Basic principles of segregation
To learn the basic principles of waste segregation, read the full article, in which you will learn why it is so important to segregate waste.
Metals and plastics
Paper and cardboard
Colored and colorless glass
Mixed waste
Green waste
Kitchen waste
You can throw
- plastic drink bottles
- drink cartons
- plastic bottles for washing-up liquids, soaps, gels, shampoos, etc.
- plastic screw caps
- plastic bags, sacks, bags and other plastic packaging
- soda cans, canned food
- fine scrap iron and non-ferrous metals
- caps
- washed plastic bottles of cooking oils
You can't throw!
- bottles and containers with their contents
- bottles and containers for non-food oils (cooling, engine)
- drug packaging
- coolant bottles
- household appliances and electronics
- polystyrene
You can throw
- newspapers, magazines, catalogs
- paperback books
- paper bags and wrapping paper
- cardboard and cardboard boxes
You can't throw!
- cartons of drinks or milk
- hygiene items (such as diapers or sanitary napkins)
- dirty or greasy paper
- paper with foil and thermal
- copy paper (bills and invoices)
You can throw
- bottles and glass jars for drinks and food
- glass and cosmetic packaging
You can't throw!
- table glass, porcelain, faience, ceramics
- heat-resistant glass, reinforced glass
- window glass mirrors, stained glass
- light bulbs
- neon, fluorescent and mercury lamps
- headlights
- insulators
- flower pots
- spectacle glass
- TV screens and lamps
- car windows
You can throw
- sponges, cloths
- meat, fish, animal remains
- cigarette butts
- animal droppings
- frying oil
- sand
- porcelain, faience
- hygiene products (diapers, hygiene sticks, bandages, sanitary napkins, tampons, cotton wool)
- leather and fur products
- tea bags
- hair, fur, feathers
- greasy paper
- lighter (empty)
- litter or sawdust from litter boxes for animals
You can't throw!
- bulky waste
- construction and demolition waste
- waste tires, batteries, accumulators
- medicines, medical waste
- fluorescent lamps
- packaging for plant protection products
- waste electrical and electronic equipment
You can throw
- vegetable and fruit waste (including peelings etc.)
- branches of trees and shrubs
- mowed grass, leaves, flowers
- sawdust and tree bark
- unimpregnated wood
- coffee and tea grounds
- egg shells
- leftover meals
You can't throw!
- animal bones
- edible oil
- animal excrements
- impregnated wood
- particle boards and MDF boards
- earth and stones
- other municipal waste (including hazardous waste)
You can throw
- vegetable and fruit waste (including peelings)
- cut and potted flowers
- coffee and tea grounds
- the rest of the food of plant origin
- egg shells
You can't throw!
- meat and bones
- animal excrements
- ash
- impregnated wood
- the ground
- hazardous waste
- drugs
- edible oil
- dairy products