recycling infographic
Post on 19-Sep-2014
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DESCRIPTION
A little poster I put together for our office to help remind people what can and what cannot be recycled. We printed these out in colour, laminated them and stuck them up in the kitchen and around the printers.TRANSCRIPT
RECYCLABLE
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PAPERWhite office paper
Magazines and books (as long as nothing is laminated)
Newspaper
Cardboard (boxes and cereal boxes)
Tetrapak (such as milk and fruit juice cartons - supposed to be recycled by specialist facotires but most end up on landfills anyway)
PLASTICSAll sorts
The easiest way to determine whether a plastic product is recyclable is by looking for its recycling logo. There are seven plastic recycling logos and most plastic packaging is imprinted with one of them. The logos tell you what type of plastic a container is made of. Each type has to be recycled separately
NOT RECYCLABLE
METALColddrink and beer cans
Food tins
Metal lids of glass jars
Aluminium foil and foil packaging
Paint tins and aerosol cans (leave labels on them so recyclers can see whether they contain hazardous material)
GLASSBeverage bottles
Food jars such as tomato sauce (ketchup), jam and mayonnaise bottles
Drinking glasses
OTHERBatteries (separate container, specialist recycling required)
Light bulbs (separate container, specialist recycling required)
Carbon paper
Printer paper packaging(I know, ironic, right?!!)
Laminated or waxy paper Punch confetti
Stickers
Cling wrap
Ceramics (plates)
Pyrex