The Blue bag: all about sorting, collecting and recycling your packaging waste
The Valorlux Blue bag, the practical and free solution to help preserve the environment.
Simplification of the sorting instructions in Luxembourg
Putting additional types of plastic packaging in your blue bag? It is now possible!
All luxembourgish residents can put the following packaging in the blue bag:
- New: plastic pots
- New: plastic trays
- New: plastic cups
- New: plastic bags and films
- plastic bottles and containers
- metal packaging
- beverage cartons
What to put in the blue bag
Plastic bottles and containers
Metal packaging
Beverage cartons
Plastic films and bags
Plastic pots, cups and trays
Forbidden in the blue bag
Prohibited items - Paper, cardboard, black plastic and multi-layer packaging
Paper and cardboard
Black plastic
Multi-layer packaging such as bags of coffee, crisps and pet food bags
Foam trays & Styrofoam
Pharmaceutical Packaging
Packaging with GHS symbol (except for symbol with exclamation mark)
No need to wash the packaging before putting it in the blue bag
Empty packaging
Max 5L
Flatten packaging
Where do I get the Blue bags?
Availability Blue bags
For PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS
- Home delivery
You can order a roll of Valorlux bags via our shop. The bags will be delivered into your mailing box within ten working days.
- Pick-up service in one of our partner service station
You can order a roll of Valorlux bags via our shop. Choose the service station in which you want to pick up your roll. Get your pick-up voucher shortly after to pick your Valorlux bags up in the chosen service station.
- Do you rely on the services offered by Stëftung Hëllef Doheem or Verbandskëscht ?
Simply ask your care provider to bring you a roll of Valorlux bags the next time they visit you.
- At your municipality
For COMPANIES
You can order your bags online at our shop.
The bags are packed in cartons and are to be picked up at the depot in Leudelange upon presentation of the removal slip provided by Valorlux after validation of the online order.
Collection calendar
Valorlux Web App
Do not miss the blue bags' collection! Add the collection schedule to your device! Simplify your life right away!
- Activate geolocation: the calendar according to your position
- Enable notifications: schedule a reminder
- Add the collection schedule to your calendar
Need help downloading the collection calendar and adding it to your device? Click Here
RE-box stations and recycling parks
RECYCLING PARKS
To find out the conditions of access to your recycling park, please consult the information provided by the park in question.
“RE-BOX” COLLECTION STATIONS
As of now, you can put your plastic pots, cups, trays, bags and films in the blue bag
Frequently Asked Questions
Sorting of packaging waste
No.
This packaging is not accepted in the Blue bag. It is made up of several layers of different materials (plastic, aluminum, etc.) and is therefore not considered to be recyclable.
No.
This packaging is not accepted in the blue bag. It is made up of several layers of different materials (plastic, aluminum, etc.) which does not make it recyclable.
However, metal pet food trays can be put in the Valorlux blue bag.
Yes - with the simplified sorting, you can now put plastic films and bags in the blue bag.
No.
This packaging is not accepted in the blue bag.
No.
However, they must be emptied of their contents. Recycling plants have processes that clean the packaging before processing it. It is therefore unnecessary to wash the packaging and especially to put it in the dishwasher.
No.
This packaging is not accepted in the blue bag and must be handed over to a recycling park
Currently, black plastic packaging cannot be recognized by the optical sorting technology used in the sorting center. They are therefore currently considered not recyclable.
Yes.
Today's recycling techniques make it possible to easily separate the caps from the bottle. Each one then follows its own recycling process.
However, if you want to hand them over to associations for the recovery of plastic caps such as E Stopp fir E Mupp, which helps finance assistance dog programmes, you can collect the caps and bring them to the various collection points. https://www.asa-asbl.com/
No.
The only exception is packaging that only has the GHS symbol with the exclamation mark (i.e. laundry detergent bottles) if that packaging has been properly emptied.
Packaging with any other GHS symbol are not accepted in the blue bag.
Recycling of packaging waste
The packaging collected via the Blue and Green Valorlux bags is transported to the Hein Déchets company sorting centre in Bech-Kleinmacher in Luxembourg. There, each type of packaging is separated and baled for recycling. Then, depending on the type of material, the bales are sold and transported to recycling companies in France, Belgium or Germany.
Wherever possible, Valorlux gives preference to local recycling. However, in view of the extremely limited or even non-existent number of plants capable of recycling the various fractions sorted in Luxembourg, these are recycled in neighbouring countries.
In detail:
Steel is recycled in Luxembourg
Aluminium is recycled in Belgium
Beverage board is recycled in France
PET is recycled in France
HDPE is recycled in France
More info in our annual report factsheet.
Each material put into recycling becomes a new raw material to constitute another material or object. For example, a PET bottle can become a new bottle as shown in our film "Bottle-to-bottle".
Aluminium can become new food trays. Beverage cartons can be used to make toilet paper. HDPE can be used to make pipes used in construction. Steel can be used to make cans.