 Paper · Cardboard · Glass
A significant amount of domestic waste is made up of , almost 21 % of the total weight, while glass takes
up 7 %. Both materials are relatively easy to recycle - in fact, almost
100 % of glass can be recycled.
Material put into continaers should be clean of foreign material, such as tops
on bottles or metallic spirals on paper.
There are 273 glass and paper waste collection points in the city.
Each one has a container for
and another one for .
Almost half of the container is underground, thus achieving
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 Less
visual impact |
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No
odours |
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Compression
of paper and cardboard by its own weight |
Each container is 170 cm deep and capacities are 5 m3
and 3 m3 .
In 2000 47 kg of paper and cardboard per inhabitant were collected, a rate
of 49 % in domestic waste. 7 kg of glass per inhabitant were collected, a rate
of 24 %.
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