Recycling is an activity increasingly known to all and that, gradually, has been implemented in homes and companies over the last decades. The purpose of recycling is to help the environment, stop the accumulation of garbage in landfills and improve the quality of life on our planet.
However, despite efforts to explain it correctly, errors are still frequent when classifying garbage or distinguishing the use of each container. Do youWhat are the types of recycling bins? What type of waste is deposited inside? If you still have doubts about these concepts, in the following Green Ecologist article we will help you solve these doubts.
Yellow container
At yellow container the containers must be deposited, whether made of plastic or metal:
- Briks.
- Plastic bottles.
- White cork trays.
- Caps and plugs.
- Disposable plates.
- Egg cups.
- Nets and meshes.
- Bottles without nipple.
- Cleaning product jars.
- Cleaning products jars.
- Tin cans.
- Drink cans.
- Plastic bags and wrappers for food.
- Transparent polyethylene film.
- Aluminum and plastic blister packs.
Some of the most frequent errors, that is, waste that should not be deposited in this container are:
- Aerosol sprays.
- Toys.
- Non-packaging metal and plastic products such as video tapes, CDs, and plastic toys.
Blue container
This container is the specific one for deposit cardboard and paper What:
- Cookie boxes.
- Cereal boxes.
- Cardboard egg cups.
- Shoe boxes.
- Newspapers
- Journals.
- Gif.webpt Wrap.
- Brochures
It is important to fold and fold the cardboard waste of greater volume, as in the case of boxes, so that they occupy as little as possible. It is also important to pay particular attention when separate mixed waste, as is the case with the rings of a notebook, staples, or, generally, the packaging of toys.
Some elements that we must not throw in this container are:
- Briks.
- Napkins.
- Used handkerchiefs.
- Used kitchen paper.
- Diapers
- Compresses
Green container (igloo)
The green container or green igloo, is destined to get rid of the glass. This category includes glass bottles or jars, canning jars, and other foods.
In this case, special attention must be paid when remove the cap and stopper from bottles or jars and deposit it in the appropriate container, depending on its composition (metal, plastic or cork).
Regarding the waste that we must not deposit in this green container we find:
- Metals
- Ceramics
- Porcelain.
- Flat glass for pictures or windows.
- Vitroceramics.
- Light bulbs.
- Fluorescent tubes.
- Mirrors.
Brown container: organic
Although depending on which countries you are not very familiar with this type of container, the reality is that more and more cities have them. As its name suggests, organic containers are destined for organic waste. It is usually dark in color, usually brown, although sometimes they are assigned the color orange. This container is suitable for all waste of animal or plant origin, as they are:
- Leftovers.
- Fruit.
- Bones.
- Leaves.
- Branches
- Flowers.
- Estate.
- Papers and napkins stained with oil or other organic debris.
On the other hand, you should never deposit in this container:
- Dust.
- Butts.
- Ashes
- Diapers
- Compresses and tampons.
- Wet wipes.
- Floss.
- Band-Aids.
- Sticking plaster.
- Gauze
- Cotton.
Gray container
It is common to use this container to get rid of everything that we do not know in which other container to deposit, but the truth is that this bin is designed for biodegradable waste that does not have a specific collection container. Summing up, we could say that in the gray container they go:
- Dust.
- Hair collected.
- Vacuum cleaner remains.
- Animal poop.
- Butts.
- Plugs.
- Disposable products.
- Diapers
- Compresses
If you still have doubts, in the following Green Ecologist article we will explain at length what is recycled in the gray container.
Special containers
In addition to all these containers, which are the basic ones that usually exist in all cities, there are other more specific types of containers for certain products. Next we will talk about what are the special containers and what wastes are disposed of:
- Battery containers: intended for small batteries and cells that no longer have power.
- Medicine container: for the deposit of pharmacy products or expired medicines, including boxes and plastic containers.
- Clothing and footwear container: They are usually associated with NGOs, or charities in order to reuse and take advantage of clothing.
- Oil container: intended for used oil, which is very polluting.
Finally, we can remember that there are special areas, called clean points, in which waste is collected that due to its characteristics, dangerousness or size cannot be deposited in the garbage containers set up in the street.
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