How to Separate Rubbish Correctly
Residual Waste
Container
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Cooked food leftovers
Meat, bones
Vacuum cleaner bags
Sweepings
Soiled paper
Hygiene articles
Nappies
Sanitary towels
Tampons
Animal litter (mineral)
Cigarette butts
BBQ charcoal
Plastic sheets for decorating
Wallpaper scraps
Nylon stockings/tights
Light bulbs
Cigarette lighters
Felt-tip pens
Music cassettes
Doesn’t belong in the
residual waste container:
l Waste materials containing
pollutants
l Electronic devices
l Rubble
Yellow Container
Yellow Garbage Bag
For emptied packaging
materials only
Synthetic packaging materials
l Plastic bottles: e.g. for hair shampoo, detergents
l Plastic wrappers and bags, e.g. for
sweets
l Plastic pots: e.g. for dairy products
Metal packaging materials
l Tins, food cans
l Aluminum packaging materials
l Metal lids from food jars
Drink cartons
l Milk and juice cartons
Doesn’t belong in
the yellow container:
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Paper and glass
Residual waste
Toys
Nappies
Biowaste
Container for
Organic Waste
l Vegetable and salad waste
l Fruit waste (including
citrus fruits)
l Egg shells
l Coffee grounds/
filters
l Tea bags
l Nut shells
l Waste flowers
l Garden refuse
l Grass cuttings
l Cuts from hedges
and trees
l Leaves, foliage
Cardboard/Paper
l Cardboard boxes,
cardboard
l Paper packaging
l Paper bags
l Newspapers
l Magazines
l Catalogues
l Brochures
l Writing-paper
l Exercise books
l Books without
synthetic covers
l Envelopes
biowaste container:
Cooked food leftovers
Meat, bones
Liquids
Vacuum cleaner bags,
sweepings, ashes
Cigarette butts
Animal litter (mineral)
Nappies
Plastic bags
l Glass bottles for drinks,
cooking oil, vinegar,
sauce
l Food and jam jars
Tip:
Blue bottles belong into
the green-glass container.
Doesn’t belong in the
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Glass – Separated
into White, Green
and Brown Glass
Doesn’t belong in
the waste paper bin:
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Soiled or coated paper
Drink and milk cartons
Hygiene papers
Wallpaper
Doesn’t belong
in the used glass
container:
l Sheets of glass (e.g. window panes or mirrors)
l Ceramics, porcelain
l Fire-resistant glass
l Returnable bottles