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Six packages in the kitchen will not be - Pavel Astashev explained the futility of separate garbage collection in Morozovsk

At a meeting with the Morozovchanians on November 18, the Head of the State Housing Inspectorate of the Rostov Region spoke about the past and future of waste treatment.

- Previously, we paid, the management company or a specialized organization took this garbage. Everyone is happy. And where did she carry this rubbish ... - Pavel Astashev spread his hands. - At the landfill or the nearest beam - we did not give this report to ourselves. As a result, we got the fact that in the Rostov region we have about 250 unauthorized dumps. Dumps! I'm not talking about crap beams.

He explained that now this problem will be gradually solved.

- In the Rostov region will be built eight waste-processing plant. One of them will be somewhere here, not far from you, ”Pavel Vladimirovich recalled.

- Will not be! - shouted from the audience. Morozovchane already for several years heard about this plant, but it is still not there.

- Will be! - the head of the housing inspection stated with conviction. - Will be! 2017-2018 construction should start and in 2019 it should be completed.

In the photo: Pavel Astashev tells frostmen about future waste processing plants.

But he told the most interesting thing later:

- The meaning will be this. Those who will be engaged in export and processing of waste will receive money upon delivery of garbage to this combine, - the official explained. - I brought it, put it on the scale, I passed it - and only after that I received the money. I am convinced that as a result of this, you and I will gradually get the elimination of all these natural dumps.

As an example, he cited the collection of scrap metal. Previously, scrap metal was lying everywhere, everyone went to collect it. And now even if you really want to pass it, then it will be rather difficult to find an orphaned metal.

- So, I am convinced, there will be rubbish, - assured Pavel Astashev frost. - In this part we will put things in order.

He also explained why the beginning of construction is so delayed:

- While there is a process of allocation of land. There is a complicated procedure. The conclusion of the examination, according to the meters, they see that there is nothing next to it ... So that it does not affect the ecology. And this process will take some time.

Many listened to the head of the regional housing inspection with interest. Several people even wrote down the main points of his speech.

Pavel Astashev noted that another problem would be solved in parallel.

- From January 1, 2017 for owners living in residential buildings, it will be mandatory to conclude an agreement on the export of solid waste. What do we have now? We have tanks, littered with debris from nearby houses, - he touched the most relevant and painful topic for many. - I do not want to pay money - I took the package and brought it to the apartment building in the early morning or late evening. Now, one way or another, will have to pay. Therefore, we think this problem will also be partially resolved.

Pavel Vladimirovich said that the question of whether the collection of garbage will be separate is still open:

- Of course, this will all be decided through public hearings. I think that we in Russia are not yet ready to have five or six packages in our kitchen for various garbage. Many countries refuse separate collection and are engaged in separate processing. That is, you assembled in one package, and the “smart” machine at the recycling plant itself sorted it out.

Someone from the hall sarcastically remarked:

-We know this car! Women sit and hands apart.

Astashev reacted with humor to the cry:

- This is the best car, which for hundreds of years.

Despite the fact that nothing has yet been decided as to how the garbage will be collected - in one or six packages - there will not be separate garbage collection in Morozovsk in the near future for objective reasons. Apart from the ingrained habit, our small kitchens are not designed to hold several bags of garbage in them at the same time.



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Two buckets in the kitchen”: how to organize separate waste collection in Russia

Against the background of the developing environmental crisis in the Moscow region, they are increasingly talking about the need to radically change the attitude of Russians towards the management of household waste. Obviously, new landfills and waste incineration plants will not solve the problem, while creating a full-fledged infrastructure for recycling may take more time, but it will really be able to save the region from repeating the situation with “Jadrovo”. However, a lot here depends on the residents themselves: efficient processing of garbage and the creation of a new product from recyclable materials are impossible without separate waste collection, which so far in the eyes of many Russians looks like a waste of time and effort. The head of the Resource Saving Center, Alina Kolovska, told how with the help of two garbage cans in the kitchen, the ecological situation in the region can be changed over time and why the alternative that the authorities offer to the residents of the Moscow region will only aggravate the problem of landfills.

- After the situation with “Yadrovo”, everyone again says that it is necessary to introduce waste recycling technologies and their separate collection in Russia. What does this chain look like - from the bin to the new product?

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- In brief, it looks like this: we sort waste at home, then we transfer it to the supplier. These are organizations, both large and small, that do not recycle waste, but only collect, additionally sort, compress and form large volumes of recycled materials - plastic bottles separately, white glass separately, green separately, paper of different grades is also separate. These collectors have large areas - they accumulate tons of various recycled materials. When a certain volume is accumulated, which is profitable for sale, they transfer this recyclable material to a specific processor: paper leaves for one plant, glass for another. And those, in turn, make of them either intermediate raw materials or finished products. For example, paper. At those enterprises that we have in Russia, cardboard is made of paper, roofing felt, toilet paper. There are enterprises that make paper fiber, from which the substrates for vegetables, paper holders are obtained. Or, for example, aluminum. Aluminum is a rather expensive recyclable material, because it is perfectly melted without loss of quality: aluminum ingots are made of aluminum or pulled onto a foil.

- We are about to imagine the harm caused by landfills and incinerators. Are sorting stations and processing plants safe for residents? There have been cases when protests were also being protested in Moscow Region against waste recycling near the city.

- Such threats as landfills and incinerators, they do not carry. It is important for the residents not only to protest, but to offer the authorities to set up the infrastructure for separate collection - to install special containers, enter into contracts with suppliers, who can take it out correctly. Waste sorting stations or waste recycling plants do not threaten residents - recycling is simply dismantled and processing is in progress - in fact, crushing and remelting, as a result of which no hazardous substances are formed. If we are talking about paper, then in this case the paper pulp is crushed in an aqueous solution to produce cellulose, and then - the removal of this water and the formation of a sheet. There are no incineration processes, no processes as a result of which substances come out of the waste and begin to travel around the environment. The processing plant is no more dangerous than any jeans factory and any ordinary enterprise. Landfills and incinerators themselves are very dangerous. And if we burn garbage, then dangerous substances are formed that go into the air. If we are engaged in the burial of waste, everything falls into the ground and water. Of course, there are technologies that allow to minimize the danger from factories and landfills, but they are not used here.

- Do you understand how many people are engaged in separate waste collection? Are there any good examples where the necessary infrastructure was built and works successfully?

- I have been dealing with the problem of separate waste collection since 2006: first, as part of a local action at my work place and in Bitsevsky Park, then, from 2011, already within the framework of our organization. In my subjective assessment, from 2011 to today the situation has changed dramatically: the number of people involved is growing, the attitude of business towards segregation is changing, a lot of companies have been introducing it in recent years. At the same time, I do not think that it is strongly connected with the year of ecology (2017 was declared the Year of Ecology in Russia - MBH Media ), rather, it is a global trend: at the international level, the problems of climate change and environmental pollution were recognized. Today it is important to be able to adapt to these conditions, and separate collection of waste is a measure that penetrates deep into the masses and is understandable enough to people. There are successful cases in Russia - for example, Saransk or Rybinsk, where in a few years everything that was really needed for a complete chain of recycling really appeared.

- Creating such an infrastructure is still the task of the authorities or, as a rule, the initiative of citizens?

- In fact, a lot depends on the administration, on its openness and readiness to work in this direction. But people can direct and demand it from her, then the administration will have no choice. Now, residents of the Moscow region are indignant about the landfills - they are being closed down, equipment being brought in to them, which helps to neutralize harmful emissions from landfills. Therefore, the people should demand from the authorities to establish a normal infrastructure, including connecting to the service not some of their own municipal enterprises, but those organizations that are engaged in separate waste collection, those who will take it carefully and continue to work with it. There are such organizations, there are many of them, you just need to require the administration to enter into agreements with them. We have in the Moscow region more than 400 waste recycling enterprises, in the whole country there are more than 1,500, and none of them is operating at full capacity. There is rubbish for them, you just need to create an infrastructure and send recycled flows to these plants.

