What are the colors and logos of garbage bins? What category does a paint can belong to?

In order to standardize garbage classification and dispose of garbage in a scientific and environmentally friendly manner, we must first understand what different colors represent for different garbage bins. Next, we can use encyclopedia knowledge to understand the colors and logos of garbage classification bins and what kitchen waste is. After becoming familiar with them, I believe everyone will dispose of garbage reasonably!

Contents of this article

1. The color and logo of garbage classification bins

2. What kind of garbage does the paint bucket belong to?

3. What category of garbage do peanut and melon seed shells belong to?

Colors and logos of garbage bins for waste sorting

The colors and logos of the garbage classification bins are: red represents hazardous waste, green represents kitchen waste, blue represents recyclable waste, and gray represents waste other than hazardous and recyclable materials.

Sorting garbage and removing recyclable and non-biodegradable materials can reduce the amount of garbage by more than 50%.

Discarded batteries contain toxic substances such as metallic mercury, which pose a serious threat to humans. Waste plastics enter the soil and lead to reduced crop yields, so recycling can reduce these hazards.

One ton of waste plastic can be recycled into 600 kilograms of unleaded gasoline and diesel. Recycling 1,500 tons of waste paper can avoid cutting down trees used to produce 1,200 tons of paper. Therefore, waste recycling is both environmentally friendly and resource-saving.

What category of garbage do paint cans belong to?

Paint cans are hazardous waste. Paint cans contain dried paint, which pollutes the environment and harms human health, so they are hazardous waste. Hazardous waste refers to household waste that causes direct or potential harm to human health or the natural environment.

Common hazardous waste includes waste light bulbs, waste paint, pesticides, discarded cosmetics, expired medicines, waste batteries, waste light bulbs, waste mercury thermometers, etc. Hazardous waste must be handled safely in a special and correct way.

When disposing of hazardous waste in a classified manner, care should be taken to place it with care. Fragile hazardous waste such as waste light bulbs should be disposed of in their packaging or wrapping.

Waste paint and solvents and their packaging, such as waste paint cans, hair dye shells, expired nail polish, nail polish remover, etc. are all considered hazardous waste.

What category of garbage do peanut and melon seed shells belong to?

Peanuts and melon seed shells are kitchen waste (called wet waste in Shanghai). Kitchen waste includes discarded vegetable leaves, leftovers, leftover rice, fruit peels, eggshells, tea dregs, bones, etc., which are garbage generated in residents' daily lives and food processing, catering services, and unit catering activities.

Peanut and melon seed shells are considered kitchen waste (called wet garbage in Shanghai) and are easily corrupt.

Kitchen waste (called wet waste in Shanghai) includes discarded vegetable leaves, leftovers, leftover rice, fruit peels, egg shells, tea dregs, bones, etc.

The main sources of food waste are household kitchens, restaurants, hotels, canteens, markets and other industries related to food processing.