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A container or centre that accepts waste for recycling. 
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Recycling is used for a container or centre that accepts waste for recycling, and donations of used goods.
This tag is for sites where waste of specific types is accepted to be reused or recycled - if the site is for disposing of arbitrary waste, consider a different tag as listed under Waste Processing.
Recycling type
To further refine the type of recycling use, we should add the recycling_type=* key.
- recycling_type=container: a recycling container.
- recycling_type=container + location=underground for an underfloor-container
- recycling_type=centre: 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.
Accepts
Most recycling sites only accept specific types of waste, therefore the materials you're able to recycle or donate should be described. Please expand this list. If there is at least one of the following materials tagged, the default value for the rest is no. For example, if a feature is tagged amenity=recycling + recycling:glass_bottles=yes then recycling:aluminium=no is implied.
There is also implied yes value for all more detailed values for subgroups. For example amenity=recycling + recycling:scrap_metal=yes implies recycling:aluminium=yes (as subgroup) and recycling:glass_bottles=no (as not mentioned and not a subgroup).
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recycling:aerosol_cans
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Home and DIY (etc.) aerosol cans (e.g., hairspray, spray paint, etc.) | 
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recycling:aluminium
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recycling:aluminium_cans
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recycling:animal_waste
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recycling:asbestos
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recycling:bags
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All kinds of bags. |
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recycling:batteries
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Household batteries (e.g. D-cell, 9-volt). Does not imply larger batteries are accepted, see recycling:car_batteries.
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recycling:belts
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All belts related to clothing. |
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recycling:beverage_cartons
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Carton package (multi-materials, e.g. Tetra Pak) for drink and food – possible duplicate of more frequently used recycling:cartons.
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recycling:bicycles
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recycling:boats
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recycling:books
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Donation of books |
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recycling:bottles
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Ambiguous – should be re-surveyed and likely replaced with recycling:glass_bottles and/or recycling:plastic_bottles.
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recycling:cans
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Many places are tagged as accepting cans without recycling:metal in general[1]
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recycling:car_batteries
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Some facilities will take household batteries (recycling:batteries) but not car batteries
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recycling:cardboard
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In about 90% cases of recycling:cardboard=yes it duplicates recycling:paper=yes[2]
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recycling:cartons
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Paper based cartons (for drink or food). Likely to be data of low value due to mixing paper cartons, multi-material cartons like Tetra Pak by various mappers. |
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recycling:cds
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Compact discs and DVDs |
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recycling:chipboard
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recycling:christmas_trees
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Place where old Christmas trees are collected, use with opening_hours=Jan 01-Jan 15 or so. |
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recycling:clothes
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Donation of clothes, including shoes (e.g. Humana and others) |
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recycling:coffee_capsules
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Shows if recycling facilities take coffee capsules |
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recycling:compost
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recycling:computers
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recycling:cooking_oil
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recycling:cork
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recycling:diapers
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recycling:drugs
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Expired drugs. Container available generally in pharmacies. |
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recycling:electrical_appliances
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recycling:electrical_items
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Larger electrical items like fridges, freezers, dishwashers, etc. (See also recycling:white_goods, which tends to mean fridges, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers, ovens in British English; we'd probably choose recycling:electrical_items or recycling:small_appliances for appliances like TVs, vacuum cleaners, microwaves and anything smaller).
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recycling:electronics
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recycling:engine_oil
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recycling:fluorescent_tubes
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recycling:foil
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Kitchen foil/tin foil |
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recycling:food
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A community fridge to help reduce food waste. See also the proposed tag amenity=food_sharing. |
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recycling:food_waste
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Cooked and uncooked food, such fruit and vegetables including peelings, rice and bread, meat and fish, dairy, tea bags and coffee grounds. In places where all organic (biodegradable) waste is collected together, this is effectively a rare synonym for recycling:green_waste=*, but in places where garden waste and food waste are collected separately, this tag is more precise. |
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recycling:furniture
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Pieces of furniture or furnishings |
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recycling:garden_waste
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Garden waste such as flowers, plants, grass clippings, leaves, twigs and small branches. In areas where all organic (biodegradable) waste is collected together, this is effectively a rarer duplicate of recycling:green_waste=*. Differences, if any, will vary across mappers and location. If garden waste and food waste are collected separately, this tag is more precise. |
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recycling:gas_bottles
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Pressurized gas bottles such as those for camping propane and butane. These are often prohibited elsewhere (See Coleman's Green Key program). |
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recycling:glass
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Implies recycling:glass_bottles=yes, but there's no standard yet for indicating which of the trickier types (drinking glasses, window glass, light bulb glass, tempered glass, borosilicate glass, Pyrex) are accepted. Note that recycling containers labelled glass often are supposed to be used for solely soda–lime glass, what excludes nearly all "tricky" glass and should be tagged with recycling:glass_bottles rather than this. It is often quite hidden in recommendations or regulations that actually just bottles and jars are allowed[3]. For example borosilicate glass (sold under brand names such as Pyrex, Borosil, Duran) or other glasses are excluded, in effect excluding glassware, lighting bulbs, window glass, mirrors, spectacles, reagent bottles and more.
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recycling:glass_bottles
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Includes jars but not any of the trickier types listed under recycling:glass.
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recycling:glass_bottles:colour
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recycling:glass_jars
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Probably effectively a duplicate of recycling:glass_bottles.
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| recycling:green_waste=* | Compost - leftover food, vegetables, fruit, usually except meat. In practice it also includes recycling:garden_waste. Differences, if any, will vary across mappers and location.
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recycling:hardcore
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Possible duplicate of more frequently used recycling:rubble.