- How to organize a separate collection in an ordinary apartment? Many who are going to arrange this at home, immediately face the problem - where in the small kitchen to place a few bins?

- We have seen enough of a separate collection abroad, and it seems to us that it always means 5-6 containers for paper, glass, plastic, organic and so on. In fact, to start the recycling process, it is enough to divide the waste into two streams - collect organic materials in one container, and everything else that can be recycled: glass, plastic, metal, and paper into the other container. One car will arrive, which will pick up the container only with recyclables. On the procurement bases, all this mass will be sorted into fractions. If such garbage does not mix with food, then separate the glass jar from the metal - a simple task. But if the garbage is mixed and organic is present in it, it is very difficult to sort - both for people and for equipment that simply does not recognize what it is. Waste from the second bucket - for organic waste - should ideally be composting. In a good way, one of the requirements for the authorities should also be organic composting facilities. It can be used to make a nutrient substrate for use in agriculture, for sprinkling the earth. It is necessary to put just a special installation with certain bacteria. This is a separate technology that we also need to develop.

- Today, environmental education in our country is mainly engaged in public organizations and activists. In European countries, this is done, first of all, by the state - programs on television, lessons in schools, social advertising. And we see the results - the system of separate collection in the West really works. Is such a scenario real in Russia?

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- Such things, of course, should go from the state. We, as a public organization, can provide the necessary content, and the state only needs to ensure its distribution. Of course, the state has such opportunities that no one else has. How much time can it take to understand the need for this? Unclear. It depends on the desire and our efforts - it may be 20 years, and maybe 4 years. Of course, problems should be solved on all sides - first of all, honest organizations should deal with garbage. Now, for example, regional waste management operators for the Moscow region have become known - these are the companies that will be responsible for our waste for the next 10 years. And there is a big danger, because companies that actively lobby incineration are chosen. Already in May, public hearings will be held in Solnechnogorsk where they will coordinate construction of an incinerator. There, all the documentation, it turns out, is ready and in 2022 it is planned to start the plant.

- And what can residents do in such a situation when it is obvious to everyone that the decision has already been made?

- It is important to come to public hearings, to express disagreement with the construction of these plants. At the legislative level, there are certain mechanisms that involve consideration of public opinion. Of course, the situation here can be exactly the same as with the elections - when, despite the opinion of the public, a different decision is made. But here, perhaps, not such a high level, and there is an opportunity to influence something. It is important to disagree, it is important to defend their interests and come to the hearing.

It is very important to disagree with what is happening and with what we are offered in return. Public attention to the problem of landfills increased after the protests in Volokolamsk. There have always been problems with the “Yadrovo” training ground many years ago. Until recently, in the suburbs there were 100 polygons. The residents were outraged - there were 22. And it seems to everyone that serious work was done, the authorities went to meet the residents. But those polygons that still work cannot cope with such volumes of garbage. For the authorities, the most obvious solution to this problem is to build incinerators and open new landfills. But after a few years we will be back where we started.

At the same time, local residents can take this positive attitude - in Volokolamsk, the authorities will close down “Yadrovo”, where people will be satisfied. And the fact that in Narofominsk will open a new incinerator, and in Sergiev Posad - a new landfill, no one cares. It is necessary to show people sound logic, demonstrate an alternative, and at the same time explain where the authorities powder the brain, and where not.


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Experts told why separate garbage collection does not take root in the capital

Experts have named the reasons why separate collection of garbage is still not taking root in Russia and even in Moscow. In addition to the negligence of scavengers who have been repeatedly mentioned, dumping all the waste into a common pile on export, there are other explanations for this. So, the capital waste chutes are simply not adapted for separate collection, as well as apartments: there are simply no places to keep several buckets in the kitchen for different types of garbage. About this writes "Moskovsky Komsomolets" .

One of the reasons for the problems with separate waste collection is the presence of garbage chutes in the houses, which are obviously unsuitable for waste sorting, as well as foreign vacuum waste disposal systems of the 1970s that were advanced for their time. One way to solve the problem is to dismantle the garbage chutes, besides, a centralized solution to the problem allows freeing up the rooms of the garbage rooms and adapting them to storage of wheelchairs, a concierge booth or rooms for collecting different categories of recyclables. You can also pay attention to foreign experience: in the houses of Sweden, the so-called environment rooms are equipped - airtight rooms on the lower floors of buildings or in separate buildings, where containers are installed for separate collection of waste, including food.

Another way - to make sorting out of the apartment on a specially equipped site. The garbage chute and the room for them on the first floor are saved, everything goes there, except for food waste. Sorting is done manually or automatically, leaving about 10% of solid household waste that cannot be recycled. In addition, theoretically, the garbage chute can be adapted to separate collection of waste, if you throw in it sorted garbage in bags of different colors. However, it is impossible to do without checking and additional sorting in this case, therefore experts recognize it as unrealistic.

The second and much more common reason is disinterest and non-disregard for separate collection as such. If in the West, sorting garbage is taught from childhood, in Russia it is “mixed” already at the collection stage. In the West, there are more interesting "incentives": for the removal of unsorted garbage has to pay significantly more than sorted. On the other hand, the closeness of Moscow apartments and kitchens simply does not allow keeping several buckets for different types of garbage. In addition, if the points for separate collection will be outside the house, many will prefer not to waste time trying to reach them.

Recall that in the beginning of the year, the Minister of Ecology of the Moscow Region, Alexander Kogan, said that the authorities of the Moscow Region, together with public organizations, would ask residents to refuse to use the garbage chutes and to work on switching to separate collection of garbage from owners of private houses and residents of SNT. He also said that in order to introduce the system of separate collection of garbage in the Moscow region, it is necessary to introduce increased administrative responsibility and create a “institute of garbage detective”: for management companies engaged in garbage collection, it is necessary to introduce a differentiated tariff and reduce the rate if the system of separate collection is used.

Meanwhile, the city authorities acknowledged that there is no company in the capital that could take out the waste collected by the residents. At the same time in the new projects of residential buildings, including those under construction under the renovation program, rooms for separate waste collection are provided, which should become an alternative to the garbage disposal.


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Separate garbage collection: how to properly sort waste

This article was kindly prepared for Minminds by my good friend Sasha Matveyecheva . Her vocation is to open Odessa to people in all its glory, conducting fascinating excursions around the city. In addition, Sasha cares about nature and loves what surrounds her. She started sorting trash at home two years ago and she has a lot to tell.

So, you are on the path of rational consumption and concern for our planet. Thought about the problems of recycling and want to make a contribution. In this article, you will learn what a separate garbage collection is and how to organize the sorting at home with examples from personal experience.

Recycled

Most waste is not rubbish, but recyclable material that can be recycled. First, let's figure out what is recyclable, and what recycling.

You can recycle plastic, paper, metal, glass, even car tires! They make artificial turf, for example. This is what garbage processing plants do.

You need to dispose of hazardous waste that cannot be buried in landfills. This category includes household and office equipment, fluorescent lamps, mercury thermometers, expired drugs, medical waste and electronics: smartphones, flash drives, headphones, batteries, wires. This waste contains heavy metals that poison the soil and water. And then come back to us through food. Dispose of special certified companies that do it safely.
Where to begin?

Having conceived a separate collection of garbage at home you will encounter several questions.
How to organize the space for sorting?

It seems that if you collect waste for recycling, they will be filled up with the whole apartment! In fact, everything is not scary. I think everyone has a free corner in the kitchen, on the balcony or in the pantry. Your main ally is compactness! You can take one box and put all recyclable waste into it, and sort them by type immediately before delivery to the collection point for recyclables. You can have a separate bin, for example, only for dry waste. Waste paper and tetra pack when folded take up very little space, and aluminum cans are flattened successfully. In addition, there are special sorting containers for sale. Find these can be at IKEA and Jysk.
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Containers IKEA SORTERA

And here is a video on how Alice, the author of the blog Minminds (BEFORE and AFTER) organized her home sorting:

What exactly to sort?

