I want to collect packaging waste selectively!
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Identify the packaging waste
Carboard boxes, milk and juice cartons, containers made of PET or other plastics, aluminium beverage cans, glass packages – are only some of the types of packages that you can collect selectively.
The symbols on the packages offer the necessary information about each packaging type. -
Identify the closest selective collection point to your home. Selective collection points usually consist of a battery of three containers for paper/cardboard, glass and plastic.
Use the selective collection map on the website of Eco-Rom Ambalaje!
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Deposit the packaging waste in the specific containers for each type of material, as follows:
- Blue container – paper packages, cardboard packages and milk and juice cartons
- Yellow container – plastic packages, PET packages or other plastic materials, aluminium cans for beverages, and other metal recipients
- Green container – glass packages for beverages (wine, beer, alcohol, juices)
I don’t have enough space at home to collect packaging waste selectively
Space is not a problem in selective collection!
When we mix packaging waste with household waste, by severely polluting the environment, we find space; so we don’t see why space would be an issue for selective collection.
By using our imagination, we can significantly reduce the volume of packaging waste:
What happens with the packaging waste after we collect it selectively?
Packaging waste will be picked up by the sanitation operators, will be sorted, baled and transported to the recycling plants.
Only by your effort to collect selectively, recycling will become cost-effective!
- Fold cardboard boxes
- Flatten PET containers and aluminium cans
Packaging waste will be picked up by the sanitation operators, will be sorted, baled and transported to the recycling plants.
Only by your effort to collect selectively, recycling will become cost-effective!
About packaging materials
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Paper and cardboard packages are made of cellulose, so their recycling saves millions of trees every year. Cellulose fibre deteriorates after 4 recycling cycles, so by selective collection, the same material can be introduced in the economic circuit 4-5 times!
- Cartons used for milk and juice are a composite type of package made of cardboard of the best quality, containing protective foils made of aluminium and plastic. Taking into account the exceptional quality of the cellulose fibre of which these packages are made, selective collection and recycling are of crucial importance.
- One needs a 15-year-old tree to manufacture 700 paper bags.
- Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees.
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PET package. The abbreviation comes from polyethylene terephthalate, a polymer made of petroleum. Its properties make it extremely useful for packaging liquids, often replacing glass. The increasing quantities of PET used for packaging and its high resistance to the action of natural factors require the selective collection of this type of packaging waste.
- PTo manufacture one kg of PET material, 2 kg of petroleum are used, as well as significant amounts of energy.
- Metal beverage cans are made of aluminium, which is very valuable for the industry.
- To manufacture one ton of aluminium, 4 tons of bauxite ore are needed.
- The recycling of one aluminium can reduces the energy consumption with the equivalent energy consumed by a TV set in three hours.
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- Glass packages are obtained from silicon dioxide mixed with silicates of other metals.
- Glass is an amorphous material, without a defined melting point, and can be recycled indefinitely.
- By recycling one ton of glass, 1.2 tons of raw materials will be saved (soda, sand, feldspar).
Population with access to selective collection containers
Quantities of packaging waste collected selectively (kg)
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