Did you know that more than 50% of the waste found in mixed bins at UP could still be sorted?

Plastic

✅ Goes in: PET bottles (please always squash them), plastic containers from detergents, cosmetics and cleaning products, bags, films, shopping bags, cups, small pieces of polystyrene, and other plastic packaging.

❌ Does not go in: TetraPak cartons, linoleum, medicine containers, PVC pipes, packaging of hazardous substances (motor oils, chemicals, paints), foam rubber, car plastics, or non-plastic packaging.

Glass

✅ Goes in: clean non-returnable bottles from beverages, cosmetics, and cleaning products, glassware, flat glass without wire reinforcement, canning jars, drinking glasses, etc.

❌ Does not go in: plexiglass, ceramics, porcelain, car glass, lightbulbs, fluorescent tubes, wired glass, mirrors, gilded/plated or laboratory glass.

TetraPak

✅ Goes in: flattened milk, juice, and wine cartons.

❌ Does not go in: soft coffee bags, powdered food sachets, beverage cartons with residues.

Biowaste

✅ Goes in: leftover bread and eggs, fruit and vegetables, soil, sawdust, coffee grounds and tea (including paper filters).

❌ Does not go in: meat, bones, oils, fats, food packaging, coal ash, manure, or animal droppings.

Metal

✅ Goes in: crushed beverage and food cans, beer caps, metal packaging.

❌ Does not go in: paint cans and containers, thinners, pesticides and chemicals, or multi-material items.

Mixed Waste 

✅ Goes in: all waste unsuitable for sorting, food containers, and coffee cups with plastic content.

❌ Does not go in: batteries, electronic devices, hazardous waste.

You are responsible for taking out the waste from your room. You have a bin for mixed waste and sorting bags, which you collect at the beginning of the academic year and return at the end. Waste is disposed of in outdoor containers.

In the kitchen, only mixed waste bins are available. Sorting is done in your room (using the bags).

In study rooms, bins are available for mixed waste, paper, glass, plastic + metal, and TetraPak.

All biowaste goes into compost bins (composters are located in dormitory areas). Interested in sorting biowaste? Request a special container using the form.

Small electronic waste (and batteries) can be disposed of at Envelopa (near the Freeshop) or in Neředín at dormitory N I near the laundry room.

Map of dumpster locations and composters on UP dormitory areas

Waste can be disposed of either in the bins belonging to your building or at public container stations. You can find their map on the portal Olomouc sorts waste (best viewed on a computer).

Open the map of container stations in Olomouc

Distribution of bags takes place at the beginning of the winter semester, collection at the end of the summer semester.

Each bag set is marked with a code for registration.

When collecting, you fill in a short form – providing the set number (written on the bag), the dormitory where you live, and your contact details (email and phone number).

Bags must be returned clean and washed.

If you wish to keep the set over the summer holidays, you can arrange it individually by email (udrzitelny.palacky@gmail.com). 

Pickup of bags for the 2025/2026 academic year

Bags are currently available for pickup at the accommodation offices:
– Room 1.12 on the ground floor of the Josef Jařab dormitory (Šmeralova 1084/6)
– Room no. C.1.11 on the ground floor of the Generál Svoboda dormitory (Šmeralova 1122/12)
– Room no. A.1.23 on the ground floor of the Neředín N II dormitory (U Letiště 786/14)

Applications for a biowaste container
Interested in sorting biowaste? Request a special container using the form.