Littering defeats the object of the exercise, so please ensure that the containers are properly closed and the recycling bags are placed on top of the flattened cardboard.
Bags of clearly marked "community donations" & electrical discards to be sent with recyclable materials only
Recyclable materials: If it is not on the list, we cannot deal with it, so please throw it in the waste bin.
As
a general rule of thumb, items made of two or more interwoven material
types cannot be recycled due to the difficulty and expense of the
separation process.
Simply rinse the food waste off, but please empty all bottles.
We are working with severely socially and environmentally challenged people and those few drops of wine in the bottom of the bottle do have a accumulative effect,with potentially very dangerous results, both to themselves and their fellow workers.
*If we need to flatten the cardboard before loading, an additional R50 will be charged | PRODUCT | **CODE | EXAMPLE | Waste!
NO THANKS
| | PLASTIC | 1 PET | Coldrink Bottles
(e.g. soft drinks) | Food contaminated
(Please rinse) | Look for number or abbreviation by recycle logo under the item.
If there is no number or recycle sign, please do not send the item to us.
Buying "dump tickets" to bury actual waste, plus the transport thereof (both of which you have already paid the City for) affects the sustainability of the job creation centre!
We really do need you to be pro-active.
| 2
PE-HD | Household
(e.g. detergents, shampoo) | Cling wrap, florist wrap | 4
PE-LD | Film
(e.g. frozen veg, appliances) | Disposable nappies
| 5
PP | Containers
(ice cream, margarine, feta, food trays) | Food contaminated
(Please rinse)
| | 6 | Polystyrene/Styrofoam | Foodstuffs
(organic collections)
| | | Tetrapaks
(long life milk cartons) | | | GLASS | | Jars, bottles
(Anything not made of flat/window pane glass)
| Heavy glass, e.g. windscreens, window panes or any flat glass.
Flat glass is a separate process
| | PAPER | | Newspapers, junk mail, office paper, exercise books, etc
Magazines & books |
| | CARDBOARD | | Boxes, toilet rolls, cereal boxes, etc
Must be flattened & bundled or bagged | Wax lined boxes (juice, fruit, etc) | | METAL | | Tins, cans | Cans containing paint
| OTHER
Must be clearly marked as
"Community Responsibility"
Electrical discards/E(electrical) waste
is
a broad term which covers all electrical equipment, either broken or
simply no longer wanted.
| | Clothes, toys, blankets, shoes etc
Clutter (unwanted yet useful stuff)
Gardening tools etc
(must be in good/usable condition)
printer cartridges, cell phones, computers, monitors, kettles, stoves, radios, televisions, irons, printers etc
| Anything worn out or torn
Everything broken beyond repair/useless junk like small bits of wood etc
| | N.B. | | Please rinse food containers, but there is no need to rinse bottles, just empty them. Thanks!
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To get more recyclable materials in a bag:
Simply remove the lids from plastic bottles before standing on them
Flatten cardboard by kicking the sides flat/ stepping on it or simply unfold the sides.
Who said you couldn't have fun while Saving Our Earth?
But don't throw or break the bottles, that's dangerous & our stress release! |
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