{"id":9162,"date":"2023-07-11T15:27:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitcolico.it\/?post_type=news_e_comunicati&p=9162"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:09:03","slug":"recycling-and-waste-collection","status":"publish","type":"news_e_comunicati","link":"https:\/\/visitcolico.it\/en\/news_e_comunicati\/recycling-and-waste-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling and waste collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the information you need for recycling collection here in Colico!<\/p>\n

What needs to be put in the various garbage bags?<\/p>\n

Purple bag<\/strong>
\nPlastic: bottles, jars and tubs, blisters and shaped wrappers, pouches and bags, egg trays, nets for fruits and vegetables, bottles for detergents, cosmetics and liquid soap, distilled water containers, styrofoam packaging, plates and disposable cups, crates (e.g., fruit), cellophane and film, plant pots, coat hangers.
\nAluminum and other metals: beverage cans, tubs and cans for food (tuna, tomato…), capsules of the aluminum coffee, crown caps, jar lids, hangers, canning tubes, cosmetics (e.g., toothpaste), tin foil, shaving foam and cream cans.
\nTetrapaks: beverage containers (milk, wine, juice), etc.<\/p>\n

Red bag<\/strong>
\nAnything that is not recyclable: plastic cutlery, toys, broken shoes, sanitary napkins, litter-excrement of animals, corks, syringes, mussel shells and clams, cigarette butts, paper tissues, rags, CDs, DVDs and
\nrelated cases, document envelopes, thermal paper receipts, candles and tealights, hard plastic items (e.g., housewares, eyeglasses), pens and markers, masks, cosmetics.<\/p>\n

Organic waste<\/strong>
\nRaw and cooked food scraps, fruit and vegetables, fish bones and fish bones, tea and chamomile tea bags, grounds of coffee, pasta, bread, egg shells, cut flowers, toothpicks wood, biodegradable and compostable tableware (certified in accordance with the unified standard UNI EN 13432).
\nUSE BIODEGRADABLE AND COMPOSTABLE BAGS DO NOT USE PLASTIC BAGS!!!<\/p>\n

Yellow container<\/strong>
\nPaper, cardboard and cardboard, newspapers, magazines, books, notebooks, paper envelopes and bags, cardboard boxes (detergents,
\nshoes…), pastry trays, cardboard packages (pasta, rice, cereal, eggs, etc.), pizza box (without pizza!) etc.<\/p>\n

Glass<\/strong>
\nClean bottles and jars without caps or lids.
\nDO NOT USE PLASTIC BAGS.<\/p>\n

Download the attachment below for the 2026 waste collection calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n