Throw in:

• Leaves
• Grass
• Branches
• Christmas trees (collected free of charge between 2 January and the end of February)

Other information

• Green waste is collected from single-family dwellings together with the bio waste fraction (what does not fit into the bags placed next to the bio bin),
• For multi-family dwellings, there is the possibility of ordering a container for green waste (as before), but no more often than once per calendar month; notification is made by a representative of the housing association or cooperative at the waste collector serving the property (PreZero or GUK) as indicated on the website – www.czystemiasto.gdansk.pl.
• If green waste is collected in containers, waste is thrown in bulk, bags are not used at the same time
• Green waste can also be collected in bags and left at waste collection points (MGO), from where it will be taken away by a separate transport; it should not be put in the brown bio waste bins.
• It is planned that the collection of bags will take place once a week, the waste will be collected by the waste collection company according to the green waste collection schedule given on www.czystemiasto.gdansk.pl,
• It is advisable for the representative of the community or housing association to notify the company collecting waste from the property (PreZero, KOMA or GUK) to collect the bags of green waste left at the waste collection point (MGO) at least 2 working days before the day of their scheduled collection,
• The bags should be placed at the waste collection site untied, in a way that allows air access to the green waste collected in the bags,
• Green waste bags are provided by the property owner (as before) – colour of bags – other than red, blue, green and yellow (which colours are assigned to other waste fractions), capacity from 80 l to 120 l, with a thickness of not less than 60 μm, made of LDPE or HDPE polyethylene film; green waste collected in system bags intended for the collection of recyclables will not be collected,
• Residents of properties in multi-family housing can continue to put small amounts of green waste generated in their households into the brown bio waste bins.
• The frequency of collection of bio waste from the brown bin will not change – in multi-family dwellings, collection takes place twice a week, green waste collected in bags or container will be collected additionally.

Throw in:

All types of household waste which, due to their large size and/or weight, do not fit into the container for other waste. Bulky waste includes:

• Furniture
• Interior furnishings
• Bicycles, sledges, skis, prams, large toys

Bulky waste is collected from single-family dwellings once a quarter and from multi-family dwellings once every fortnight. If you would like to find out when bulky waste is collected at your address, please refer to the waste collection schedule.

If you cannot wait for bulky waste to be collected, you can deliver it directly to the PSZOK (Zakład Utylizacyjny Sp. z o.o. ul. Jabłoniowa 55) here.

Tyres are collected together with bulky waste.

Bulky waste is collected from single-family dwellings once a quarter and from multi-family dwellings once every fortnight. If you would like to find out when bulky waste is collected at your address, please refer to the waste collection schedule.

If you cannot wait for bulky waste to be collected, you can deliver it directly to the PSZOK (Zakład Utylizacyjny Sp. z o.o. ul. Jabłoniowa 55) here.

Every resident, according to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act, must not dispose of waste equipment together with other waste. Therefore, to dispose of this type of waste safely, use one of the following options:

Large household appliances should be collected:

• Request collection for residents (free of charge) at 058 722 01 00; for companies (for a fee) at 572 102 102;
• Return free of charge during mobile hazardous waste collection organised 3 times a year by Gdańskie Usługi Komunalne Sp. z o.o. Check the waste collection schedule.
• Deliver directly to the PSZOK (Zakład Utylizacyjny Sp. z o.o. ul. Jabłoniowa 55), here.

Used household and domestic appliances of small size should:

• Can be dropped into a special container in your area [map of points].
• Can be delivered directly to the PSZOK (Zakład Utylizacyjny Sp. z o.o. ul. Jabłoniowa 55), here.
• Take it free of charge to a GUK sp. z o.o. driver as part of the three-times-a-year itinerant collection of hazardous waste collection schedule ([LINK])
• Hand over to a retailer (with a sales area of at least 400 m2 of electrical and electronic equipment), who is obliged to accept small-sized waste electrical and electronic equipment from households free of charge without having to purchase new equipment. Small-sized equipment will be considered any equipment none of whose external dimensions exceed 25 cm.

Furthermore:

• Worn electrical and electronic equipment can be returned to a shop when buying a new appliance. The shop is obliged to accept it free of charge up to the amount of new equipment sold on a ‘1 for 1’ basis, i.e. fridge for fridge, TV for TV, computer for computer, etc., with the proviso that the resident personally delivers it to the point of sale. For home delivery, the shop will usually add the cost of transporting the appliance.
• Broken equipment can also be left at the service centre free of charge – in the event that the service centre staff determine that repair of the equipment is impossible or uneconomic;
• When delivering equipment to the home, the supplier will not be able to refuse to take old equipment of the same type, i.e. for example, we will give up an old fridge for a new one.

Batteries and rechargeable batteries of various types and sizes are in every home, flat. We find them in watches, toys, mobile phones, cameras, remote controls. Often without realising how harmful they are to the environment. So to dispose of this type of waste safely, use one of the following options:

• Deliver directly to the PSZOK (Zakład Utylizacyjny Sp. z o.o. ul. Jabłoniowa 55), here.
• Return free of charge during mobile hazardous waste collection organised 3 times a year by Gdańskie Usługi Komunalne Sp. z o.o. Check the waste collection schedule.
• Deliver to a shop where battery containers are set up (any shop over 25 m2 selling batteries is obliged to collect used batteries).

• Deliver directly to the PSZOK (Zakład Utylizacyjny Sp. z o.o. ul. Jabłoniowa 55), here.
• Return free of charge during mobile hazardous waste collection organised 3 times a year by Gdańskie Usługi Komunalne Sp. z o.o. Check the waste collection schedule.

Property owners are required to separately collect and hand over needles, syringes and other waste of a medical nature for collection under the terms of the Regulations. Property owners with residents may deliver them by their own transport to the selective collection point for municipal waste (waste should be collected in a container protecting it from puncturing bystanders). This waste is accepted from owners of properties where residents reside in a travelling system organised by Gdańskie Usługi Komunalne.

Emerging during the renovation include:

• Rubble,
• Old wallpapers,
• Planks,
• Doors,
• Windows,
• Tiles,
• Sinks,
• The toilet bowl,
• Shower tray,
• Bathtub

Construction waste must not be disposed of together with municipal waste.

If you have a home renovation company, they are obliged to collect your waste. If you are doing the renovation yourself, you will need to order a special sack/container from a waste collection company.

In addition, in accordance with the Regulations for Maintaining Cleanliness and Order, each dwelling may deliver 2 tonnes of the aforementioned waste free of charge per year to the PSZOK (Zakład Utylizacyjny Sp. z o.o. ul. Jabłoniowa 55), here.

Ash is municipal waste, with which we have a big problem in winter. The Gdańsk waste management system treats ash as non-segregable waste, so it should be disposed of along with residual waste. It is important to remember, however, that only cooled ash without a source of potential fire can be put into the above containers. Unquenched ash may cause a fire in the waste bin, the shed or sometimes the entire house. In individual situations, it is possible to notify the municipality in writing of the need to replace a plastic container with a metal one.