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PLASTICS Examples of plastics • Plastic bottles and drums • Plastic trays and jars • Plastic bags • Plastic film • Bubbles wrap Plastics can be put in bags or loose in the container. Items not recycled as plastics • Containers from insecticides and pesticides (hazardous waste) • Wellies, rain gear, water hoses (landfill) • Plastic items containing electronics (electronics) • Melamine (residual waste) • Styrofoam (recycling centre) 2 How clean is clean enough? Plastic packaging must be emptied of their content and/or scraped clean. What happens next? Plastics and food & beverage cartons are collected commingled; afterwards, they are segregated mechanically, and materials are recycled into new products. Our CO2 emissions are substantially reduced when we recycle plastics instead of using virgin raw materials. For example, CO2 emissions are reduced by more than 90 % when PP plastics is recycled. Good to know Empty containers marked with the hazard label ‘health hazard’ can be placed in the container. For other hazard labels, see www.odenserenovation.dk/faremaerker .
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FOOD & BEVERAGE CARTONS Examples of food & beverage cartons • Milk and yoghurt cartons • Cartons for juices and similar • Cartons for food such as tomatoes and beans Food & beverage cartons can be put in bags or loose in the container. Items not recycled as food & beverage cartons • Cardboard mugs and to-go cup s (residual waste) • Pizza boxes (residual waste) How clean is clean enough? Food & beverage cartons must be emptied of their content and/or scraped clean. What happens next? Food & beverage cartons are washed, and the film is segregated from the paper fibres. Then the materials can be recycled into new products. Good to know To make more space in your waste container. It's up to you whether to leave on caps or to put them loose in the bin. 3
