Recycling in Benalmadena
As in any developed country, Spain has a well-developed system of recycling.
There is a colour coding for the bins so that people will know what waste goes into which bin. They are as follows.
Yellow is for plastic, and containers
Blue is for paper.
Green is for glass bottles, glass jars and glass containers.
Orange is for domestic waste.
In some areas, there are red containers for hazardous wastes such as batteries, insecticides, aerosol cans etc...
In Benalmadea, there are recycle bins and containers within short walking distance. Sometimes the bins are grouped together...
.... and other times you will see only two or three big bins. These big grey bins are for bulking materials, and household fittings.
The bins might look small, but they are not. The containers are underground. There is a mechanical switch which will lift up the whole platform, so that the workers can empty the rubbish into the trucks.
In my apartment, we have our own separation of wastes for easy disposal as well. We separate paper, plastic, tins, glass and waste into different bags for easy disposal. Every bit helps, and we are glad to play our part.
At the supermarket, to encourage people to bring their own bags, they charge you ten euro cents for a plastic bag. People usually bring their own bags to the supermarket or grocery stores.
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When they collect them do they pour all into the same dumpster? Lol
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No lah. Then it defeats the whole purpose of separating them right? I know you are only kidding. :-)
I hope they're doing it right!
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I think they are. I once saw one truck came along and pick up only one bin. So, it would appear that different trucks collect different bins.
That's a sight for sore eyes lol
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I'm not sure @mrshev is kidding. I recently learned that most of the recycling that I do is what's referred to as "aspirational recycyling." That is, I like to think that greasy pizza box is going to be recycled into a new cardboard box, but it will end up in the landfill instead, along with most of the things I painstakingly rinse and scrub before putting out with my recyclables. We used to send it all to China, but they got tired of all the poor quality recyclables so now they end up in US landfills. But, I still like to hope I'm doing some good...
Hi Jon. My friend said they have different trucks coming for different bins. Let's hope that our efforts are not wasted. At the end of the day, we can only do so much. 😊
I agree. I still make the effort, even after reading several articles that should have dissuaded me. If even a portion gets recycled, at least we've done something good :-)
We do our part and spread the word, rest of the uncontrollable variables are well... Out of our hands. Fingers crossed. You're the Man, for making conscious effort.
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Indeed. We play our part and do the best we can. No one can ask for more. :-)