Waste separation made easy
Organic waste, recyclables, general waste, and paper – there are many different types of waste that must be disposed of properly. Proper waste separation helps protect valuable resources and the environment. However, there are some mistakes you can make, since only properly separated waste, where each type is kept pure, can be recycled.
Recycling and sustainability have been important aspects for many years.
As a pioneer and trendsetter, we launched the first separating waste collector back in the mid-1980s and have continued to develop new product solutions for the growing waste problem ever since.
Find the right way to sort your waste and make a valuable contribution to environmental protection.
WHAT goes WHERE?
What Belongs in the Paper Bin:
Packaging made from paper, cardboard, or carton, such as:
- Bread rolls, butcher, and fruit bags
- Egg cartons
- Folding boxes of any shape
- Filling material from shipping boxes made of paper, cardboard, and carton
- Flour and sugar bags
- …
Non-packaging made from paper, cardboard, or carton, such as:
- Letters, envelopes & postcards
- Books & catalogues
- Wrapping paper
- Notebooks
- Newspapers
- …
What Belongs in the Yellow Sack:
- Aluminium, tin, and plastic lids
- Medicine blister packs
- Butter wrappers
- Shopping bags as well as plastic bags for fruit and vegetables
- Ice cream packaging
- Filling material from plastic shipping packaging, such as bubble wrap or foam
- Food cans
- Crown caps
- Plastic trays and films for food
- Containers from ready meals
- Milk and drink cartons
- Cereal bar wrappers
- Pasta bags
- Cleaning product bottles
- Squeeze or refill pouches, e.g. for laundry detergent
- …
A complete overview has been compiled for you in a PDF:
Download Information Leaflet for the Yellow Sack
What Belongs in the Glass Container:
- All non-deposit glass bottles, e.g. for wine, sparkling wine, spirits, vinegar, oil, milk, fruit and vegetable juices, as well as fruit nectars
- Glass flacons, e.g. perfume bottles
- Jam, pickle, and mustard jars
- Other packaging glass for fruit, sauces, soups, vegetables
- …
A complete overview has been compiled for you in a PDF:
Download Information Leaflet for the Glass Container
Which WESCO waste collector is right for me?
Waste separation - protecting the climate and resources
Mankind currently consumes around 60 percent more natural resources per year than our planet can renew in the same period.1 It is therefore important to save resources - for example through recycling. If we return recyclable materials from packaging waste to the resource cycle, raw materials can be used several times instead of consuming new ones.
1 Source: https://www.overshootday.org/newsroom/press-release-june-2020-german/
And what’s more: we also protect our climate. By recycling packaging from the yellow sack and yellow bin, glass, paper, cardboard and paperboard, more than 3.1 million tonnes of climate-damaging greenhouse gases such as CO2 are saved in Germany alone.