METAL PACKAGING
Cleaned and dry packaging of metal is sorted in
the recycling furniture. Beverage cans are left for
deposit in stores. Other metal is left in the garbage
room.
Collected packaging is crushed and steel and
aluminum is sorted using magnets. Molten steel is
The climate benefit by recycling 1 ton of metal
packaging is 1 500 kg CO2-eq.
used in new steel products. Collected bottle caps
turns to railway tracks and reinforcement bars.
GLASS PACKAGING
Cleaned and dry packaging of colored and
uncolored glass are sorted in each container. Screw
corks and bottle caps, plastic or metal are sorted in
each container. China is sorted as bulky waste. Large
volumes of glass are sorted directly in the garbage
room. Broken glass is left directly in the garbage
room to avoid risk of injury.
When recycled glass is used instead of new
materials, 20 percent less energy is required.
PLASTIC PACKAGING
The climate benefit by recycling 1 ton of glass
packaging is 300 kg CO2-eq.
Cleaned and dry packaging of soft and
hard plastics are sorted in each container. For
the material to be recycled, it is important that
they are separated, otherwise it goes to
incineration. Other plastic products are left as
combustible garbage.
The energy content of one kilogram of plastic
packaging is as large as in one kilogram of oil. The
The climate benefit by recycling 1 ton of
plastic packaging is 500 kg CO2-eq.
plastic is recycled in various qualities and becomes
for example bags or flower pots. One ton of hard
plastic packaging can be recycled to about 84 000
flower pots.
Reference: SITA. www.sita.se/klimatnytta.
Besökt 2015-02-10