Waste collection fees

If waste collectors need to retrieve containers more than 15 meters from a waste collection vehicle, a charge will be added. You can avoid paying it by permanently moving the bins on the unloading day within 15 meters.

If the bins are full before the unloading date, you can buy a labeled bag for excess waste or take it to a drop-off center or recycling center.

• Labeled bags for incidental excess mixed waste: 2,606 kr./pc.

Please note that for the collection of incidental excess waste that does not fit in containers, it must be in individually labeled bags. You can buy the bags at the stations of N1 in Reykjavík and at the Reykjavík City Service Center in Borgartún 12-14.

• Fees for additional emptying: 9,750 kr./trip plus 3,349 kr./unloaded container.
• Fees for additional emptying of underground containers: 9,750 kr./trip plus the fee for emptying underground containers above.
• Fee for the operation of drop-off centers and recycling centers: 17,000 kr./apartment. The fee for drop-off centers and recycling centers is intended to cover the cost share of the City of Reykjavík for the operation of SORPA’s drop-off centers and recycling centers.
• The administration fee for changing services, driving, and registering containers, is 4,000 kr. for each time a change is requested.

A recycling facility fee is levied on each dwelling in Reykjavík to cover the City's share of the cost for operating Sorpa’s waste recycling centers.