What Is Not Recyclable Ceramic cups and/or plates. Clay flower pots. Drinking glasses. Jars or containers that are not rinsed out and caps/lids not removed. Light bulbs. Mirror and/or window glass.
If it's not bottles, cans, paper or cardboard, it probably doesn't belong in your curbside mixed recycling bin and may even require special handling. Just because an item is made from plastic, or contains plastic parts, doesn't mean recycling facilities can handle it.
Glass, because of its vulnerability to breakage, contaminates any loads it's in, making the entire load unusable. Those glass fragments embed themselves into more valuable recyclables, like cardboard and paper, and paper recyclers won't accept glass contamination in their fiber.
Must recycle the following materials: Aluminum cans. Glass bottles and jars. Steel cans. Plastic Bottles with #1 code or #2 code found on the bottom. Newspaper. Mixed paper (magazines, office paper, junk mail) Corrugated cardboard. Leaves.
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Nine things you must never put in your recycling bin Nappies. Animal Waste. Rubble. Used tissues, wet wipes and cotton buds. COVID-19 tests and PPE. Broken glass and pyrex. Plastic toys. Light bulbs.
Complete answer: Landfill is a very cheap method for garbage disposal.
Solid waste management in South Africa is primarily a local government function. Section 156(1)(a) of the Constitution, read with Schedule 5, assigns responsibility for refuse removal, refuse dumps, solid waste disposal and cleansing to local government.
At its most simple: A dump is an excavated piece of land where people threw trash. They are not longer legal due to the lack of environmental oversight and protection. A Landfill is a highly engineered excavated pieces of land operated to provide a human health service.