{"id":62434,"date":"2016-02-13T20:14:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T19:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=62434"},"modified":"2016-06-10T14:31:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T12:31:54","slug":"recycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/recycle\/","title":{"rendered":"How to keep Barcelona clean and green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><\/b>It\u2019s not just what we see in <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> that gives the city its vibrancy and beauty. It\u2019s also what we don\u2019t: the rubbish. One of the reasons we enjoy life in this cosmopolitan city<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>so much is its clean and green environment. As visitors and residents, we can all make a contribution to keep\u00a0<strong>Barcelona<\/strong> beautiful by understanding how the city\u2019s waste collection service works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ajuntament.barcelona.cat\/ecologiaurbana\/en\/services\/the-city-works\/maintenance-of-public-areas\/waste-management-and-cleaning-services\/household-waste-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\"><span class=\"s1\">Ajuntament of Barcelona<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, each household has a waste collection service just 100 meters from its front door. This makes it easy for everyone to step up and fulfill their civic duty by <strong>recycling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-5\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-5\"><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-5\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-5\"><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-5\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-5\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/recycle\/#Related_article_How_to_be_environmentally_friendly_in_Barcelona\" title=\"Related article:\u00a0How to be environmentally friendly in Barcelona\">Related article:\u00a0How to be environmentally friendly in Barcelona<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/recycle\/#Yellow_for_cans_and_cartons\" title=\"Yellow for cans and cartons\">Yellow for cans and cartons<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/recycle\/#Green_for_glass\" title=\"Green for glass\">Green for glass<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/recycle\/#Blue_for_paper_and_cardboard\" title=\"Blue for paper and cardboard\">Blue for paper and cardboard<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/recycle\/#Brown_for_organic\" title=\"Brown for organic \">Brown for organic <\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/recycle\/#Grey_for_other_waste\" title=\"Grey for other waste\">Grey for other waste<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_article_How_to_be_environmentally_friendly_in_Barcelona\"><\/span>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/how-to-be-environmentally-friendly-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to be environmentally friendly in Barcelona<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Yellow_for_cans_and_cartons\"><\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Barcelonas-blue-green-and-yellow-waste-containers.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62438\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-62438 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Barcelonas-blue-green-and-yellow-waste-containers-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona's blue, green and yellow waste containers\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a>Yellow for cans and cartons<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The yellow container is for <strong>plastics<\/strong>, such as water bottles, plastic bags and perishable containers like yoghurt, drinks, food tins as well as cartons, plates, metal lids, aluminum foil, cling film and polystyrene trays. Be sure not to include items such as watering hoses, tubes, videotapes and CDs as well as packaging from dangerous products like solvent or paint.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Green_for_glass\"><\/span><b>Green for glass<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main use of the green container is for <strong>glass<\/strong> jars and bottles. This container should not be used to dispose of broken glasses, flat glass, mirrors, ceramic remains, dishes, light bulbs, and fluorescents.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blue_for_paper_and_cardboard\"><\/span><b>Blue for paper and cardboard<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The blue container is for packaging and cardboard boxes, newspapers, magazines, books without wire binding, envelopes, paper bags, sheets and wrapping paper. It should not be used for dirty materials such as paper napkins or paper towels stained with oil &#8211; these should be thrown in the brown container.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brown_for_organic\"><\/span><b>Brown for organic <\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The brown container is for all of your <strong>leftovers<\/strong>, such as meat, fish, bread, fruit, vegetables, seafood, nuts, egg shells, corks, tea bags, coffee grounds, paper towels and napkins stained with oil and gardening waste. It should not be used for sweeping debris, hair, diapers and animal waste, which should be thrown into the grey container.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Grey_for_other_waste\"><\/span><b>Grey for other waste<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Barcelonas-grey-and-brown-waste-container.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62437\"><img class=\"wp-image-62437 size-medium alignleft\" title=\"Eric Fischer via VisualHunt \/ CC BY\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Barcelonas-grey-and-brown-waste-container-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona's grey and brown waste container\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>The grey container is designed for waste that cannot be reused or recycled. It should be used for items such as cigarette ends, sanitary towels, diapers, sweeping debris, cotton, hair, used pens and pencils, as well as animal waste.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The city also provides special services for waste collection that may fall outside of the use of these containers, for items like old furniture and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/donate-clothes\/\" target=\"_blank\">clothes<\/a>, dead animals, debris bags of gardening waste, fiber cement or asbestos.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ajuntament.barcelona.cat\/ecologiaurbana\/en\/services\/the-city-works\/maintenance-of-public-areas\/waste-management-and-cleaning-services\/household-waste-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\"><span class=\"s1\">Ajuntament of Barcelona<\/span><\/a><\/strong> for more information.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"62434\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate us!<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not just what we see in Barcelona that gives the city its vibrancy and beauty. It\u2019s also what we don\u2019t: the rubbish. One of the reasons we enjoy life in this cosmopolitan city\u00a0so much is its clean and green environment. 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