Recyclables – a guide

Products manufactured from recycled waste:

PAPER – can be used to make new books, wrapping paper, boxes for eggs, bags for cement, newsprint and flyers. Recycled paper is commonly used to make toilet paper, tissues and disposable kitchen towels. Paper represents more than 37% of landfill volume.

PLASTIC- There are many types of plastic, but in short recycled plastics can be used for irrigation pipes, flower pots, buckets, crates, toys, sheeting for the building industry, cables, carpets, packaging, refuse bags and dust bins.
Mixed plastics are being recycled to make park benches, tables, storm water grates and fence poles.
PET bottles such as buddy bottles, are being recycled as fibre fill for sleeping bags, duvets, pillows, jackets and carpets.
Plastics can be recycled many times if the conditions in the factory are spotless.

CANS – Tins and other metals can be recycled to make new cans and the metal brackets and parts for the motor industry.

GLASS –Recycled bottles and glass can be used to make new glass bottles. Vases, dishes and decorative bowls. In fact many of the bottles we buy is made of recycled glass. It can be recycled over and over again and will always make perfect glass.

Place Glass in one bag and all the other clean recyclables together in the second bag.

Items that can be recycled

Items that can’t be recycled

Plastic - Clean, empty waste Please!!
Clean polystyrene containers
Plastic bags
Plastic containers – marge, ice cream and juice Buddy bottles – Powerade, Energade, etc
Shopping bags
Erasers are plastic not rubber (PVC-P plasticised PVC)
Bubble wrap
Sheet Plastic – plastic covering for books
Plastic Milk Bottles (rinsed) LIDS OFF PLEASE

Cans - Clean, empty waste Please!!
Drinks cans
Food cans – if they have been washed!!
Aerosol cans (cans & plastic –lid)

Paper - Clean, empty waste Please!!
Cardboard - boxes must be broken down
Old School books
Magazines (Glossy Paper)
Newspaper
Print room waste paper (old notices)
Shredding
Flyers

Tetra Pak - Clean, empty waste Please!!
Long life milk boxes
Liquifruit
Ceres
Milo
Clover
Parmalat ,etc
The Tetra Pak logo is printed on the base of the
Carton BOXES FLATTEND PLEASE

Glass - Clean, empty waste Please!!
Wine / Spirit Bottles
Juice bottles
Jars
Spice Bottles LIDS OFF PLEASE

Wax Paper
Used teabags
Leftover food
Ceramics / cups and saucers
Laboratory glass
Light bulbs / florescent tubes
Windscreen glass / car headlights
Wire reinforced glass
Mirrors
“Heat treated” (Pyrex) containers / ovenware
Sponges, foam stuffing
Dinkie cars / Toys with multiple parts
Wet or dirty paper
Chemically treated paper e.g. Photographic paper
Carbon paper
Wet or dirty plastic wrappers
Sticky labels – Plastic wrapping with stickers or tape
Disposable nappies

Thank you for helping us "walk more lightly on this earth".

The team
YOUR ENVIRONMENT SPOTLESS

rondi@dinkele.co.za