Glass. The coolest material for recycling. It can be recycled an infinite number of times. That is, from the old can or bottle, you get a new one without losing quality. It turns out that glass is the only material with a complete recycling cycle.

Waste paper. Paper can survive four to five cycles. After it becomes unusable. Important! Checks are not recycled . Moreover, it is better not to touch them at all, as checks are dangerous for health. In terminals and cash registers use a special thermal paper. It darkens when heated. The text on such paper is burned, not printed by paint. The composition of thermal paper includes bisphenol-A, which becomes toxic when heated. Bisphenol-A enters the body through the skin and can cause serious diseases. Try not to take checks, do not touch them, do not carry them in your pockets and purses. If there is a need for long-term storage, keep the checks in a separate file.

Tetra Pak and Pure Pak are made of cardboard, aluminum and polyethylene. There is a special technology for their processing. Therefore, we collect them separately from the cardboard and plastic.

Metal. These can be aluminum cans, cans and lids. Foil from yoghurt and sour cream also goes for processing.

Plastic. Not all types of plastic can be recycled. To understand what kind of in front of you - look at the label. Look for a triangle with a number or letters inside.
Types of plastic

Types of plastic

The most popular type of plastic is PET (or PETE ) bottle, labeling 1, polyethylene terephthalate. It is well suited for the packaging of cold drinks, yogurt. Pet should not be heated and should not be reused, as it can release phthalates that are harmful to the human body. Recycled .
Marking 2 - HDPE or PEHT is dense polyethylene. From it make packages, containers for cosmetics, food containers. Relatively safe. Recycled .
Marking 3 or PVC . Famous PVC. It is used for technical purposes: in the manufacture of pipes, windows, laminate, tanks for technical liquids. Phthalates, vinyl chloride, may contain impurities of heavy metals. Contraindicated for food packaging. Do not accept for recycling .
Marking 4 is thin LDPE or PEBD polyethylene . From it make a variety of bags, bags and bag. Recyclable and recyclable .
Marking 5 or PP - polypropylene. Safe plastic look, quite tight. Used in the manufacture of toys, containers, household items. Recycled .
Marking 6 or PS means polystyrene. It made disposable dishes, foam trays for meat, yogurt cups, lids for cups for drinks. This type of plastic is dangerous to humans, and when reused, it releases a toxic substance, styrene. At what at any temperature! Technically, polystyrene processing is possible, but in Ukraine it is almost never taken . It is better to try to reduce contact with such plastic to a minimum, and ideally abandon it altogether.
Marking 7 or Other is polyamide, polycarbonate and other types of plastic that have not received their own number. Do not go for recycling.

Not so long ago there was an excellent mobile app Sortui . It is available for iOS and Android and helps to understand the variety of materials and the intricacies of sorting.

In what form is all this stored?

Here will help the basic rules of sorting: wash / dry / reduce the volume. For recycling take pure recyclables. And it is in our interest to keep the waste clean, otherwise an unpleasant amber in the apartment is provided. Plastic needs to be rinsed, allowed to dry out and thoroughly crumpled so that it takes up minimum space. Bottle caps can be assembled separately. They are made from more valuable plastic than bottles. Of them you can do for example raw materials for 3D models.

Tetra Pak (packaging from juices, cream) and Pure Pak (kefir, milk) should be washed, straightening the corners of the pack. Notching packaging is not recommended. Further, as with plastic - dry and flatten. Cardboard and paper fold the easiest. Cardboard packaging stained with grease or food residue is not recycled. Being accustomed, you will spend half a minute on all the manipulations. This is a matter of habit.
What types of waste are not recycled?

Do NOT accept for recycling: any plastic without marking, egg trays, disposable dishes and appliances, wooden sushi sticks, dry and wet napkins, plastic foil (chips packaging, mirrored inside), tubes, candy wrappers from candy, glossy cardboard packaging with a thin layer of plastic on top (you can check tearing cardboard), disposable cups. Details on all types of waste that are not recycled, you can find in this material .

On disposable cups worth talking separately. Takeaway coffee cups are only disguised as paper ones, and inside they have a plastic layer. Without it, the glass would have leaked very quickly. In theory, they can be recycled using a special technology of separation of these two materials. But in fact, doing this is expensive and not profitable. First of all, due to the purpose of these cups - to drink coffee on the go. After that, they are simply thrown away, instead of being carried home, washed, dried and folded. Therefore, 90% of such pseudo-paper glasses fall into a landfill and poison the land. This is indestructible garbage, it is better to switch to reusable beverage containers, such as bamboo to go glasses or stylish tumblers.


Glass of ecoffe cup

Where to take the sorted waste?

Now the environmental movement is gaining momentum, and in cities there are more and more opportunities for sorting. Of course, containers for separate collection of garbage are rare, but here are a few options where you can return recyclable waste.

Sort stations. For example, “Ukraine without a certificate” in Kiev. At such stations you need to come alone. And already in place to sort waste by type. At the stations, there are always employees or volunteers who will be happy to help figure out what's what.

Ukraine without smіttya
Organizations that accept recyclables. This may be private production, which needs, for example, plastic. They can call and find out the conditions. Perhaps they themselves organize the export or they have stationary points of reception.

In many cities, green movement activists organize eco-routes. The bottom line is that the minibus passes through the city, making short stops, and collects recyclables from everyone. You can find out about them in Facebook theme groups. There you can see the schedule and find out all the details.

Now more and more near the trash cans there are nets only for plastic, and sometimes for glass. They are served by waste recycling companies. If you had such a nearby, be sure to use! It is very convenient because plastic and glass occupy the most space and accumulate most quickly.

If it is not possible to transport the recycled materials to remote points of reception, you can put it next to the trash can in separate transparent bags. So come with glass and paper. In every city there is a reception of glass containers, broken glass and waste paper, just as there are people everywhere for whom recycling is a way to make a little bit. You have recycled materials for recycling, they have the opportunity to deliver it to the point of reception, it is win-win
And what to do with organic?

How to deal with organic waste? The most eco-friendly way is to compost! Compost is a good fertilizer that is useful in the garden, and in the country, and indoor plants will also like it. It is obtained by the processing of organic materials by microorganisms. There are several ways to organize composting in an apartment. Each of them has its advantages.

Electric kitchen composter. It is compact, decent looks and does everything himself. This composter runs on the network, and all processes in it are automated. It produces compost without an unpleasant smell, so they can fertilize house flowers. Minus one - the high price.

Electric Kitchen Composter
“Bokashi”. It is a mixture of effective microorganisms (EM) that ferment organics. Fill the special composting bucket with organic garbage and regularly add bacteria. They can be in a liquid mixture or in granules. This compost is not used for indoor plants because of the strong smell. It can be taken to the country or to the park.
Vermicomposting This compost production with the help of worms that live in special boxes in the ground. This is a very valuable fertilizer. But this is the most troublesome way, because worms need care. They are sensitive to moisture and acidity of the soil and not all organics to their taste.
Chopper. If you do not yet feel inspired to do composting, there is another way to dispose of organic matter in apartment conditions - install a food waste chopper. It is built into the sink in the kitchen instead of the usual siphon and grinds food residue. This is a very popular practice in America, which is gradually becoming the norm in our country.

Personal experience

I began to sort the house waste about two years ago. The main advice that I want to share - do what is not difficult for you. Changes in the daily routine are easier to tolerate in small portions. All the same, the formation of a new habit is a big job. I was greatly helped by the realization that any action matters, even the smallest. And it is better to do at least something, even at first glance unimportant , than not doing anything at all.

My first step was sorting plastic bottles. I just started putting them apart. I did not have an understanding of what exactly I would do with them further, the main thing is not to throw them into the general heap. For eight months I collected the bottles in my balcony and still could not take them to recycling. Reception points just googled, but they were all far on the outskirts, and I waited for the right moment for export. And waited for the eco-route. I wrote to the organizers with a request to make a stop somewhere in my area. And as a result, the route, to my great joy, passes right in front of my house.  For the first time I brought three 160-liter bags of bottles (!), If you put them one on top of another, you got a mountain with my height.

