What can be recycled
When we propose to start recycling, there are many doubts that can arise to us in order to carry out this process correctly. To what container should the recyclable materials go? How can I know if this type of processed paper or cardboard can be recyclable?
Virtually any element of our house, of our workplace or of our study center is full of things that we can reuse and recycle, so that, at the beginning of this process, we find a lot of new objects and waste that can make recycling a real headache. We will try to help you to know what are the recyclable materials.
The first step we must take to separate the recyclable materials is to make different large cubes to sort each and every waste. Ideally, you can get a total of four, which you can label as follows: organic matter, packaging, glass and paper.
With just this simple classification you can start with the recycling process in a fast, simple and very effective way, since a large amount of the objects and materials with which we have contact day after day are related to these classifications.
Today we want to offer a help to all those who are just beginning to discover recycling and want to prove what this experience is like, even if they have many doubts about how to distribute their different waste. Take good note and discover a complete guide below in which you can discover the main types of recyclable materials, as well as those that are not suitable for this process.
An advert. In this article we speak only and exclusively of materials that you can recycle in the containers that exist in your town or city. Obviously, any material can be brought to a clean point or a green dot. But, for example, a light bulb can not be thrown into the glass container, since it contains mercury.
Types of recyclable materials
Paper
- Leaves torn from notebooks
- Newspapers
- Journals
- Papers, both printed and non-printed
- Envelopes of common letters
- Bills
- Forms
- Folders
- Telephone directories
- Cardboard packaging
- Transport boxes
Glasses
- Food packaging
- Bottles of alcoholic beverages
- Perfume and cosmetic packaging
Textiles
- Cotton fabrics
- Linen fabrics
- Fabrics of 100% natural origin
Metals
- Cans and containers of soft drinks
- Aluminum and ferrous metals (metal cans for food and drinks, for example)
Plastics
- Containers from food and drink
- Cosmetic bottles
- Transport packaging of the food industry
- Disposable cups, plates and cutlery
- Pots
- Plastic chairs (as well as more furniture elements of this material)
- Plastic bottles of cleaning products
What cannot be recycled
Papers
- Papers from a fax
- Papers printed with carbon-based ink
- Commercial catalogs
- Cellophane as well as other types of adhesive tape
- Paper napkins
- Kitchen paper used
- Used glasses
- Photographic paper
- Labels
- Stickers
- Photo negatives
- Plasticized paper
Glasses
- Spoiled spotlights
- Molten light bulbs
- Lamps
- Flat crystals (such as those from a broken window)
- Mirrors
- Glasses lenses
- Ceramic objects such as cups, pots, plates or glasses.
Textiles
- Printed fabrics
- Fabrics with a high percentage of plastic material
- Tinted fabrics
- Rags impregnated with cleaning products
- Dirty paint rags
- Textile soaked in flammable products such as fuel
Metals
- Cans from household cleaning products
- Containers that have contained products with toxic substances, such as paints.
The list could continue practically indefinitely. However, through all the objects and products that we have mentioned, we can quickly and easily make an idea of which are the main products for recycling.
If you are going to recycle for the first time, do not be afraid of making mistakes, just keep going, because that small gesture that you are going to make can imply an important change in the generations of the future, that will appreciate that we have been able to conserve the environment in a sustainable way and autoabastecible through the recycling of different materials and elements that we have. Hopefully this guide of recyclable materials has helped you.
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