CONTAINER FOR PLASTICS

from The Sustainable Office: More Efort for Less Waste

by Žaliasis taškas

WASTE RECYCLING

Plastic packaging:

Plastic food packaging;

Plastic bottles for beverages and other liquids;

Plastic bags;

Packaging of cosmetics and hygiene products

Composite packaging:

Tetra Pak cartons;

Chip bags, coffee packs, shiny candy wrappers

Disposable coffee cups

Metal packaging:

Food cans;

Metal caps from glass jars and bottles

Other packaging:

Wooden packages

Cloth bags used for packaging of products

DO NOT THROW IN: Take to a bulk waste site or dispose of at special collection points:

Electronic devices; Batteries;

Bulky waste. Throw into mixed waste containers:

Sanitary ware

Bring to the pharmacy: Medicinese

Container For Glass

GLASS PACKAGING: Coloured and clear glass containers (bottles);

Food bottles made of coloured and clear glass; Glass jars.

DO NOT THROW IN: Ceramics; Porcelain; Mirrors;

Tempered glass; Glass coated with plastic film.

*Because sorting recommendations may slightly differ depending on the region, it is important to check and follow the recommendations of your municipality.

*Containers for collection of paper and plastic waste are becoming more common and all packaging that previously was put into two separate containers is now thrown into one container.

Waste recycling. Is a process that makes it possible to recycle used materials by converting them into new materials or objects and allows waste to be reused. It is an alternative to “conventional” waste disposal that can save material and help lower greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to resource conservation, waste recycling can reduce energy use, air pollution (from waste incineration) and water pollution (from waste landfilling).

Recycling of paper and cardboard waste. Paper packaging and products can be recycled up to 8 times. Waste paper is not suitable for endless recycling because each recycling process reduces the length of paper fibres and eventually they become too short to adhere to each other without using the original raw material or additives. About 19 percent of paper products are not suitable for this purpose, e.g. tissues, toilet paper, cigarette paper, wallpaper, etc.

Glass. From a technical point of view, glass can be 100% recycled an unlimited number of times. Crushed glass used for glass production must be clean – without ceramics, metal, mirror glass, earth, organic and other impurities. Plastics. Plastic packaging can be recycled up to 30 times on one condition: different types of plastic must not be mixed with one another, otherwise they cannot be recycled at all.

1 PET - granules are used to produce synthetic fibres and geotextiles