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Click on each card to discover the correct answerThe bathroom mirror is broken.
Broken glass should be disposed of in:
- Glass recycling bin
- General waste bin
- A glazier’s container
General waste bin
Unlike glass packaging, which can be placed in the glass recycling bin and recycled indefinitely, mirrors, crockery and glass plates should be disposed of in the general waste bin, as they contain lead that interferes with the normal glass recycling process.
Before throwing away tin cans,
they should be:
- Empty
- Empty and clean
- Crushed
Empty
It is enough to empty them. Milk tins, soup or tomato sauce cans, pizza boxes, pâté jars, jam jars, etc.
Dirty packaging does not interfere with the recycling process.
Before placing them in the paper/cardboard recycling bin, the metal spirals from notebooks should be:
- Removed
- Removed only from notebooks with more than 48 pages
- There is no need to remove them
There is no need to remove them
The recycling process makes it possible to extract certain “foreign materials” and redirect them to other recycling streams. This is the case for notebook spirals, the plastic windows in envelopes, or the plastic caps on bottles.
Packaging should be:
- Stored one inside another
- Loose
Loose
To avoid interfering with the separation of materials, packaging should be disposed of loosely.
If they are joined together, the machines cannot separate them. They are therefore excluded from the recycling process.
A magazine can be thrown away
with its plastic wrapping:
- True
- False
- It depends on where you live
False
To recycle magazines as efficiently as possible, it is necessary to remove the plastic wrapping around them.
With the simplification of waste sorting instructions, all plastics can now be disposed of in the yellow recycling bin.
Where should used batteries
be disposed of?:
- In the packaging recycling bin
- In the general waste bin
- At a recycling centre
At a recycling centre.
Batteries should not be thrown in the bin, as they contain substances that are highly harmful to the environment.
They must be taken to a recycling centre or placed in a special collection container, such as those found in supermarkets or town halls.
Where should used
tissues be disposed of?:
- In the general waste bin
- In the paper/cardboard recycling bin
In the general waste bin
Paper tissues, gloves, wipes and single-use face masks are potentially infectious waste and should be disposed of in the general waste bin.
Should a pizza box covered in grease and sauce
be recycled, or does it need to be clean?
- It can be recycled
- It cannot be recycled
It can be recycled
Yes, all packaging — even the dirtiest — can be recycled. They simply need to be completely EMPTY of food.
Pizza boxes, burger boxes, crisp packets and similar items!
Small and large cardboard
packages with staples and adhesive tape
can be placed in the paper/cardboard recycling bin:
- True
- False
True
Staples and adhesive tape do not need to be removed. Small amounts do not interfere with the cardboard recycling process.
BONUS: Folding cardboard helps save space in the recycling bin.
Do you know what happens to packaging
once it is placed in the yellow recycling bin?
- It is sorted again
- It is incinerated
- It is buried in landfill
It is sorted again
The local authority transports the packaging to a sorting centre, where it is separated by material and compacted for recycling. Only the waste rejected during sorting is sent for incineration or landfill. That is why sorting waste correctly at source is so important.
How many cereal boxes need to be recycled
to make a shoe box?
- 1 box
- 4 boxes
- 9 boxes
4 boxes
You only need 4 cereal boxes to make a cardboard shoe box.
What should you do with organic waste?:
(Several answers possible)
- Keep it to make a special Halloween recipe
- Throw it in the organic waste bin
- If your local council provides composters, place it there
B and C
Placing organic waste in a composter and mixing it with soil helps create compost to support plant growth.
There is also a special bin for organic waste (available in all municipalities since 2023).
By sorting our waste, we preserve a fundamental resource:
energy. In one year, what does this amount to?
- The annual electricity consumption of one person
- The street lighting in my road
- The energy consumption of Paris
The annual electricity consumption of one person
In one year, we save 6,000 GWh thanks to waste sorting. That is equivalent to one person’s annual electricity consumption.
How can you tell the difference
between aluminium and steel packaging?
- By biting them
- With the help of a magnet
With the help of a magnet
Steel is a magnetic ferrous metal, unlike aluminium. Try it with a can. And don’t forget that both materials are recyclable.
Aerosols, such as deodorants and
hairsprays, should be disposed of in:
- The packaging recycling bin
- The recycling centre
- The general waste bin
In the packaging recycling bin
Do the planet a favour — recycle them.
Can the aluminium foil
wrapping a chocolate bar be recycled?
- Yes, because it is aluminium
- No
- Oh, I have no idea
Yes, because it is aluminium
The aluminium foil wrapping this delicious chocolate bar can be recycled. So yes — straight into the packaging recycling bin!
Which snack generates
the least waste?
- A wrapped omelette, a dairy dessert and a small bottle of water
- Toast with butter, homemade compote and a bottle of tap water
- A yoghurt drink, an individually wrapped cake and a juice carton
Toast with butter, homemade compote and a bottle of tap water
Homemade meals reduce the amount of packaging waste. Over the last 30 years, the amount of household waste produced in Spain has increased by more than 60%.
How long does a plastic bag
thrown into nature take to decompose and disappear?
- 1 year
- 20 years
- 200 years
200 years
Not all plastic bags are biodegradable. So place your plastic packaging in the yellow recycling bin.
Give them a second life!
What does a sorting centre do?
- Weave
- Sort materials a second time
- Recycle
Sort materials a second time
The workers and machines at the sorting centre receive recyclable waste and separate it by type according to its material (plastic, cardboard, paper and metals).
What happens if non-recyclable waste
is placed in the recycling bin?
(Several answers possible)
- The waste collection lorry will not empty it
- Non-recyclable waste disrupts the sorting centre
- The person who made the mistake will receive a fine
B and sometimes A
Non-recyclable waste will be separated and transported again to a different facility. This creates additional transport and extra costs that could have been avoided with a simple action.
Before throwing my water bottle into the plastic recycling bin,
should I crush it to flatten it?
- Yes
- No
- It depends
No
In a sorting centre, waste is sorted according to its shape, so your bottle will be harder to sort if it is flattened.