The holiday season is just around the corner! It is the time of cosiness and beautifully decorated houses. Will you also decorate your home in Christmas spirit? As you pull out the beautiful Christmas decorations, it can just happen that a bauble falls or the Christmas lights stop working. No worries! We will help you with tips on where best to dispose of this and other Christmas waste, so you can celebrate the festive season without worries.
1. Broken baubles
Your first thought of a broken bauble might be the bottle bank, but that's not true. Broken baubles have a different melting point to packaging glass. That is why they belong in the residual waste. Separating glass can sometimes be tricky, because did you know, for example, that broken (wine) glasses and oven dishes should not go in the bottle bank either? These also belong in residual waste. We have a handy overview for you to see which glass is allowed where. Still in doubt? Then use our handy separation guide to see what you throw away where.
2. Broken Christmas lights
Christmas lights are electronic waste and can be properly recycled. Hand it in at special drop-off bins in shops, such as DIY or electronics shops. Or take it to the recycling centre using your environmental card. Many shops also take old bulbs in when buying new ones. This way, they stay out of residual waste and everything is recycled properly.
3. Net around Christmas tree
Are you bringing a real Christmas tree into your home? There is often a net around it for easy transport of the Christmas tree. The net may be made of plastic, but it has to go with the residual waste. Why? Because otherwise the net gets stuck in the sorting installation. Other waste also gets stuck in the nets.
4. Carcass of a turkey
Are you going to enjoy a delicious turkey? You can throw that carcass in the GFT container. This is because it falls under vegetable, fruit and garden waste. This way, you are helping to create a better environment!
5. Oasis (floral foam)
Are you getting rid of your Christmas arrangement after Christmas? Oasis, also known as floral foam, is made of a type of plastic and has to go in the residual waste. So it cannot be disposed of with vegetable, fruit and garden waste. Real twigs from Christmas trees, for example, can go in the organic waste.
6. Wrapping paper
What to do with wrapping paper? If you can tear it, you can throw it away with the paper. Can't tear it? Then it is not paper and you throw it in the residual waste.
7. Candles
You can reuse stubs and leftover candle wax to make new candles. You can also return old candles to the charity shop. Do you no longer use them? Then throw them away with your residual waste.
8. Tubs of tea light
Have you been burning tea lights? Dispose of the tub as empty as possible with your plastic packaging, metal packaging (tin) and drinks packaging (pmd)*.
These tips will ensure that your holidays are not only cosy, but also sustainable. Happy holidays!
* Note: How you dispose of pmd depends on where you lives. Residents of high-rise and low-rise houses without a pmd container may dispose of pmd and residual waste together in a collection container for residual waste in the neighbourhood. This waste is collected separately and later sorted by machines.
For more tips, visit waardlanden.nl/tips