Use the names in your local collection guide
Enter waste category names, such as “Burnable waste” or “Combustible waste”, to match your local collection guide. Selecting a waste type sets the label text and icon. It does not automatically determine how an item should be sorted.
At home, place labels where they are visible when bins stand side by side. In shared waste areas, position signs at a height that makes the correct collection point clear. Hold the paper in place before attaching it to check that lids or handles do not hide the text.
Keep words and shapes when color is unavailable
Choosing black and white makes the border and icon black. Avoid shortening the label so much that the waste type becomes unclear without color. PNG works well for inserting the label as an image in a document. SVG is useful when you want to edit the text or shapes later.
Check each part of a folder with metal fittings
Local guidance varies for items that combine paper or plastic covers with metal fasteners. Check your local sorting directory or collection guide for the folder body’s waste category, whether metal fittings must be removed and how to dispose of the item if they cannot be removed.
Only add instructions you have verified. Use wording such as “Remove metal fittings and place them in ___” or “If fittings cannot be removed, place the item in ___” so readers know what to do. Do not present an unverified waste category as a rule that applies everywhere.
Choose between A4 printing and image files
The multiple-label layout places six identical 90 × 60mm labels on a sheet. The large-label layout places one 180 × 120mm label. Open the saved print HTML in a browser to print it. Check that the layout, including margins, fits the paper on your printer.
SVG text uses fonts available in the viewing environment. Use PNG when you need to share a fixed appearance, and keep an SVG copy for editing. Use the printed border as a guide when cutting the paper and label corners.
Edit label text and notes
