Recycling
It is true this endeavor may not grab you with eggcitement, but with very little effort, we can improve the way we operate in a more responsibilly.
You'll notice your desk bins are paired with sexy-looking bags, fancily tagged with neatly designed labels. Let's put them to good use, shall we?
Nanda, our cleaner, will be depositing the recycling appropriately on a regular basis. We have no eggscuse.
Use these two basic rules to get it right
Recycle clean bottles, cans and packaging, paper and cardboard.
Keep food and liquids out of recycling, including glass bottles.
Green, where G stands for Glass
For all your clean Super Bock bottles. Please don't throw beery bottles in.
Yellow for plastic and metal
Your Coke cans, your crappy plastic packaging and clean Compal cartons.
Blue, the one for paper and cardboard
For all your Curb bags and non-dirty burger boxes (the greasy wrapping paper can't be recycled).
For further clarification, here's a neat image:
Batteries and e-waste
We've got a battery bin in the office, but you are also free to bring in any batteries from home that you're not sure what to do with. We'll take care of that and bigger and bulkier bits of hardware to ensure they are suitably disposed and when possible given a new life. Head over to E-waste management to learn more.
What can not be recycled?
Can! Get the pun?
Food waste.
Paper towels.
Food-soiled items (such as used paper plates or greasy pizza boxes or paper napkins).
Ceramics and kitchenware.
Windows and mirrors.
Plastic wrapping.
Bubble wrap.
Photographs.
Medical waste.
Polystyrene or styrofoam.
Printer Ink cartridges.
Hazardous chemicals and chemical containers.
Plastic toys or sporting goods equipment.
Wood.
Light bulbs.
Useful Resources
Unsure which bin to use for something?
Visit Waste App.
Visit Sociedade Ponte Verde.
Information on recycling corks
Visit Quercus.
Portuguese environment agency
Visit APAmbiente.
Portuguese Confederation of Environmental Defence Associations
Visit CPADA.