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Schedule and frequency
Consult the waste collection schedule and frequencies in your area and comply with the legislation.
Municipal ordinances
In municipal ordinances, you will find all the legislation related to waste management.
Locate the nearest container
Access the container map and find the closest one to your location.
Download our best practices guide
Find out which type of waste goes in each container.
What can I put in the yellow container?
You can put plastic packaging and bottles, metallic packaging, cartons and wooden containers in the yellow container, specifically:
Plastic bottles
Food tins and drinks cans
Plastic and metal lids and caps, bottletops
Aluminium trays
Cling film and tin foil
Aerosol cans
Deodorant bottles
Plastic bags (except bin bags)
Yoghurt pots and lids
Milk, juice, soap cartons, etc.
Styrofoam trays
Toothpaste tubes
Wooden fruit and vegetable crates
Wine and spirits crates
You can put the following items in the yellow container:
Plastic bottles and packaging
Personal care and cleaning products, pots, trays, wrappers and bags, bottles with lids and caps.
Metal packaging
Cans, aluminium trays, aerosol cans, deodorant bottles, metal lids and caps.
Cartons
Milk, juices, soups, etc.
Wooden containers
Fruit and vegetable boxes.
Wine and spirits boxes.
Ceramic containers
For yoghurts, cottage cheese, custard, etc.
Do not put the following items in the yellow container:
Plastic toys
Plastic flower pot stands
Baby’s bottles, Thermos flasks and dummies
Kitchen utensils
Plastic buckets
CD and DVD cases and boxes
Mobile phone and tablet covers
Pens, pencil cases and sharpeners
Toilet bags, purses
Medicine packaging made from plastic
The following items can be placed in the blue container:
Packaging for food, footwear, frozen foods, wrapping paper, everyday paper, specifically:
Paper cups and pots
Paper boxes
Paper
Plastic wrapping for meat and fish
Paper bags
Egg cartons
The following can be put in the blue container:
Cardboard and cardboard boxes
Packaging for food, footwear, frozen foods, wrapping paper, everyday paper, notebooks, newspapers, magazines, etc.
Do not put the following items in the blue container:
Cartons
Used kitchen roll and napkins
Stained paper and cardboard
Plastic-coated containers
Tin foil
Nappies and tampons
Printing paper (tickets, passes, etc)
What can I put in the green container?
We should put glass bottles (wine, cava, etc), small glass bottles (like perfume or cologne bottles) and food jars (marmalade, jam, etc) in the green container.
Glass bottles
Small glass bottles
Bottles/jars
Drinking glasses
Stubbies
The following can be put in the green container:
Glass bottles
Liqueur, wine, cava and beer bottles, etc.
Glass jars
Glass perfume, cologne and beauty cream bottles, etc.
Food jars
Jars for marmalade, jam, vegetables and similar.
Do not put the following items in the green container:
Glass (glasses/tumblers)
Fluorescent light tubes/light bulbs
Ceramics, porcelain, clay
Mirrors, ashtrays, tumblers and crockery
What can I put in the brown container?
You can put the following items in the brown container: Food scraps such as fruit peels, fish bones, plants, egg shells or coffee dregs and used napkins and kitchen roll.
Fruit peels and other food scraps
Fish bones
Plants
Egg shells
Used napkins and kitchen roll
Tea and coffee
The following can be put in the brown bin:
Food scraps such as fruit peels, fish bones, plants, egg shells and coffee dregs; and used napkins and kitchen roll, tea and coffee. Garden waste, wine corks.
Do not put the following items in the brown container:
Non-organic waste
Ceramic items, nappies, cigarette butts, wet wipes, cotton buds, pet litter, hair, dirt, personal care waste, excrement, etc.
What can I put in the grey container?
Everything that cannot be reused. Toys, baby’s bottles, dummies, kitchen utensils, nappies, ceramic items, tampons, pet litter, hair, dirt, cigarette butts, etc.
Items like baby’s bottles, dummies
Cigarette butts
Kitchen utensils
Nappies
Ceramic items
Hair, dirt
The following can be put in the grey container:
This is the container for all types of waste that cannot be reused such as used tissues, baby’s bottles,
dummies, kitchen utensils, nappies, tampons, toothbrushes, condoms, ceramic items, pet litter,
hair, dirt, etc.
Do not put the following items in the grey container:
Organic waste
Light packaging
Glass containers
Paper and cardboard
Batteries
Mobile phones, computers and CDs
Furniture, mirrors and electrical appliances
Gardening waste
Expired medications
Items that have to go in a specific container
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