Sorting waste helps prevent landfill overflow and costs and saves precious natural resources. It also has a positive effect on people's health and the environment, but it also has a social and economic impact. Sorting waste can increase employment – creating more job opportunities for people who can be employed in the areas of collection, sorting, transport, and storage in the recycling process.

Producing new products is generally more financially demanding than sorting and recycling. Higher costs related to waste disposal, the landfills themselves and their monitoring, or the construction and operation of waste disposal technologies. Therefore, recycling waste is significantly cheaper and more profitable than producing brand-new products. By sorting waste, you reduce your carbon footprint and thus contribute to a cleaner environment.

What belongs in which container?

Separating waste is easier said than done. After all, it is enough to separate paper, glass, and plastics (in the best case, beverage cartons, metals, bio-waste, and electrical waste) from other debris. In practice, however, we often have no idea what the packaging is made of and which container it belongs to. In general, we can follow these container colors and descriptions.

Green container - glass shards, green and brown bottles and glass, glass vases, glasses, plate glass fragments, greasy glass oil bottles (no need to wash), glass containers without plastic lids.

White container - clear glass, clear beverage bottles, glass ketchup bottles, mason jars.

Blue container - paper bags, notebooks, office paper, flyers, postcards, catalogs, newspapers, magazines, cardboard, envelopes (even with a plastic window), rolls of toilet paper and paper kitchen towels, paper boxes, etc.

Yellow container - empty and clean plastic bottles, empty and clean cups, plastic adhesive tape, plastic bags, and pouches, foil, plastic packaging for medicines, cosmetics, cleaning and washing products, etc.

Brown bin - eggshells, loose teas, coffee grounds, scraps and nibbles of raw fruit and vegetables, compostable cutlery and papers, compostable bamboo toothbrushes, herbivore droppings, clay, bread, flour, flour, paper tea bags, etc.

Black bin – mixed waste, non-recyclable smaller waist

If you are still not sure where the waste belongs, you can throw it in a sorting container rather than a mixed one. In the sorting facilities, the waste is further sorted. However, there is no need to overdo it so that all the contents of the container do not end up in the landfill. As for larger waste (refrigerator, furniture, monitor, etc.), take it to the collection yard.