the answer at sortere.no

We applaud everyone who is reducing food waste

  • Only buy what you need
  • Eat up
  • Use your leftovers
  • Sort your food waste

Your efforts to sort your food waste separately have
beneficial effects for the climate and environment.
Find out more at movar.no/matavfall

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When will your waste be collected?

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See the collection calendar or get reminders of when your waste will be collected. Download the “Min renovasjon” app free of charge. You can also find the collection calendar for your property at movar.no/kalender

Food waste and residual waste are collected every two weeks!

Remember that your bins must be no more than
8 m from the side of the road on collection day.

You can find the application in Google Play and App Store.

Tips and advice

Double-knot the biobags to prevent mess

Line the biobags with a little paper towels if the food waste is particularly sharp or wet

Clean the food waste bin regularly

It is a good idea to keep any seafood waste frozen until collection day

Contact us if you need a new or extra caddy for additional households etc.

Remember that your bins must be no more than 8 m from the side of the road on collection day, but try to keep them out of the sun in hot weather

Find out more at movar.no/matavfall

Do you have any questions?

Feel free to contact us 
movar.no
renovasjon@movar.no
+47 69 26 21 10
If you live in Moss, please contact Moss Municipality via Kommunetorget, phone number +47 69 24 80 00.

The brochure about food waste in wnglish you can make copy of (PDF, 5 MB)