What are the things that we can recycle?

Before we start recycle, we should identify what are the things that we can recycle and what not. There are things that we can recycle and there are not recyclable.

Things that can be recycle

1.Batteries
2.Clinical waste
3.Computers
4.Electrical equipments
5.Furniture
6.Glass
7.Metal
8.Mobiles
9.Paper
10.Plastic
11.Printer cartridge
12.Textiles

Things that not recyclable

Paper

• Pizza boxes or anything soiled with grease and/or food waste
• Paper plates
• Facial or bathroom tissue
• Carbon paper
• Disposable diapers
• Hardcover books
• Milk cartons
• Plastic and wax paper
• Frozen food containers
• Paper towels
  

Aluminium

• Aerosol cans
• Solvent cans
• Paint cans
• Hangers
• Medical wastes or needles
• Oil filters

Plastic

• Any plastic container that is not a bottle, such as yoghurt containers, margarine tubs and microwave food trays.
• Plastic food trays
• Plastic bottles that have contained motor oil, pesticides or other hazardous material
• Styrofoam

Glass

• Ceramics
• Drinking glasses
• Window glass
• Mirrors
• Light bulbs
• Broken window and windscreen glass.
• Heat treated glass e.g. Pyrex, Corning Ware, Vision Ware,White opaque bottles
• Laboratory or medical glass
• Window glass, light bulbs, mirror glass, broken crockery, ovenproof glass or labware, drinking glasses, crystalware, or any porcelain, ceramics, pottery, florescent light tube.

Others

• Explosives
• Business/apartment maintenance waste
• Empty containers of any type
• Asbestos
• Fluorescent lights
• Household batteries
• Medical wastes
• Radioactive material