| Waste category | Waste components |
| Organic matter | Waste from foodstuff such as food and vegetable refuse, fruit skin, stem of green, corncob, leaves, grass, and manure |
| Paper | Paper, paper bags, cardboard, corrugated board, box board, newsprint, magazines, tissue, office paper, and mixed paper (all papers that do not fit into other categories) |
| Plastic | Any material and products made of plastics such as wrapping film, plastic bag, olythene, plastic bottle, plastic hose, and plastic string |
| Glass | Any material and products made of glass such as bottles, glassware, light bulb, and ceramics |
| Metals | Ferrous and non-ferrous metal such as tin can, wire, fence, knife, bottle cover, aluminum can and other aluminum materials, foil, ware and bi-metal |
| Others | Materials from leather, rubber, textile, wood, and others such yard waste, tires, batteries, large appliances, nappies/sanitary products, medical waste, etc. |