Recycling is properly the first point to walk through life with ecological awareness. Although, fortunately, there are more and more homes that integrate it as a mandatory domestic measure and that integrate the philosophy of the 3R of the ecology, there are still people who have doubts about how to distribute waste. With this little guide, you will not doubt when you have to distribute them.
Broadly speaking, we have to separate garbage into several groups that we will explain in the following Ecologiaverde article on where to recycle those waste that we do not know where they are going.
Organic container (gray or brown)
The Organic garbagethe one that decomposes, which are basically:
- The food
- Egg shells
- The food remains
- The fruit muts
Blue container
He paper and cardboardwithout remains of another material, such as plastic. Here are:
- Egg cartons
- The paper
- Shoe boxes
- Cardboard boxes
If you put it in a plastic bag, empty it in the cube before or use paper bags to store them.
Yellow container
In the yellow container, exclusively containers, both plastic and metallic, must be deposited. It is not a container for all types of plastics, but only for those who were designed as containers.
Among the plastic containers What can you throw here are:
- Water bottles or soft drinks.
- Yogurt containers.
- Plastic bags
- Milk or juices.
The Metal containerssuch as:
- Refreshing cans, beer or preserves.
- Spray deodorant boats.
- Metal covers and plates.
Remember that it is important empty and, if possible, crush the containers Before throwing them, to facilitate their recycling and save space.
Green container
The glass, however, in many cities, is separated between dark and light glass (a bottle of wine would be the light and one of beer the dark) the jam jams and perfumes will also go here.
Clean point
Articles that must be taken to a special point (Clean point), as:
- Electronic devices
- The batteries
- The oil
- The medicines
They are very polluting and you never have to mix them with organic garbage.
Rejection container: green or gray
We can integrate another Type of garbage that cannot be recycled nor included any other for elements such as ash or hair. These containers are usually more difficult to find, although you will surely locate them if you investigate a bit.
However, especially for those who have just reached the exciting world of recycling, it is normal for some doubts to arise with some daily waste.
What container do you have to allocate the following waste?
In which container it is thrown …
- In which container the tetrabrk is thrown: Although the exterior is cardboard, it must go to the yellow container; to the plastic. This is because it has an inner lining (in addition to the cap) that makes it not suitable to be processed together with the cardboard.
- In which container the containers are thrown to store meat, fish or vegetables: These containers are usually plastic, so they would go in the yellow container, although any of its parts can be paper and cardboard (such as the tray that usually covers the pre -cooked food we ask for in Chinese restaurants and others). It is easy to differentiate its different parts, you just have to look at the type of material.
- In which container the wood is thrown: Yellow container is thrown if it is a small container, such as fruit boxes, but if it is large as furniture, it must be taken to the clean point.
- In which container the cork is thrown: Although in Ecologiaverde.com you will find a thousand ways to reuse them, if you throw them, you must do it in the organic container.
- In which container the dentifric tubes are thrown: All those tubes that we have at home and in the bathroom (such as that of condensed milk or mayonnaise) are in the plastics container.
- In which container the canned cans are thrown: For example, of mussels or tuna. Rinse them well so that there are no organic remains and throw them in the yellow container. All those metal wrappers (such as olive cans) will also be in this container.
- In which container the foil is thrown: While this material should not be used in abundance, you must know that everything that is made of aluminum (such as packaging) and the same paper to wrap go equally to the yellow container.
- In which container the glass boat covers are thrown: Like the jar of jam, being made of glass will be in the green container but do not forget to remove your lid, which, being metal or plastic, will have to be thrown into the yellow container.
- In what container the ceramics are thrown: As for example, the jar of the curd. Although you can easily use it as portalápices, to save your forks or loaders, etc., if you have to throw it, do it in the rejection container; that of organic waste. It is impossible to process it in any of the others.
- In which container the very dirty paper or cardboard is thrown: For example, if a cardboard container is very full of sauce and you cannot clean it, you must allocate it to the cube of organic residues, although it is a penalty because it will be a cardboard that will no longer be recycled. Also the role we use in the bathroom, very dirty napkins, the strips or salva-slips, must go to the remains or waste (the gray).
- In which container the bulbs are thrown: You have to take them to a special point, it is not enough to throw them into the glass because they have mercury.
- In what container mirrors are thrown: They cannot be thrown into the green container because they contain lead. We must inform ourselves where the clean point is closest to our home to take them.
- In which container the clothes and the fabric are thrown: Old clothes have no place in any of these containers. To do this, you can take it to associations that collect textiles for the most disadvantaged, to a special container, or reuse it to make your own garments. The leftover will go to a clean point.
- In which container the cotton is thrown: For example, dismailing cotton discs. They should go to the organic Or, better yet, to that rejection container where we will also store the sweeping dust, compresses, cigarettes or diapers.
- In which container the kitchen oil is thrown: store the used and take it to a specific point for oil.
- In which container the adhesives and stickers are thrown: Unfortunately, they cannot be recycled. You must go to the rejection container.
- In which container the dog pean is thrown: There are ways to reuse dog droppings to reuse them as fertilizer for the garden or plants. However, it is necessary to undergo a treatment. A good way is to use a biodegradator or, a container enabled for dog composting. Otherwise, you must throw them into the rejection container.
- In which container the cat sand is thrown: As in the case of dog droppings you must go to the rejection container.
- In which container the albal paper is thrown: Both aluminum foil and film paper go to the yellow container.
- In which container a pan is thrown: It has metals such as stainless steel that can be recyclable, which is why you should leave them at the clean point so they can reuse it with scrap.
- In which container the CDs are thrown: Although in some cities they have special containers for CDs, it is not yet very widespread. That is why the way of recycling them is leaving them at the closest clean point.
- In which container the rubber eva is thrown: To the rejection container.
- In which container the diapers are thrown: You have to throw them into the rejection container.
- In which container the aerosols are thrown: They are thrown into the yellow container.
- In which container the keys are thrown: They must go to the clean point metal container.
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