There is provided a method (1) for disposing of waste (2), in which the waste (2) is radioactive waste and the method (1) comprises a first step (1a) in which pre-treatment waste (2a) is placed insidea pyrolytic reactor (3), a second step (1b), in which the pre-treatment waste (2a) is thermally disintegrated by pyrolysis into treated waste (4), the treated waste (4) comprising a solid phase (40)and a gaseous phase (41), and the method (1) further comprising a third step (1c) in which the solid phase (40) is stored according to known radioactive waste storage procedures and a fourth step (1d)in which the gaseous phase (41) is expelled into the outside environment.