World recycling day, and of course! recycling has also been affected by confinement and the pandemic. At the moment it seems unlikely to reach a commitment to reduce garbage by 50%, which the European Union had challenged Spain. By the way, Latex masks and gloves do not go into the yellow container. They must be thrown together with organic waste. You have to understand that there are materials that are not recycled.
We want to show you some tricks to recycle that we have learned these days at home. We may have done a closet cleaning, and where do all those clothes go? Is it true that there are cardboard boxes that should not go to the blue container? We help you solve these and other questions.
Learn to recycle at home
Recycling is one of the things in which yes or yes the whole family must participate. In the kitchen you probably have more than one cube, you know, the yellow, blue and gray, and that your children are the ones who remind you the most where everything goes. At least that's what happens in my house, they are the ones who are the most prepared, they love this missionThey are the ones who take the greatest care and attention that everything goes to the right container, because the planet depends on it. They have it that clear.
One of the advantages of colors is that even the little ones can know where things are going:
In the blue: paper and cardboard. Gift paper, which has a lot of contaminated colored ink, and post-its not going here.
Yellow: cans and plastics. Do not go in this container or plastic toys, including beach buckets, or kitchen items such as drainboards, spoons, glasses. All of this goes to waste gray.
Green: glass, but no mirrors, no light bulbs, broken glasses or plates.
Gray: organic and other residues, but diapers, pads or tampons should not be deposited. Although we recognize that not all of us have the opportunity to have a specific container at home.
Some have a red container for hazardous waste like aerosols.
Tricks that make recycling easier
It seems obvious, but sometimes we forget. When you go to deposit the plastic, the cans or cartons, each one in its container, remember to fold them and compress them. This will save space in the containers and leave more room for others.
So you don't forget to bring one reusable bag when you go to the supermarket, leave it on the door, or next to the keys. And even more comfortable than the bags are the traditional trolleys, now there are various sizes, ways to be dragged, and with isothermal bags.
Try to do not buy products wrapped in plastic needlessly. For example, eggs or fruits and vegetables on a tray. Also, if you have to weigh the pieces in the supermarket, do it without a bag and then stick different labels on it. This way you will save bags.
The disposable cardboard plates and cups that we sometimes use at parties, do not go to paper. The same happens with kitchen paper, toilet paper and napkins, which is not paper but cellulose. They go to the scrap container.
We are aware that "garbage" is only in the kitchen, however you have seen, these days at home there is a lot to throw away. Almost all of us have done for clear the cupboards and where is all this going. Well to the clean point. Now that we can move (at least in much of Spain) we can bring it closer.
Clothes, household items, toys, appliances, books ... can have a second opportunity. Use clothing bins, thrift stores, or some charities for these purposes. Although this is not exactly recycling, but reuse, it is a way of not continuing to contribute garbage to the planet. You know, the first thing is to reduce.
