Transcript Diapositivo 1

Index
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Index;
The drop-off recycling location:
• Cardboard;
• Plastic ;
• Glass container;
• Battery container;
• Electron;
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Waste;
The Green Recycle Bin
• 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.
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.