Sasha and bottles

Eco-route prompted me to delve into the sorting more seriously. Gradually, I added new elements to this puzzle: I began to pay attention to the labeling of plastic, I got used to washing tetra packs, folding cardboard packaging from products compactly. At first my husband was skeptical of my eco-initiatives, but then he got used to new concepts and now also postpones recyclable waste separately. Apparently he is tired of watching me take another box out of the bin and read “you are, it's recyclable / you need to save the planet / plastic does not decompose / the future is in our hands”  With each time it becomes easier to sort, and You start to do it on the machine. What used to seem troublesome, for example, to wash-dry a jar of sour cream or a bottle of kefir, now does not cause even a minute thought. Today, recycling in my home looks like this:

In the kitchen I have a separate trash bin only for plastic. I throw it in special grids serviced by a recycling company. True, in my area they are not, so I take away, on occasion, with another. Lids collect trite in the package. I tried to put it in a vase, but I have two funny cats who are interested in pulling them out and driving them all over the apartment.
For the rest, allocated a place in the pantry. It is convenient for me to immediately sort the waste. Therefore, I have a package with waste paper, a package with tetra packs, a package with packages (I don’t seem to take them anywhere, but they still accumulate) with a bucket with aluminum cans. Glass stand immediately, put next to the trash cans.
I am not yet ready to compost organic matter, but I’m quite likely to come to this. To change you need to move in a comfortable rhythm. A year and a half ago it was strange for me to wash the foil from yogurt and put it in a special place, but now my hand does not rise to throw it in the garbage :)

Eco-route passes with us about once a month. During this time, I manage to collect quite a lot of waste for recycling. Now I try to approach purchases more consciously. This allows you not to buy products in non-recyclable packaging, and produce less garbage in general. I am still far from a full Zero Waste , but I am moving in this direction .


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Trash bin for the kitchen, the choice of the optimally suitable model

Trash bin in our days is in every kitchen. It is intended for the disposal of waste generated during cooking and eating. Modern bins differ significantly from their predecessors, whose role was to choose simple plastic containers with a lid, which faithfully served their masters for many years. Now on the market you can find complex, multifunctional models, created by the type of organizer for sorting waste. How to choose a modern trash can for the kitchen, we will tell in our article.

What are modern bins made of?
The first thing you need to pay attention to when choosing a garbage bin in the kitchen is the material for its production. Modern manufacturers offer models made from: Durable and high-quality plastic; Sheet metal, including stainless steel. Plastic waste bins have an affordable price. Their lifespan is rare when it exceeds 5 years. To the court of consumers are offered models of different shapes, sizes and colors. All of them are lightweight and easy to maintain.

The service life of sheet metal buckets is quite long. Stainless steel is made of durable and stylish garbage bins, which fit perfectly into the new-fashioned interior and will become its organic addition. Sheet metal perform embedded and sensory bins.

Where are modern bins placed?
Before you choose a suitable model and buy a garbage bin in the kitchen, you need to decide where it will be installed. The type and size will depend on the location of the waste bin. Most often the waste container is installed under the sink. But modern interior designers offer to place the garbage in very unexpected places: In a separate cabinet from the built-in kitchen unit; On the module door in a suspended state; Under the table top; In a decorative box; In the corner of the kitchen.
The most convenient are retractable bins for the kitchen. They do not occupy free space and are hidden from prying eyes. The container is installed in a special sliding module on wheels, which, when used, moves out from under the tabletop, and then also easily slides under it.

Types of modern trash cans for the kitchen
After the location of the bin in the home kitchen will be determined, you can proceed to the choice of its type. Modern manufacturers offer: Light baskets of bright colors. Used to collect dry and large waste, always with the trash bag. Plastic buckets with lids. They can be of different shapes, colors and sizes, which allows you to choose an option for any interior design of home cooking. Another advantage of these waste bins is their low price. trash can for the kitchen Plastic Bins with Lids Trash cans with lever. A distinctive feature of these models is the presence of a foot pedal that opens the garbage container. Built-in trash can for the kitchen. These models are equipped with a special mount that holds them on the cabinet door and wheels for easy extension. trash can for the kitchen Built-in trash can for the kitchen Trash bin for the kitchen touch . It is one of the elements of the "smart home" system. A distinctive feature of it is the presence of a touch sensor that is sensitive to the heat of the human hand, intended for self-opening of the dustbin lid when the user approaches it. trash can for the kitchen Touch Bin for Kitchen Retractable bins. They are designed to be placed under the worktop. They do not take up much space and are therefore suitable for a small-sized kitchen. Trash cans with occupancy sensor. They notify the user about the level of occupancy and signal that it is time to dispose of the collected waste. trash can for the kitchen Trash bin with occupancy sensor There are on the modern market and multifunctional models of modern bins. Sorting systems are designed for large families, where a huge amount of waste is generated daily. Consumers are invited to buy a trash can for the kitchen automatically with a press system and separate compartments designed for packing small trash briquettes.

Rules for choosing a trash can for the kitchen
After getting acquainted with the types of modern garbage bins and determining their location, you can choose the optimally suitable bin for the kitchen, based on the following criteria: The size. The waste collection container should not take up too much space in the home kitchen. She must organically fit into her interior and take place strictly reserved for her. Volume The capacity of the bin is selected based on the size of the family and the average amount of waste generated daily. It is necessary to release the waste bin regularly, even without waiting for its full filling. This eliminates the risk of unpleasant smell in the kitchen, flies, black flies and other living creatures. trash can for the kitchen The capacity of the trash can is selected based on the number of families. The form. Her choice will also depend on the location of the garbage can in the kitchen. Even simple plastic models can have a different geometric shape - triangular, round, rectangular, etc. This allows the garbage collector to occupy as little as possible of the internal space of home cooking. Design. If funds allow, you can buy a regular garbage can in the kitchen or prefer a multifunctional model equipped with a sorting and pressing system, a touch sensor for automatically opening the lid, etc. trash can for the kitchen Trash bin for the kitchen with a press Material production and color. Everything here is purely individual and depends on the overall design of the kitchen. Made from high-quality plastic bright colors trash bin in the kitchen perfectly fit into a rustic interior. For rooms decorated in modern techno and high-tech styles, it would be preferable to choose a built-in trash bin for a stainless steel kitchen or a sliding touch model. trash can for the kitchen The color and shape of the bin depends on the kitchen interior. Separately standing or built-in trash can for the kitchen may well become a separate interior element, successfully complementing the overall design.

Built-in bins
The usual trash bin for the kitchen is in demand and is popular at all times. It has an affordable price, is easy to maintain and has a sufficiently long service life without losing the initial operational properties. Worthy of competition is the built-in trash can for the kitchen. It not only saves the internal space, but also allows you to remove waste from a sink or kitchen table, without soiling your hands. The garbage built-in bucket for kitchen is established: On the door of one of the curbstones of the kitchen unit; On the door of the cabinet installed in the washing niche. trash can for the kitchen Trash bin mounted on the cabinet door Choosing built-in trash bin for the kitchen , you need to pay attention to the fact that its capacity should not be too large. Optimum will be 3 - 4 liters. The same applies to the size of the waste bin. Therefore, this option is suitable for a small family where there is not a large amount of waste every day. In the niches of the sink is convenient to install retractable bins for the kitchen . They will independently drive out of the bowels of the drawer when opening the door, thanks to the installation of innovative automation or simple mechanisms. Modern manufacturers offer models with a separate lid mounted inside the drawer. When you open the door, the trash can will go open to you. It will close inside the cabinet, which eliminates unpleasant odors. trash can for the kitchen Retractable bins in the sink niche Built-in trash can for the kitchen can be installed on the door of any cabinet from a furniture set. Modern kitchen furniture provides such an opportunity. The fastening system is quite simple. Even an amateur can deal with it. With the right model, the built-in waste bin will serve you for a long time.

