Sorting for Recycled Waste — What You Need to Know

Sorting recycled waste can be quite complicated. Here are a few tips to help you out.

Separate mixed packs

· Take the plastic bags out of your cardboard boxes. If they remain hidden at the bottom of the boxes, these bags will be challenging to locate and separate on the sorting chains. Do the same for cookie packs or any other mixed package.

· Remove plastic films surrounding advertisements or newspapers

· Throw them in the trash. These films are too thin, too light to be recycled.

· Empty your packages well before throwing them away.

· If some packages contain leftover food (pizza cartons or fast food), throw them in the regular bin.

· Compact plastic bottles and flasks, flatten your cardboard boxes

· They will hold less space in sorting bins that will take time to fill. Remove all caps and lids from glass bottles and jars.

· The bins reserved for the glass must contain only glass, and nothing else.

5 do’s and don’ts so as not to interfere with selective sorting

Do not rip your papers into a thousand pieces:

If they are too small, they might escape the chain of sorting. The best thing is still to throw them without tearing them. And for your post-it notes, slip them into magazines. They will not risk getting lost.

Do not pack your packages into each other

Do not throw, for example, a plastic bottle in a tin can. At the sorting center, they will be difficult to separate.

Do not throw away your waste paper, plastic or metal, locked in a garbage bag.

They cannot be opened when they pass through the sorting chain. As a result, the entire recycling bin risks being rejected upstream.

Do not throw in the yellow trash such as:

Carbon paper, blotting paper or butcher’s wax paper, cellophane, plastic bags and dishes, yogurt pots or plastic egg boxes, they are not recyclable.

Do not throw your dishes or perfume bottles into the glass bins.

They have a specific chemical composition and do not melt at the same temperature as the glass of your bottles or jars. This is why they must be thrown away with the garbage. If you still have a doubt when sorting: abstain. Throw your garbage in regular trash bins.

Recycling baling wire

Many people are confused about what to do with the baling wire. Companies like Baling Wire Direct now offer baling wire which is widely used for packaging, recycling, and for agricultural applications. Baling Wire Direct supplies its wire products to companies like the United States Postal Service, Safeway, and even Pepsi. The best thing about baling wire is that while normal wires have to be discarded, the baling wire can be recycled. If you have baling wire products, you should recycle them properly.