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+/- amenity=recycling Description Container or centre where you can take waste for recycling. Used on these elements Useful combination operator=* website=* ref=* name=* (not for containers) Status Approved Tools for this tag Combinations worldwide in Australia/Oceania in Europe (list) in Asia (list) in Central America (list) in South America (list) in Africa (list)  (via overpass turbo - help)

Container or centre where you can take waste for recycling. If the waste is not recycled do not use this tag!

Recycling type

recycling containers

recycling centre

To further refine the type of recycling use recycling_type=container to define a recycling container or recycling_type=centre to define a recycling centre. Centres are dedicated areas for collecting a wider range of recyclable household materials. Often they are operated by one or more people in a dedicated role.

Materials

You can further describe the materials you're able to recycle. Please expand this list. If There is at least one of the following materails tagged. The default tag is "no". e.g. if a feature is tagged amenity=recycling+recycling:glass_bottles=yes then recycling:aluminium=no is implied.

Tag	Description
recycling:animal_waste=yes/no
recycling:aluminium=yes/no
recycling:batteries=yes/no	Sites which accept household batteries (D-cell, 9-volt) may not also accept larger batteries (automobile).
recycling:bicycles=yes/no
recycling:books=yes/no
recycling:cans=yes/no
recycling:cardboard=yes/no
recycling:cartons=yes/no	Paper based cartons (for drink or food)
recycling:cds=yes/no	Compact discs
recycling:chipboard=yes/no
recycling:christmas_trees=yes/no	place where old christmas trees are collected, use with opening_hours=Jan 01-Jan 15 or so.
recycling:clothes=yes/no	Clothes, including shoes
recycling:computers=yes/no
recycling:cooking_oil=yes/no
recycling:cork=yes/no
recycling:drugs=yes/no	Expired drugs.
recycling:electrical_items=yes/no	Larger electrical items like fridges, freezers, dishwashers, etc.
recycling:engine_oil=yes/no
recycling:excrement=yes/no	septic waste pumpout facility
recycling:fluorescent_tubes=yes/no
recycling:foil=yes/no	Kitchen foil
recycling:furniture=yes/no	Piece of furniture or furnishing (ES: mueble)
recycling:gas_bottles=yes/no
recycling:glass=yes/no
recycling:glass_bottles=yes/no	usually they allow bottles but not other glass items
recycling:green_waste=yes/no
recycling:garden_waste=yes/no
recycling:hardcore=yes/no
recycling:low_energy_bulbs=yes/no
recycling:magazines=yes/no
recycling:mobile_phones=yes/no
recycling:newspaper=yes/no
recycling:organic=yes/no	organic remains of food that are recycled into biogas or compost
recycling:paint=yes/no
recycling:paper=yes/no
recycling:paper_packaging=yes/no
recycling:plasterboard=yes/no
recycling:plastic=yes/no
recycling:plastic_bags=yes/no
recycling:plastic_bottles=yes/no	often they allow bottles but not other plastic items!
recycling:plastic_packaging=yes/no	Other packaging made out of plastic
recycling:polyester=yes/no
recycling:printer_cartridges=yes/no
recycling:rubble=yes/no	Bricks and building rubble
recycling:scrap_metal=yes/no
recycling:sheet_metal=yes/no
recycling:small_appliances=yes/no
recycling:styrofoam=yes/no	typically refers to expanded styrofoam, such as styrofoam box or packing material
recycling:tyres=yes/no
recycling:tv_monitor=yes/no
recycling:waste=yes/no	general waste container (black bags) (don't use this if the waste is not recycled, use a tag like amenity=waste_disposal or amenity=waste_basket instead
recycling:white_goods=yes/no	tv, vacuum...
recycling:wood=yes/no

See Also

• amenity=waste_basket aka. litter bin
• amenity=waste_disposal
• operator=* - responsible organization
• opening_hours=* - useful for tagging opening hours of larger centres
• Recycling on Wikipedia

Related terms: <recycling> <recover> <salvage>

Examples

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  underfloor-container