RU
ENRecyclable labels, values, examples, and what are accepted?
Plastic
01 — PET/E
Bottles for drinks, milk, vegetable oil, some transparent shampoo bottles, disposable food containers, transparent lids from sour cream, etc.
It can be recycled
It is accepted in many places
02 — PEHD/HDPE,
05 — PP
02: bottle caps, cans, bottles for cosmetics and household chemicals.
05: bottle caps, buckets, yoghurt cups, lens packaging, rustling plastic packaging. Packaging made of 05 (PP) rustles, crunches and breaks, examples: packaging from cereals, pasta, sugar, sweets, «files» for documents, etc. It almost doesn’t stretch, it breaks right away.
It can be recycled
It is accepted in many places
04 — LDPE
Bags (for groceries, vegetables, dense from clothing stores, garbage bags), stretch film.
Soft LDPE stretches well, and when torn, an uneven elongated edge is obtained. It does not crackle or break.
It can be recycled
It is accepted only in some places
06 — PS
Styrofoam, egg containers, meat pads and packaging, yoghurt cups, CD packaging, and almost all disposable tableware. It is better to avoid such packaging, it is harmful.
It can be recycled
It is accepted only in some places
03 — PVC,
07 — O (other)
03: packages of tablets, cakes, cottage cheese, shrink wrap, bottles for cosmetics, and toys. It is better to avoid such packaging, it is harmful.
07: packaging for cheese, coffee, animal feed.
It is accepted only in some places
09-ABS plastic
Cases of monitors, televisions and power tools, coffee makers, cell phones, computer plastic,
3D-printed components that are not bioplastics, such as PLA.
It can be recycled
It is not accepted in small collecting points.
Accepting points are usually located closer to industrial centres.
Biodegradable plastic, plastic + aluminium/tin/other metals
Biodegradable plastic: laminate, bookmarks, business cards, flyers, flyers.
Plastic + aluminium: antistatic bags, fast food packaging, metallized bags.
Plastic + tin: the lid of the jars with a tin base, covered from the inside with plastic, providing sealing.
Plastic + other metals: packaging.
We have no information about the acceptance of these labels.
If you know anything, please tell us.
Glass
The glass is colourless, green, brown
Bottles, cans.
It can be recycled
Integers are accepted at many points
Cullet and window glass are accepted only in some places
Crystal, glass + lead/silver/gilt/plastic/aluminium/tin/ various metals
Crystal: crystal tableware.
Glass + lead: elements in modern televisions and electronic devices.
Glass + silver/gilding: mirror, tableware.
The rest: packaging, lids.
It is not accepted for recycling
Metal
40 — Steel
Cans of condensed milk, coffee, canned food, some brands of beer, aerosol cans.
It can be recycled, but only clean
Balloons are accepted only in some places
41 — Aluminium
Aluminium cans, cream tubes, foil.
It can be recycled, but only clean
Foil is accepted only in some places
Paper
20 — Corrugated cardboard
Boxes of household appliances, groceries, boxes, corrugated boxes.
It can be recycled
It is accepted in many places
21 — Other cardboard
Book covers, postcards, cosmetic boxes, and paper cups without a layer of plastic.
It can be recycled
It is accepted in many places
22 — Paper
Printer paper, magazines and newspapers, envelopes, paper bags, bags, and wrapping material.
It can be recycled
It is accepted in many places
Paper / cardboard + plastic + aluminum / various materials
Packaging from fast food burgers, confectionery, some types of milk, animal feed bags, ice cream containers, disposable cups made of paper with a layer of plastic, juice packs, «Pringles» chips, chewing gum, containers for liquids, etc.
It can be recycled, but only completely clean, without traces of organic matter and greasy stains
It is accepted only in some places
Waxed paper, paper / cardboard + aluminum / tinplate + plastic
Waxed paper is packaging for postal items or for the decoration of bouquets.
The rest are food substrates, foil—based lids, a cardboard tube coated with aluminium-containing film, containers for paint and varnish products, jars for cosmetics, antistatic bags, and packaging of fast food.
They are not accepted for processing
Organic materials of natural origin
Wood, cork
50: any tree without processing (without varnish, paint, etc.).
51: bottle stoppers, cork boards.
It is accepted at special points
Also, you can sell it or give it to creative people
Cotton and jute fibre
Cotton wool. Jute fibre — bags, ropes.
It is not accepted for processing
Jute can be composted
Batteries
Lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, nickel-metal hydride, silver-zinc batteries
It can be recycled
Lithium, alkaline, manganese-zinc element
Mobile phone batteries, portable chargers, and some batteries.
It can be recycled
About the project
RecycleLoc is a non—profit eco-social project.
Here you will find recycling collection points by category, on the map, as well as a list, and all related information for the preparation of raw materials for processing.
We are looking for volunteers to translate the site into Georgian and other languages!
More detailed
Ilyas Mirzagaliev — author of the project
Elvira Demchenko — website designer
Jamila Mamedova — working on the English version of the site
Under support of Cubona «Good Deeds» program