Garbage cans containers
The simplest trash bin for the kitchen is a box-container. It differs from Soviet models: Increased capacity; Compact size; The presence of a movably fixed lid. trash can for the kitchen Trash Can Container On the last point you need to pay special attention. Modern manufacturers offer to buy a garbage bin in the kitchen with a hinged lid that provides it with an easy way. It can be fixed in the open position or, on the contrary, requires adhering to it by hand. Both that, and other option do not differ special convenience. Therefore, a more advanced is considered to be a garbage bin in the kitchen, equipped with a pedal. Our next section is dedicated to him.

Pedal bins
Garbage cans with a pedal are an improved version of the classic garbage. Their main advantage is that they allow you to throw garbage without touching the container lid. The distinctive features of these models include: Massive body; Increased resistance to mechanical damage; Aesthetic appearance. trash can for the kitchen Convenient pedal bin These bins cannot be installed in a modular cabinet or under a sink, as these places preclude the use of a pedal. They are suitable for installation in places where they will have free access - near the kitchen table or in a free corner. Finding such a place for a garbage can is quite realistic even in a small kitchen.

Touch Bins
Trash bin for the kitchen touch - this is a great alternative to the garbage can with a pedal. With the right choice, any model equipped with a sensor will serve you for many years without losing its original performance properties and aesthetic appearance. A stylish and modern trash can for the kitchen touch may well become one of the elements of the Smart Home system. The sensor, sensitive to heat of human hands, provides automatic opening and closing of a cover. trash can for the kitchen Touch bucket is a great alternative to the pedal bin. Trash bin for the kitchen automatic touch works on batteries that need to be periodically changed. In addition, getting such a garbage can, you must constantly monitor its cleanliness. A dirty sensor will react poorly to the approach of the user, fail and eventually fail. Nevertheless, the modern trash bin for the kitchen touch has a number of undeniable advantages, which makes it popular and popular among users. These include: Stylish design that meets the latest trends in interior fashion; The optimum volume and size, allowing it to be used for installation even in a small-sized kitchen; Ease of care - all models are made of sheet metal and have a minimum of hard-to-reach places where dirt and bacteria accumulate. Long useful life without losing the original properties and appearance. trash can for the kitchen Modern and stylish touch bin for the kitchen The automatic trash bin for the kitchen will be perfectly combined with other interior elements belonging to the Smart Home system - sensor taps, lamps, household appliances.

Garbage bins with waste press
The automatic kitchen trash can additionally be equipped with a waste press. This part is intended for tamping garbage and packing it in the form of a briquette in a film. A few years ago, such models were used exclusively in professional kitchens, where a huge amount of garbage and food waste was subject to disposal every day. But now modern manufacturers have presented several consumer models to consumers. The role of the press in the home trash cans performs: Retractable cover, which must be washed after each use; Mechanical pedal, which allows ramming and briquetting waste of various types; Electric pedal that allows you to do everything the same, only without physical effort from the user. trash can for the kitchen Trash Bin for Kitchen with Waste Press The trash bin for the kitchen , equipped with a press, is not recommended for disposal of food waste, since decaying organic matter is not subject to long-term storage. Such models are chosen by those who do not like to take out the garbage too often, prefer to cook food from semi-finished products or to eat outside the house altogether.

Bins with color fill indicator
The bucket for garbage on the kitchen equipped with the indicator of filling deserves attention. They are distinguished from ordinary household waste bins by the presence of a small display with a color indicator. Lights are treated as follows: Green - the bucket is empty; Orange - the bucket is partially filled; Red - it's time to take out the trash. The filling indicator can be equipped, including a built-in garbage can for the kitchen . The luminous display allows you to detect the garbage bin in the dark and throw out garbage, not including light. Such models are not particularly popular with customers.

Sorting trash systems for the kitchen
For installation in the spacious kitchen of a rich house or a country cottage, multifunctional sorting waste systems are perfect, which can be: Built-in; Retractable; Detached. They are a set of garbage containers intended for the separate collection of different types of waste: Food; Plastics; Glass; Construction trash, etc. trash can for the kitchen Sorting system for the kitchen Get a household waste sorting system is needed if there is a separation of waste in street tanks in your area or you plan to part of the waste to be sent to recyclables or feed for livestock. For residents of rural areas, special composting bins have been developed that process organic waste into fertilizer. Sorting systems for garbage occupy a lot of space and require special fastenings on the doors of kitchen cabinets or in their depths.

Bin Care Procedure
Retractable bins in the kitchen and other models of modern household garbage cans will serve for many years without losing their original properties with proper and timely care. It is recommended to release the bucket every day, especially if food waste falls into its container. This will not only eliminate the risk of an unpleasant smell, but also save your home from the invasion of flies, midges, domestic rodents and cockroaches. trash can for the kitchen Releasing the trash bin is recommended daily. The trash bin must be cleaned regularly and wiped dry before further use. It is recommended to use garbage bags together with a household waste bin of any type. They will significantly simplify the process of waste disposal and prevent severe pollution buckets. It is necessary to choose packages according to the volume of a dustbin. In order to keep the garbage bin in the kitchen as long as possible to preserve the aesthetic appearance and brilliantly perform all the functions assigned to it, it is necessary to follow the following simple rules: Use the waste bin with a tight-fitting lid; Eliminate debris past the bucket; Regularly take out the garbage, while wiping even a seemingly clean bucket with a damp rag; To fill the bags only in the garbage bins completely dry on the inside, after pouring a little soda on their bottom. trash can for the kitchen Garbage bags greatly simplify the recycling process. If you choose a built-in trash can for the kitchen, then we recommend using carbon filters with it. They are inserted into its cover and prevent the spread of unpleasant odors in the kitchen. You need to regularly take care of all types of household garbage bins, from simple and cheap plastic models to touch and automatic options. This will ensure a pleasant smell in the kitchen and a good atmosphere.





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Trash bin for the kitchen: useful advice on choosing

More recently, the capacity for the disposal of kitchen waste in each house was ordinary and unpretentious. However, modern technology does not stand still, and the garbage can in the kitchen can have separate compartments, the function of automatically raising the lid or the waste press system into small packed briquettes. Manufacturers offer the widest range of containers for the collection of household waste, which differ in configuration, colors and materials.

Selection rules
In order not to get lost in the selection of the optimal model of the garbage container, presented to the consumer by industrial stores, it is necessary to decide which model will be the most suitable. And above all, you should pay attention to:


On the dimensions. It is necessary to choose the right capacity by volume. After all, too much bucket will be taken out much less often, and waste - to collect, decompose and produce an unpleasant smell. On the design. Containers for collecting household garbage can be made in various forms. However, it is necessary to build on the place in the kitchen where, after the purchase, it will take a long time to serve the owners. So, for example, the bin for washing the drawer is usually made in a triangular or rectangular geometric structure, since such forms take up much less space. The right-sized waste bins with a right angle are considered the most compact, but rounded designs take up much more space. On a coloring. If possible, the container should be matched in color in accordance with the colors of the kitchen unit and surrounding household items.

Materials
What garbage cans are made of is just as important. Usually they are made of: Sheet metal. Tanks made of this material are stylish, beautiful and durable buckets, which favorably emphasize the interior, harmoniously complementing the kitchen space. However, they are of considerable value, and washing them is quite problematic. Plastic. Cheap waste bins made from this material are light enough and differ in a variety of shapes and colors.

