'Agricultural plastic may go with company waste'
Farmers and other residents of the countryside encounter Renata regularly. With her garbage truck, she drives through the polder landscape in all weathers. On the
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PBD is single-use household packaging waste. Is it packaging? Is it empty? Does it come from the kitchen or bathroom? Then it belongs in the PBD!
Your refrigerator and pantry are probably full of products wrapped in plastic. By separating them properly, we can turn these materials into new stuff.
How do you know if it belongs to the PBD? Do the short check!
All three answered yes? Then it is single-use household packaging waste and may go in the PBD!
Farmers and other residents of the countryside encounter Renata regularly. With her garbage truck, she drives through the polder landscape in all weathers. On the
Bought sofas? Bring the plastic to the recycling yard so we can recycle them. Large plastic makes machines jam.
Don't stink at it! Please bring Styrofoam to the recycling yard. Only then can we recycle it.
Large pieces of agricultural plastic and nets are commercial waste and are not accepted at the environmental street. These materials may go to processors for commercial plastic waste.
Broken buckets, lawn chairs and toys are hard plastics
and may go to the
environmental site.
Old tarps, a garden hose, swimming pool and swimming straps are also not recyclable. They can go in the residual waste. Does it not fit in the residual waste bin? If so, bring it to the recycling center.
Medical waste such as infusion bags and tubing belong in the residual waste for hygiene reasons.
Plastic containers, tin containers and drinking cartons are valuable. Especially if they are collected properly. The better separated, the more packaging gets a second life as raw material for new products and packaging. With the following tips, you can make them even more recyclable.
It is important that single-use household packaging waste containers are empty. But they do not have to be completely clean. Rinsing is not necessary.
Flatten packages. The reason is very simple: you save space that way. Remove the cap from the plastic bottle or drink pack and squeeze out the air. Then screw the cap back on the package.
Do not put packages together. Items stuck together cannot be properly sorted by the processor. Therefore, detach them. This makes recycling easier.
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