We all want to take part in waste recycling – but how does it work in everyday life?? We show ways of separating substances in the home.
The environment concerns us all, it is always said. What needs to be done on a large scale, needs preliminary work on a small scale, speak: in private household. That's what it means for garbage: Waste materials must be recycled. The most important preparatory work for recycling is waste separation. Despite the dual system and yellow bins, however, a lot is provisional: For paper, There are glass and tin containers, but how can you temporarily store at home? The waste paper in a box, glass in the bucket, plastic in shopping bags, then maybe cans and cork. And what to do with the organic waste, before going to the compost heap?
An easy way, collect compostable materials, offers our building proposal: With the waste chute, the worktop in the kitchen is freed from leftovers quickly and, above all, cleanly. potato skins, Vegetable greens go directly into the collection container without detours. A connection socket for extractor hoods is placed in the worktop (z.B. RUG 32465), a telescopic tube (RuG 41-290) as a connection to the bucket. A lid can be made of wood- or cheaply produce plastic scraps. Little trick: A second, smaller washer under the cap ensures a snug fit on the filler neck.
What else is there for practical and even respectable possibilities, collect valuable waste, shows our overview on this and the following page.
There are yellow ones in Kiel's garbage cellars, blue and gray containers, in Hamburg, the organic bin will soon be added to the standard waste bin. Everywhere it is handled differently. What is disposed of in your community and how, tells you the waste advice of your environmental office. There are also brochures on the subject of recycling.