Kinds
Manufacturers flooded the domestic market with a variety of waste bin designs. The choice of suitable capacity will depend on the financial capacity and personal preferences of each. The most common types of garbage containers used in kitchens:

Basket. Container used only for collecting dry and large debris. In cases of household waste disposal, it is necessary to put a plastic bag in the container. Plastic container with a lid. Lightweight and affordable containers that have all kinds of geometric designs and colors. Ordinary models that do not have any additional features. A bucket with a foot lever. Raising the lid in such a waste bin occurs by pressing the foot on the pedal. Such an action is very convenient when hands are stained or dirty with something. Vykatnaya trash bin. With the help of mounting brackets such garbage can is mounted in the kitchen cupboard. When opening the door, the retractable garbage can is easily and conveniently rolled out. With sensor. Such containers have a monitor with a color indicator that will notify you with a flashing signal of the owners that the bucket is full. These containers will serve not only as garbage collection assistants, but will also be an original piece of kitchen design. It is possible to buy similar home appliances cheaply in online stores of Moscow. Sensor container. An innovative invention that can "feel" the warmth of the human hand and open the lid as it approaches. Some samples of such garbage collectors - “Venus flytraps” even determine the size of their “catch” and open the lid so that the waste can easily get into it. Prices for such units are quite high.

Normal box-container
An ordinary and ergonomic waste collection device, which can be made in the form of structures with a removable or hinged lid. Exploiting such a container, the owners receive: Inexpensive capacity for disposal of household waste; Containers with plastic or chrome plating; Long service life of items; All kinds of bucket designs; Capacities resistant to corrosive lesions.

Pedal design
A popular type of waste bins with a tight contiguous lid that holds unpleasant odors emanating from the inside. Such designs are considered to be the most durable and long-term, however, after the time has elapsed, pedal distortion may occur, from which the lid will roll to the side. Convenient samples of containers for the collection of household waste, which allow the hands of the hostess to remain free. When buying a pedal structure, you must select a model that has a strong and powerful body. Since such samples will be able to serve their owners for a long time.

Built-in trash can in the kitchen
Recently, a fixed bucket for garbage on the door on the sink has become quite popular with housewives. Such a bucket is easily fixed on the cabinet door. Such use of the garbage container is quite convenient, because there is no need to touch the trash can, so the hands remain clean. Of course, this garbage collection device mounted on the door should not be too voluminous. Its capacity should not exceed 3-4 liters. An excellent option would be a retractable trash can, integrated into the washing niche on special brackets. At that moment, when the doors of the bollard will open, the garbage collector will go forward, and its lid will remain in place. However, this design will not be applicable to every kitchen.

Waste Press Container

The ideal model of garbage collection for those who do not have the habit of too often to make waste. Such a device is made of steel and can be: A simple manual model, where the role of the press is assigned to the lid itself, which after each tamping of garbage must be thoroughly washed out; An electric model that not only produces high-quality tamping, but also carefully packs all the garbage into pressed pieces.

Where to put
How to correctly determine the location of the bin? Can: Place it away from your eyes by hiding in the nightstand; To fix the trash bin under the sink on the door; Located in the corner of the kitchen; Stylish induction containers can be placed anywhere in the kitchen; Integrate immediately under the countertop; Disguise in a decorative box.

How to care for the trash can
Proper hygiene of the garbage can provides the necessary sanitary conditions for human habitation. Therefore, during its operation it is necessary to adhere to some rules: Waste containers must be systematically endured, especially in summer. The lid in the container must necessarily fit snugly. Once every seven days it is necessary to carry out the treatment with antiseptics to neutralize the pathogens. Systematically wash waste bins with detergents. Waste bags must be inserted directly into the container for waste disposal only after it has been washed and dried. To neutralize the unpleasant "odors" from the bucket, use special coal cleaners, which are fixed inside the tank.




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Separate sorting of garbage, trash can for the kitchen

Environmentalists and scientists have long been concerned about the negative impact that the environment has on garbage in huge quantities produced by humanity. To assess the extent of the problem, it is enough to be close to a large city dump. Therefore, experts have wondered how to simplify the recycling of waste and even benefit from it, for example, through recycling. Thus, the idea of ​​separate sorting of garbage appeared, which is gradually gaining popularity in our country: there are already points of reception of certain types of waste that any conscious citizen can use.

However, what about the sorting of garbage in everyday life? It is obvious that in the conditions of urban dwelling such devices are necessary in which glass, plastic, paper, food waste, etc. can be put, separating them immediately, without unnecessary trouble.

Designers and manufacturers of household goods offer many options for this case. As a rule, they choose either the most compact and functional solutions, or they mask the containers so that they do not attract attention in the interior.

For example, you can purchase a separate stationary container with labeled compartments for different types of garbage and carefully place it in the corner of the kitchen.

Metal container with four compartments from Graepel

Graepel

Bulthaup Container with Original Swivel

Garbage containers placed diagonally will not take up much space in the kitchen, Graepel


For a small container with several compartments, there is a place in any kitchen, The Bin Company


Brabantia

Trash cans can be hidden behind the doors of a small pedestal, which is lost against the rest of the furniture.


Dieffebi

The design of some containers allows their independent use, but if necessary they can be compactly installed one on another.


Ikea

Not only separate containers are used for separate waste disposal. Some manufacturers of kitchen furniture integrate plastic buckets and baskets in cabinets and cabinets, equipped with special sliding mechanisms.


Separate waste sorting

Convenient three-section retractable container, The Bin Company

To save free space inside the kitchen cabinet will help multi-compartment garbage cans with a swivel mechanism, as well as models that can be mounted directly on the cabinet door.


Three-Section Trash Bin, The Bin Company

Even if the idea of ​​separate waste collection has not taken root in our country, one day we will still have to tackle this problem, so why not think about a solution in advance?


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As residents of the suburbs learn to sort the garbage at home

How to organize a separate collection of garbage at home, told in the company "EcoLine", which will serve the Resurrection Cluster in the suburbs.

Only two containers

From January 1, 2019, the Moscow Region will introduce the simplest - two-container - separate waste collection system (RNW).

Containers will be of two types - for "clean" garbage, suitable for further processing, and "dirty", which is not recyclable.

According to Elena Vishnyakova, Director of Public Relations of EkoLine, it is worth starting small - according to the theory of small steps.

“It’s not necessary to immediately become advanced and separate plastic by types and markings,” Vishnyakova notes.

In order for the residents to be fully armed and have an idea about the RNO system, experts suggest starting to divide right today.

Basic principles of sorting

1. Collect useful waste separately from mixed household waste and food waste.

2. Remove the remnants of food and liquid, rinsed container

3. We press and fold the raw material compactly.

Most often, residents refuse to sort garbage, using the excuse that the kitchen does not have enough space. In the view of most people, a separate collection in an apartment is several buckets or containers standing under the sink. However, the place under the sink is not the only place for garbage, experts say.

The container for “clean” garbage (plastic, tetrapack, glass and aluminum cans) can be placed anywhere - on the balcony or in the closet, you can fit any kitchen cabinet under it, advised in the company.

Special perfectionists can order a built-in separate collection system for the kitchen. Today there are well-thought-out buckets and containers for separate collection, as well as fastenings on the door of the kitchen cabinet, on which it is convenient to hang bags or fasten containers.

The second popular excuse - no time to sort. But an experienced sorter will object: when garbage sorting becomes a part of your life, you stop noticing how much time you spend on it. The main thing is to start, and then it will become a habit.

What is “clean” and what is “dirty”?

The company “EcoLine” explained the controversial issues that may arise from those who are just beginning to sort the garbage.

Paper napkins - can not be recycled, throw them in the "dirty" garbage, there we send checks from the shops, sleeves from under the toilet paper, disposable paper cups and paper containers from under the eggs.

Plain paper, cardboard, newspapers and magazines - suitable for recycling, they are collected in a "clean" container;

Plastic bottles (any - from under water, milk, beer, oil) must be sent to “clean” garbage, after having washed them. EcoLine does not insist that residents separately collect bottle caps and remove labels (although the caps are most often made of a different type of plastic than the packaging itself, and many companies accept them for recycling). Ideally - twist the caps, and, having accumulated them, hand them over to the receiving point;

Tetrapak (bags of juices and milk) - such packaging is difficult to recycle, and still feel free to send it in “clean rubbish”, after washing and flattening it.

Glass (even broken) - send washed in a "clean" bucket.

