answers

HITTILEIKIT
VASTE SORTING

What is the right place for each piece of trash? Check the right answers below.

Organic waste – decomposable waste

a tea bag

Paper – material for recycled paper

	envelope all envelopes can be recycled
	a news paper

Glass – coloured and non-coloured glass is collected separately, but in this game both types of glass can be placed on the same base. Glass waste is used as material for making recycled glass.

a glass jar
The label does not have to be removed, but lid has to.

Can recycling – material for metal industry

All soft drink cans should be returned to the store, even those without a deposit. In that way they do not end up in a landfill, but are used for recycling.

Milk and juice cartons – material used for making recycled carton

	a milk carton
	a juice carton

Hazardous waste – hazardous waste is processed separately and made safe

	a battery All batteries should be taken to hazardous waste or battery recycling containers
	mobile phone battery All mobile phone batteries are hazardous waste.

General waste – the waste that goes to landfill, for example all plastic products and materials that consists of several different materials, except envelopes – they can all be recycled with paper.

	a plastic mug, plastic cannot be recycled
	a plastic bag
	a yoghurt package

Reuse – products that can be reused as such

	a towel/pillow case These products may have to be washed, but are still usable, do not throw them away!
	a returnable soft drink bottle The bottles are taken to the drink factory, washed and reused as such.