Sorting at source
It is not always easy to do the right things but with a little guidance and some simple tips, things become much easier. Once we know how to sort our waste, we reduce the burden on the environment and provide our children with a better future. Here we provide you with tips that will make correct sorting easy.
By law, all EU member states are required to sort waste. Packaging, newspapers, hazardous waste and electronic waste must be delivered to an approved drop-off site. Non-hazardous waste that cannot be recycled or reused by any other means than incineration is residual waste, also termed household waste. Residual waste is sent for incineration to be recycled into energy in the form of electricity, etc.
To make sorting easy, you should equip you household with several containers and mark each of them to simplify correct sorting. Create routines that the entire family can follow and resort incorrectly assigned waste if you notice any. Also take the routine to your workplace and inspire your fellow workers so that together we can make the world, and La Foia in particular, a better place to live in.
Recycling
Remains
All products made for intimate hygiene must be placed in the container marked with "Restos" or "Basura Dómestica". They are not compostable or recyclable products due to their sanitary use...
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Medicines
Expired medicines should be handed in at the pharmacy together with the original package as these are recycled in different ways depending on the content.
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Furniture
In many places, furniture, household appliances and other bulky household products can be collected directly outside you home. You must provide your name, address, the time and what you want collected...
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Hazardous waste
Hazardous waste is waste that contains one of more substances, which in such amounts or concentrations pose a risk to the environment and health. This category includes all inflammable, toxic, corrosive or radioactive substances...
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Oil
Used cooking oil must never be poured out in the sewer as this can create major problems and lead to clogs in pipelines. There are special containers for discarding oil in many places in La Foia so that this can be recycled, e...
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Clothes and textiles
There are collection containers for clothes in many places in La Foia where they will either get a new owner or will be recycled to new materials. Textiles such as curtains, towels and bed linen must be delivered to a recycling plant.
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Organic
All decomposable organic material should be disposed in the brown container. This includes left-overs such as fruit and vegetables, meat, nuts, pasta, products from butcher’s shops, fish, shells and bones, coffee-grounds and paper contaminated by left-overs or oil...
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Batteries and sources of light
All types of household batteries, light bulbs, fluorescent lamps and LED lamps may be disposed in the specific containers that are in the stores or in the recycling plant...
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Electronics
Home electronics such as computers, mobile phones and TV-sets should be handed in at an approved recycling plant. These objects may not be placed in or around other dustbins.
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Glass
Dispose of glass packaging such as bottles and jars in the green container. Remember to remove any lids, labels and other material from the glass containers before sorting and empty them of any content...
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Plastic, cans and packaging
Discard plastic, metal and Tetra Pak packaging in the yellow container. For example, plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables, meat packaging, juice and water bottles, dairy packaging, styrofoam and skin care plastic packaging...
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Paper and cardboard
Discard paper and cardboard in the blue container. This includes newspapers, comics and magazines, paper and cardboard packaging, notebooks, brochures, advertising and toilet rolls...