Yoghurt cups - wash, put one into the other, and send in “clean” garbage.

Foil packaging (for example, from under a jam or mayonnaise) is sent to the “dirty” bucket, since it is almost impossible to wash it.

Plastic bags of any type - feel free to throw in the "clean" bucket, making sure that they are clean.

Vacuum trays for cheese and sausage - send in "dirty garbage." Experts note that such packaging contains harmful substances, therefore, it is recommended to refuse to buy products packaged in this way.

Foil packaging (for example, from under the curd cheese) - boldly throw in the "dirty" bucket.

Food waste (all possible types) is sent to the “dirty bucket”. Throw in packages that are contaminated with food waste and cannot be cleaned (for example, cardboard pizza boxes that have traces of fat).

Hazardous waste (batteries, batteries, fluorescent lamps) - can not be thrown into the garbage, they must be attributed to the collection points. Currently, in the Moscow region, batteries are collected in the network of large electronics hypermarkets, as well as in IKEA hypermarkets.

Old clothes and furniture - do not throw them in trash bins. Perhaps there will be new owners for this trash on the Internet.

If in doubt, send garbage to a “clean” or “dirty” bucket, pay attention to the product packaging. Next to the barcode, using a special marking, the manufacturer must indicate the material from which it is made, and whether it should be further processed.

For example, plastic marking is three arrows in the shape of a triangle. The figure inside the figure and the abbreviation under it will tell you what type of plastic this is, what the packaging is made of.

Thus, vegetable oil bottles or food containers are most often made of PET - polyethylene terephthalate (01, PET (E), bottles for shampoos and household products, bottle caps - from high-density polyethylene (02, PEHD (HDPE), these types recyclable.At the same time, PVC (03, PVC), from which blisters are made for tablets and cosmetics, is harmful.

Tables with types of marking and decoding can be found on the Greenpeace website.

Why sort

Up to 80% of household waste can be sent for recycling. As a motivation, it is worth remembering that you can make a children's bicycle out of 400 aluminum cans, and a fleece jacket out of 25 plastic bottles, the company notes.

“Only at first glance it seems that everything is very difficult. You will not notice how you will begin to “read” the packaging and understand the labeling, ”the EcoLine expert notes.

The next level is when choosing a product in a supermarket you are guided first of all by what the packaging is made of.

At the first stage of the introduction of a separate waste collection system, residents will be helped. An information campaign, tagging on containers, opening a “hot line” for residents - this is only part of the work with the population, experts of EcoLine-Voskresensk note.

In the near future, eco-lessons for schoolchildren will be held in the schools of the region.

“We have lessons for 3 age categories. Most likely, we will start in Lyubertsy, ”Elena Vishnyakova told reporters. The company hopes that children will be able to become a “conscience” for their parents who do not want to sort their trash.

Life hacking for advanced

Install dispenser

To minimize the amount of “dirty” waste, you can install a dispenser, or household waste disposer, in the kitchen sink. It is installed under the sink and grinds all food waste, and then flushes it into a centralized sewer system. A good disposer will grind corn on the cob and watermelon rinds, which means it will leave you almost without rotting garbage in a bucket. Adaptations that have been used in Europe and the USA for a long time are still new in Russia. Consumers are scared away by the cost of the gadget - about 20 thousand rubles for a good device, along with the installation.

Buy Vermicomposter

Vermicomposters are another advanced way of processing food waste, which is also suitable for residents of apartment buildings. These are special boxes with earthworms that recycle discharged food waste. Manufacturers assure that there is no unpleasant smell from containers, and the resulting compost can be used as a fertilizer for plants. High-quality Australian vermicomposter will cost about 10 thousand rubles, plus a starting set of worms.

Go to the store with a shopping bag

To reduce the use of plastic, it is necessary to abandon the use of plastic bags and start a “on-duty” container for this, go to the store with a shopping bag or fabric bag.


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Bucket for separate garbage collection at home

Today there are many technologies that allow you to keep the environment clean and safe. This improves the health and life of every inhabitant of the planet, and each of us can help the ecology. It is enough at least to collect the garbage separately, so that after it can be easily sent for recycling.
Trash bin for sorting right at home

Definitely it would be much easier if the separation of garbage occurred immediately. In order not to have to sort out the garbage from one big bucket, you can buy special containers for yourself at home. They are used to separate waste into paper, plastic, organic and glass.

The shape of such containers allows you to comfortably open the lid, even if one container is installed on another. Achieved this convenient location with the design of the cover. In fact, it is not removed, but leans back, and this happens at an inclination to about half the upper part. Thus, even if one box is on top of another, you can easily open any of them.

In addition, the fabrication material and the design itself help keep the smell inside and prevent it from spreading around the apartment.

Convenient solutions

It is most convenient to place such containers somewhere on the balcony. It's both cooler and more comfortable, especially if you have a shelving unit. But the kitchen is traditionally the most frequent place of accumulation of garbage. In addition, it is here that food loses its label, unnecessary waste is discarded there.

In the kitchen, washing dishes, and you need to go somewhere leftover food. That is why it would be very convenient to have special buckets or containers at hand.

They are:

combined option when three different containers are located under the same lid;
there are also separate, more spacious options up to 42 liters each.

What to choose exactly to your home in the kitchen? The best choice would be three separate containers. Combined solutions are not very suitable for home design, and there is less garbage placed there.

If you choose a solution for the office, then a triple tank will work perfectly, especially with daily cleaning.

You can buy similar Polish-made containers for every taste, color and interior. In addition, there are many original solutions from other countries. Here, for example, what you can buy if you do not like the solution in the form of buckets.
Waste Disposal Bags

There is a German municipal company located in Berlin. It helps develop the garbage collection and recycling industry and unites other brands producing products from this industry. Once Berliner Stadtreinigung announced a competition for creating something more beautiful and comfortable than the already standard buckets and crates that take up a lot of space. So there were sets of textile bags for separate collection.

These bags are very simple, lightweight and consist of a completely environmentally friendly material. You can simply attach them to the wall or in a secluded corner and put them separately:

glass;
paper;
plastic.

Italian convenient locker

You can make a small wall of the lockers for garbage without even having shelving. This was taken care of by an Italian company. Their products are called Drop-Front Recycle Bin. When compared with the usual things, then the lid of such boxes is very similar to the lid of the garbage chute in a high-rise building. That is why you can also build a whole wall out of them and place them in any order.
Little futurism

The designer, who lives in Italy, has created an interesting solution for garbage collection. This unit looks like an egg that opens on three sides. Of course, it is convenient. Such an egg, not only does not allow the spread of odors, but also takes up very little space. That is why it is convenient, beautiful, and very environmentally friendly at the same time. In addition, the design decision itself is very beautiful.

The work was presented in England at the exhibition, and is now available for purchase. The only problem is the price of such an egg. On the official site it costs 106 pounds.
Universal stand

Sometimes it would be very convenient to have not a box, but a universal urn. This urn has already been created by a French designer, and it is called Tri3. The product is a beautiful white column that can be used as an extra stand.

The column also has three compartments, and therefore suitable for the standard version of the separation.

The solution for the most advanced

Barcode recycling station is a fully technological solution to the problem of separation of garbage. It is known that the packages are different, which is why not everyone can be sent to the trash and recycled with the rest. On a set of packages there is a special code. The manufacturability of an urn consists in the ability to scan this same code. After such a manipulation, it either lets or does not let the packaging inside itself.

Proper distribution of garbage is quite important because it allows us to keep our cities clean and successfully recycle waste using some recycled. That is why there are many both design and functional solutions in order to store garbage properly.


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"Drop the European habits." As Saransk still began to sort the garbage

Separate tanks for plastic and cardboard in each yard - a typical picture for Saransk. For several years in a row, he has become the winner of the contest of the most comfortable cities in Russia according to Rosstroy. In another rating compiled by Greenpeace Russia, Saransk received the title of the most convenient city for separate garbage collection.

