Collection and disposal of rubbish and waste

 What goes where ?

Why do we sort waste ?

To reduce the cost of processing, disposal and incineration

To reduce pollution and help protect our environment

Aluminium cans	Batteries		Bulky waste		Chemical waste	Confidential papers
Electronics and Data processing material	Glass waste		Household		Nespresso capsules	Paper and cardboard

PET	Printer toners	Sagex	Scrap metal	Scrap wood	Various waste

  1. Introduction

Waste sorting has become part of our everyday life. It is the business of every one of us. Each time we sort our waste, we are helping to preserve our environment. Recycling and recovering waste gives a second life to used materials, avoiding the need for disposal or incineration, both of which are sources of pollution. This allows us to use resources more economically and reduce the cost of treating waste.

CERN has an active policy of sorting its waste and minimizing the high cost of waste treatment.

The GS-IS-LS section is in charge of conventional waste: the collection and the disposal.

Two types of services are assured:

• Regular collections: Small quantities of waste stored in containers located at the entrances of buildings. This type of collection is bound to a contract (planning for the Regular collections);
• Disposal and Collection on request to be paid by the applicant: Large quantities of waste, of particular typology or resulting from work, and to be stored in skips.

Reminder: Each works site Supervisor must be able to ensure the traceability of evacuated waste resulting from his works like emitting the adequate shipping documents (customs documents...).

  2. Skips, containers

In order to minimize the costs of waste treating, CERN sorts waste.

For any request concerning a container, or skip, please fill in a request through the Service-Desk@cern.ch, tel. 77777: 

• Request for the disposal of a container/skip from CERN's site

• Request for emptying or removal of a container or skip from CERN's site

Skips: For safety reasons, skips must never be filled to more than 75% of their capacity before removal, irrespective of their size.

Many kind of skips are available to carry this out. The size will depend on the type and quantity of waste to be removed.

	Furniture, wood, plasterboard, cardboard, plastics, glass, glass wool/Styrofoam insulation, asphalt paper (light materials). L l H 7500 2500 2500
Capacity 30 m3 (removable door at the rear)

  3. What goes where ?

Waste	Collections	Description	Quantity	Photo	Skip or Container	Request
ALUMINIUM CANS	Regular collections	Some compactors/containers for aluminium cans are located near each drink dispenser on Prevessin’s site. A container of 800l is also at your disposal near Buildings 156 and 904.	Small		Other	No request, containers in Bldgs 156 and 904
BATTERIES	Regular collections	Used battery containers are located at various points on the CERN site, such as the Main Building, the cafeterias, etc. Location list.	Small		Other	No request, regular collections only
BULKY WASTE	Collections on request (with a budget code)	Bulky waste are made of worn furniture and various equipment. Concerning office stuff, the Sales and Recuperation service (bldg 133) sorts them and decides whether to store or to evacuate them.	Large		Skip	Request to the Service Desk for the disposal Request to the Service Desk for the removal
CHEMICAL WASTE	Collections on request (with a budget code)	Chemical waste are made of conditioned chemical waste (acid, mixed hydrocarbons, oils, light bulbs, neons, etc...). More info.	Small		Transport to bldg 262	Bldg 262
CONFIDENTIAL PAPERS	Collections on request	The confidential papers are ONLY (no folders or plastic sleeves) made ​​from paper cut or not collected in special containers and are placed on request within the buildings. These papers will be sent to a recycling center to be shredded for recycling from paper mills. The disposal is charged and the removal is included in the amount. Each exchange will be charged on the same code.	Small		Closed containers of 800l.	Request to the Service Desk for the disposal Request to the Service Desk for the removal
ELECTRONICS AND DATA PROCESSING MATERIAL	Collections on request (with a budget code)	Computer equipment and electronic waste are made of electronic screens, keyboards, electronic chip boards, etc... More info.	Small and large		Blue or red container	Transport request through EDH to the bldg 133
GLASS WASTE	Regular collections	Broken waste glass are bottles from restaurants and cafeterias. The location list will be available soon.	Small		Other	No request, regular collections only
HOUSEHOLD	Regular collections	Household and incinerated waste are made of waste coming from cleaning of buildings, cafeterias and restaurants' activities and plastics not recycable.	Small		Containers of 800l Free of charge	Request to the Service Desk
	Collections on request (with a budget code)		Large		Skip	Request to the Service Desk for the disposal Request to the Service Desk for the removal
NESPRESSO COFFEE CAPSULES	Regular collections	The Nespresso coffee capsule containers are reserved exclusively for aluminium capsules (see below). They are located in Buildings 156 and 904, near the container for glass.	Small		Other	No request, regular collections only
PAPER AND CARDBOARD	Regular collections	The papers/cardboard are made of administrative printed papers form, reviews, catalogues, packing boxes (except for the sagex).	Small		Containers of 800l Free of charge	Request to the Service Desk for the disposal Request to the Service Desk for the removal
	Collections on request (with a budget code)	Various skips can be placed at your disposal (on request) according to the quantity to evacuate.	Large		6.5m3 closed skips	Request to the Service Desk for the disposal Request to the Service Desk for the removal
PET	Regular collection	PET (polyethylene terephthalate) containers are for all types of recyclable plastic bottle. The containers for the PET are located near each drink dispenser on both Swiss and French sites. A container of 800l is also at your disposal near Buildings 156 and 904.	Small		Other	No request, regular collections only
PRINTER TONERS	Regular collections	Toners for printers mut be sent / left to the Stores (Building 73) which is responsible for delivering them to a recycling center.	Small		Transport to bldg 73	Bldg 73
SAGEX	Collections on request	The sagex or expanded polystyrene is recyclable. Request for a bag holder and a 500l plastic bag.	Small		Other	Request to the Service Desk for the disposal
SCRAP METAL	Regular collections	Scrap metal are of cast iron and steel resulting from objects thrown away or demolished (metal frames, old machines, etc...), of scraps of raw materials, or rejected swarf of manufacturing (primarily copper, stainlessteel, aluminium). A skip or a container should contain metals from the same family, it is necessary to sort. For example: a stainless steel tray, one for aluminum, one for copper, one for steel, one for brass, another for lead.	Small		1m3 metal containers (bac ferraille) Free of charge	Request to the Service Desk for the disposal Request to the Service Desk for the removal
			Large		Skip
SCRAP WOOD	Regular collections	The chips of wood consist of scrap wood (not consigned pallets of delivery without EUR/CFF,SBB/FFS/DB/SNCF marking, cables drumes, packing, planks, etc...) and of agglomerated wood. More info.	Large		Skip	Request to the Service Desk for the disposal Request to the Service Desk for the removal
VARIOUS WASTE	Collections on request (with a budget code)	Various waste are of inert rubble resulting from new building and rehabilitation, demolition sites: natural stones, concrete, bricks, grounds and materials of earthwork, plasters, ceramic, not mixed materials of demolition, mineral wools etc...	Large		Skip	Request to the Service Desk for the disposal Request to the Service Desk for the removal