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Cleaning and Waste

Urban Planning, Ecological Transition, Urban Services and Housing
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Street bins

Barcelona is committed to the selective collection of five waste categories through the deployment of designated bins throughout the city, facilitating the collection and management of the five different types of waste: organic waste, packaging, paper and cardboard, glass and general waste.

The street bin waste collection model is the most widely-used system throughout the city. All residents living in areas where this selective waste collection model is implemented have street bins within 100 metres of their homes.

All waste that cannot be thrown into these bins must be taken to the Green Points.

Contenidor groc – envasos

Què s’hi pot llençar:

envasos de plàstic, llaunes de begudes i conserves, brics, xapes i tapes de metall, paper d’alumini i film transparent, safates de porexpan, etc.

Què no s’hi pot llençar:

joguines, mànegues de regar, tubs, materials com cintes de vídeo i CDs, i envasos de productes perillosos (dissolvents o pintures), etc.

Els envasos es porten a les plantes de triatge, on se separen els diferents materials mitjançant la combinació de tècniques òptiques, mecàniques i manuals. Els diversos materials seleccionats són compactats, embalats i distribuïts als centres de triatge.

Contenidor blau – paper i cartró

Què s’hi pot llençar:

envasos i caixes de cartró, diaris, revistes, llibretes sense espiral metàl·lica, sobres, bosses de paper, folis, paper de regal, etc.

Què no s’hi pot llençar:

paper i material brut, com ara tovallons de paper o paper de cuina tacats d’oli, que van al contenidor marró. Els brics i el paper d’alumini van al contenidor groc.

Els residus recollits en el contenidor blau es porten a les plantes de reciclatge, on es converteixen en grans bales de paper triturat. Aquestes bales es posen en remull per obtenir pasta de paper, que es cola per filtrar-ne els materials fèrrics. La pasta resultant s’asseca, es planxa i se’n fan bobines, que es distribueixen a les fàbriques papereres per tenir una nova vida útil.

Contenidor verd – vidre

Què s’hi pot llençar:

envasos i ampolles de vidre, sense taps ni tapes.

Què no s’hi pot llençar:

vasos trencats, vidres plans, miralls, restes de ceràmica, plats, bombetes, fluorescents, etc.

El vidre recollit es duu a la planta de reciclatge, on es neteja, se n’extreuen els materials fèrrics amb uns imants i es tritura fins a convertir-lo en pols (vidre seleccionat, net i mòlt), que permet fabricar envasos de vidre exactament iguals que els originals per fer ampolles, pots o bombetes, entre d’altres.

 

Contenidor marró – orgànica

Què s’hi pot llençar:

restes de carn, peix, pa, fruita, verdura, marisc, closques d’ou i de fruita seca, taps de suro, bosses d’infusió, marro del cafè, paper de cuina i tovallons tacats d’oli, restes de jardineria, etc.

Què no s’hi pot llençar:

restes d’escombrar, cabells, bolquers i excrements d’animals, que van al contenidor gris. 

Els residus d’origen vegetal i/o animal son susceptibles de degradar-se biològicament, com les restes de menjar i de jardineria. És una fracció de residus molt rellevant, ja que constitueix la tercera part dels residus que generem a la nostra llar. Aquests residus es duen als ecoparcs, on es converteixen en compost i en biogàs.

 

Contenidor gris – rebuig

Què s’hi pot llençar:

burilles, compreses, bolquers, restes d’escombrar, cotó, cabells, bolígrafs i llapis usats, excrements d’animals.

Què no s’hi pot llençar:

bosses d’infusió, paper de cuina brut d’oli i restes de menjar, que van al contenidor marró. Restes de fusta, CD, envasos que contenen materials tòxics i perillosos, o roba, que van als Punts verds.

Al contenidor gris hi van tots aquells residus que no es poden recollir de manera selectiva. Tots els residus es duen als ecoparcs, on se separen els tots aquells materials que es poden reciclar. Els residus del contenidor gris que no poden ser reciclats han d’anar als abocadors o han de ser incinerats. L’idoni és que aquests tractaments finalistes serveixin únicament per als residus que no es poden reutilitzar o reciclar.

 

Afecta a les fraccions

Organic

Packaging

Glass

Paper and cardboard

General waste

Àmbits geogràfics on està implantat

Tots els districtes de la ciutat.

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