The RIA Novosti correspondent visited the capital of Mordovia and found out how the authorities managed to teach the citizens to sort waste at home and what prevents entrepreneurs from developing in the "garbage business".

The Ministry of Environment proposes to introduce benefits for the rent for the sorting of garbage Citizens of Russia, who will sort the waste, before sending them into the trash can pay a smaller amount for utilities.

"Russians are not forced to share garbage"

In one of the courtyards of Saransk, a man leaves the porch and heads for the garbage yard. He throws one bag into a gray tank, and empty bottles and plastic packages into a net yellow. Other residents repeat this "ritual": cardboard - in one container, bottles - in another, and the rest of the garbage - in the third.

“It was not difficult to get used to this: for several years I put paper and plastic next to the trash can in the kitchen and in the mornings I put everything in the garbage can. Remember how they threw garbage from the bucket into the tank earlier? Terribly unhygienic. Then they all switched to packages. And now the hand will not rise to throw out something plastic together with scraps. You feel like a progressive citizen, "explains Eugene.

Until 2012, in Saransk, as elsewhere, garbage was thrown into one container. Then a waste sorting private company came to the city and offered its services to the city hall. Together with the municipal enterprise (MUP), businessmen organized a unified organization, and from that moment on, work began on cleaning Saransk.

The company director Svetlana Bigessa meets us in the center and proposes to conduct on container sites in different parts of the city.

“Our company didn’t settle here right away,” the director recalls. “We came to different cities, mostly looking at where the situation with waste collection was stalemate. In most regions, we were laughed at and denied, saying:“ you quit introducing these European habits, Russians never in their life be forced to share the garbage. "Only in Saransk agreed."

The company took responsibility for the entire collection of waste and entered into contracts for the maintenance of the enterprises of the city. In exchange, local authorities provided the material and technical base and staff. Gradually outdated metal tanks were replaced by plastic, increased their number. Now in Saransk, where only 330 thousand people live, 700 containers have been installed. Of these, 520 - to collect paper, cardboard and film, the rest - for plastic bottles.

On each tank it is drawn that where you need to put, you will not go wrong. For convenience, even the windows are made on the covers.
New jacket - from a plastic bottle

We come to the courtyard, where there are several simple tanks and two color ones. They are devastated daily, moreover, at each site scavengers are four times. Looking inside - the waste is really categorized.

Bulky waste and non-recyclable waste are shipped first. After - cardboard, paper and plastic. Then a team of janitors works at the site, they sweep within a radius of five meters, sometimes they even wash tanks.

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Then comes the auditor, who monitors all the objects in the city and controls the quality of work. Additionally, drivers of cars are obliged to photograph the site before and after the removal of waste, and in the evening send pictures to the dispatchers.

After inspecting several sites, we go to the sorting line outside the city, where we collect the collected paper and plastic.

Here, employees manually fold raw materials on a conveyor belt under a press. Finished compressed bales are sent to processing plants, where wallpaper, notebooks, and wrapping paper are produced from them. Plastic is used to make new packaging, paving tiles, blankets, carpets, and even clothes.

Due to the sorting, only organic garbage gets to the landfill - food residues, rags. Such waste decomposes faster than plastic and paper, does not take up much space and does not harm the environment.
About the power of habit

Svetlana says that at first citizens burned and stole containers - such a “strength test” cost the company almost a million rubles in losses. She recalls how the first years of the inhabitants stubbornly "protested" and threw garbage at random. The contents of all containers had to be taken away to the landfill, and the plant was still waiting for the first full batches for sorting.


Residents, according to the director, invented various reasons not to divide waste, for example, they complained that in their small kitchen there was no place for a second bin.

At one of the landfills, pensioner Tamara Nikolaevna grumbles that there are too many tanks, although she admits that the city has become cleaner. "I have a bit of garbage, but I still go outside once more and carry the bottle into a separate box. It only seems that nothing will change from one garbage bag, but you can see how comfortable it is now," the pensioner rejoices.

The Ministry of Environment has demanded the elimination of illegal dumps in Lyubertsy. Ekonadzor inspectors conducted an inspection on the treatment of a resident of Lyubertsy.

Volunteers from the “Eco” federal movement volunteered to help overcome the habit from the very beginning. One of its participants, Victoria Ozerina, says she learned about separate garbage collection when she was in school. At first the girl taught all household waste to sorting, and then she set about educating classmates and neighbors.

"Only my mother resisted for a long time, saying that the container was too far from home and it was difficult for her to walk. But my power of conviction won," says Vika.

Connected to the work of volunteers and local authorities. According to Victoria, the Saransk Department of Social Policy and the Department of Education agreed


work with schools and kindergartens. Emphasis is placed on children and young people, so that at home they would talk about recycling to their parents.

“The authorities are very kind to the image of Saransk. Next year there will be the World Cup and Mordovia should shine,” the volunteer said.

“Gradually, year after year, everything became cleaner, and now there are almost no cases when other waste gets into a container with a yellow lid. So, the situation has changed, and then it will be easier,” rejoices Victoria.
Old laws and competition

An example of Saransk is rather a rarity for Russia. Now, according to activists, the maximum that can be achieved is to organize a separate collection of garbage in one yard. Svetlana Bigesse complains that the old norms of SanPiN, which have lost their relevance, still exist in Russia. Secondly, she notes, there are no government sources of funding. According to her, private business in Saransk pays off by selling raw materials for recycling, but this money is barely enough.

“Convincing people that separating garbage is important is not the main task,” says the entrepreneur. “Legally, mechanisms for supporting garbage-sorting companies have not been thought out yet, while in other countries they live off tax deductions.”


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Modern systems for the collection and storage of waste for the home

"My kitchen is too small to sort and store garbage at home." This is perhaps one of the most popular excuses in the ranking of excuses against separate collection. For those who have already found or are still looking for the reason why he is ready to collect the garbage separately, we have selected options for garbage collection and storage at home.

If you abruptly go to the separate collection, then it seems to you that it is terribly inconvenient. Where to quickly throw everything in one bin, throw garbage in a crowd and immediately forget about its existence. In fact, separating garbage at home is no more difficult than throwing it once a day without sorting. It's a matter of habit!

There are several options for separate collection and storage of garbage at home.

1. Beginners should not buy expensive collection and storage systems, because while you still do not know how much and what kind of garbage you have formed. Start collecting garbage separately in suitable containers for this - boxes, buckets, bags, boxes, etc. For example, paper can be stored on a loggia balcony, tied with string for transportation. Plastic fold into a bucket or reusable bag, after having washed it with running water and pressed for compactness. Store food waste in a refrigerator in reusable containers.

2. An experienced sorter already knows what waste is generated. It is safe to acquire special containers and buckets for separate collection. You can choose a suitable container in any store for home and garden - for example, in Ikea or in OBI. The cost of such containers - from 500 rubles. On the Internet you can find quite interesting samples for collection - for example, special buckets for food waste. They are very comfortable and compact, they fit perfectly into the interior, are ventilated, and also do not let the smell out. Their price - from 1000 rubles and above. You can also choose interesting interior solutions - bright and functional.

3. An advanced sorter can afford to order a special collection and storage system. These can be floor fixed containers or embedded storage systems. Embedded systems can be installed in the kitchen cabinet locker, but it is better to plan such systems in advance - during the repair or redevelopment phase. Systems are sliding and swing. They can be installed under the sink or in a separate cabinet in the kitchen. The advantages of such systems are obvious. They are comfortable, compact and hidden from the eyes of your guests. Disadvantages - high price, the need to select a suitable system for your headset, as well as installation.

4. For the guru of sorting suitable systems equipped with pressing mechanisms. These are embedded systems that allow sorting of waste to facilitate the process of subsequent processing. Such systems vary in size and are custom made. Very convenient and stylish solution. The only drawback of such a system is the high price.

The choice of waste collection and storage systems today is extremely large. Which system to choose depends on your needs, on the layout and size of your kitchen and on the budget.


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