Guide to waste: Keywords A

Information about the environmental impacts, separate collection and disposal of different types of waste can be found here.

A	G	R

Acids	Glass	Radios
Air conditioning units	Glass jars	Railway sleepers
Aluminium packaging	Green waste	Refrigerators
		Rubble
B	H
		S
Bases	Hazardous waste
Batteries		Sewage sludge
Bicycle tyres/tubes	L	Sheet steel
Biocides	Laboratory waste	Shoes
Biodegradable waste	Lids	Solvants
Bottles	Light bulbs	Spray cans
- PET	Litter
- Glass		T
Bulky waste	M
- made of wood		Televisions
- made of metal	Medical waste	Textiles
	Metals	Tin cans
C	- Aluminium packaging	Tinplate
	- Tinplate	Tyres
Cardboard	- Others
Cars	Milk bottles	U
Carpets	Mineral waste
CDs, CD-ROMs	Mobile telephones	Used tyres
Chemicals	Musical instruments
Cleaning agents		V
Clothes	N
Coffee pods/capsules		Vehicles
Compost	Nanomaterials	Varnishes
Computers
	P	W
D
	Packaging	Wood
Deep freezers/refrigerators	- made of PET	Waste wood
Drink cans	- made of other plastics
Drugs/medicines	- made of aluminium
DVDs, Blue-ray discs	- made of sheet steel/tinplate
	- packaging regulations
E	Paints
	Paper
Excavated material	PET
Electrical and electronic devices	Plant protection products
Energy-saving light bulbs	Plastics
	- PET
F	- Others

Fertilisers
Fluorescent tubes
Furniture
- made of wood
- made of metal