Index Index; The drop-off recycling location: Cardboard; Plastic ; Glass container; Battery container; Electron; Waste;

The Green Recycle Bin is where we put all types of glass containers or bottles: Water; Wine; Beer; Juices; Olive oil; Honey and jam; Milk. The Green Recycle Bin

Do not dispose these things in the Green Recycling Bin: Dishes, glasses, cups, vases, pharmaceutical glass, windows, television screens, lamps, mirrors, crystal, glass ceramics, opal glass, closures and stoppers from glass bottles. Remember to remove the corks and metal lids from glass bottles. Put the corks and metal lids in the yellow Recycling Bin.

THE YELLOW RECYCLE BIN What should you put in the yellow recycle bin? ● Empty aerosols; ● Plastic containers; ● Milk cartons; ● Tins and cans; ● Polystyrene; ● Plastic bottles; ● Plastic bags; ● Aluminium boxes.

What mustn’t you put in the yellow recycle bin? ● Cartons; ● Plastic cups; Paper; ● Electrical items; ● Margarine, butter and lard tubs; ● Plastic containers that had toxic waste inside; ● Tools; ● Batteries;

The Blue recycling Bin The Blue Recycling Bin is where used packaging and containers using packaging paper and paperboard must be disposed of. Empty and flatten all packages to reduce the space they occupy to facilitate the trip to the Recycling Bin.

What must you put in the blue recycle bin? Newspapers and magazines; Writing paper; Telephone directories; Booklets and books; Egg boxes; Cardboard cartons, compact and corrugated board, such as cereal boxes and cardboard wrappers; Packaging and paper packaging such as paper bags and wrapping paper.

What mustn’t you put in the blue recycle bin? Paper or plastic coated metal that has been submited to special treatment (polished paper or cellophane); Plants, chemicals, adhesives, aluminum and fax machines; Packages that have contained organic debris or fats (kitchen towels, dishes, paper towels and napkins, packets of crisps and snacks); Packages that have contained hazardous waste.

Types of Waste There are some types of waste: -Organic waste; -Recycling waste; -Biodegradable waste; -Dangerous waste; -Solid urbane waste;

Organic Waste Biological rubbish. Remains of dead animals and the peel from fruit and vegetables that could be used for fertilisation.

Recycling Waste It can be used as raw material to make new things.

Biodegradable waste This kind of rubbish can be decomposed in its own environment and be transformed in garden products as well as paper and card board.

Hazardous Waste This is a kind of waste which, by its high levels of toxic gases, is dangerous for people’s health and for the environment.

Solid Urbane Waste Solid urbane waste is the rubbish people produce at home in their daily lives, as well as the rubbish collected from the streets and public places.