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recycling:hazardous_waste
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Common house hold hazardous waste (paints, chemicals, asbestos). |
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recycling:hydrargyrum
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recycling:light_bulbs
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recycling:low_energy_bulbs
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recycling:magazines
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Over 90% of uses repeats recycling:paper=yes, but some places are tagged as allowing newspapers without allowing paper.[4]
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recycling:marine_waste
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recycling:metal
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All sorts of metal – possible duplicate of more frequently used recycling:scrap_metal; see below.
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recycling:metal_packaging
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recycling:mobile_phones
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recycling:newspaper
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Over 90% of uses repeats recycling:paper=yes, but some places are tagged as allowing newspapers without allowing paper[5]
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recycling:oil
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recycling:operator
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A mistaken tag that isn't actually a recyclable material – should be replaced with plain operator=*. |
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recycling:organic
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Organic remains of food that are recycled into biogas or compost. Assuming that this tag definition was intended this tag is likely to change meaning, as nothing in its value excludes organic non-food trash. |
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recycling:organic_waste
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recycling:others
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recycling:packaging
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recycling:paint
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recycling:pallets
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Wooden shipping pallets |
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recycling:paper
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In some cases more specific tags may be needed if only specific form of paper needs to be recycled. See recycling:paper_packaging, recycling:cardboard, recycling:magazines and recycling:newspapers for more specific alternatives.
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recycling:paper_packaging
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Over 90% of uses repeats recycling:paper=yes, but some places are tagged as allowing paper packagings without allowing paper[6]
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recycling:pens
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Writing instruments, usually plastic pens |
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recycling:PET
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All kind of material made of polyethylene terephthalate (abbr. PET or PETE, ![[W]](/w/images/2/24/Wikipedia-16px.png "Wikipedia"){kind=small} recycling code 1). Please use recycling:pet_drink_bottles if only PET drink bottles are allowed.
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recycling:pet_drink_bottles
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PET beverage bottles only |
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recycling:plasterboard
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This usually includes all loose plaster, based on Gypsum |
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recycling:plastic
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In the UK at least, often centres/containers will distinguish between (broadly) hard plastics (typically ones that shatter), soft plastics (typically bendy food packaging; black food plastic may be an exception), carrier bags, and all other stretchy plastics. Many will accept only a subset of these, so try to pick more specific categories if you can. |
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recycling:plastic_bags
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recycling:plastic_bottle_caps
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recycling:plastic_bottle_tops=* has the same meaning, but plastic_bottle_caps is more popular |
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recycling:plastic_bottle_tops
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See more at recycling:plastic_bottle_tops=* - note that plastic_bottle_caps is more popular |
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recycling:plastic_bottles
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Often they allow bottles but not other plastic items! There is significant number (over 6k as of September 2019) places tagged as accepting plastic bottles, without accepting broader plastics[7]. There is also over 5k of location where recycling:plastic_bottles=yes duplicates recycling:plastic=yes, as of September 2019[8]
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recycling:plastic_caps
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Bottle tops made out of plastic, note that tag name does not include "bottle" part - and such places do not accept caps from say engine oil containers. Duplicate of recycling:plastic_bottle_tops=* |
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recycling:plastic_packaging
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Other packaging made out of plastic. There are a significant number (over 4,000 as of September 2019) of places tagged as accepting plastic packaging, without accepting broader plastics[9]. There are also over 4,000 locations where recycling:plastic_packaging=yes duplicates recycling:plastic=yes, as of September 2019[10]
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recycling:pmd
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Plastic packaging, metal packaging, drink cartons; combined household packaging, glass and paper excluded. Common way of collecting in The Netherlands and Belgium. |
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recycling:polyester
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recycling:polystyrene_foam
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Polystyrene foam. Can be styrofoam, generic extruded polystyrene foam, or generic expanded polystyrene foam. |
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recycling:printer_cartridges
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See recycling:printer_inkjet_cartridges or recycling:printer_toner_cartridges for more specific restrictions, since not all centres accept both ink and toner (e.g. Ross on Wye[11]).
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recycling:printer_inkjet_cartridges
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recycling:printer_toner_cartridges
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recycling:refund_bottles
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recycling:rubble
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Bricks and building rubble; see also recycling:hardcore.
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recycling:scrap_metal
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recycling:second_hand
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recycling:sheet_metal
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recycling:shoes
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recycling:small_appliances
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recycling:small_electrical_appliances
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Small electrical items such as computer mice, keyboards, electric razors, pocket radios, hair dryers, irons, electric kettles, small quantities of electric cables, etc. |
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recycling:small_metal
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Small metal parts such as screws, chains, nails, cutlery |
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recycling:styrofoam
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Typically refers to expanded styrofoam, such as styrofoam box or packing material |
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recycling:tetrapak
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recycling:textiles
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recycling:toys
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recycling:tv_monitor
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recycling:tyres
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recycling:verre
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Likely a duplicate of recycling:glass or a similar tag (verre is French for glass). Note that tags should be in (British) English.
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recycling:waste
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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) |
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recycling:waste_oil
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recycling:white_goods
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In British English this only means fridges, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers, ovens; see also recycling:electrical_items and recycling:small_appliances, which might be better suited for appliances like TVs, vacuum cleaners, microwaves and anything smaller)
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recycling:wood
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Material
This is used to describe the material of the container itself.
Useful combinations
- operator=* - responsible organization
- opening_hours=* - useful for tagging opening hours centres or usage period of containers
- capacity=* - total capacity of a container in m³
Rendering
Röntgen icons
Examples
Recycling container
recycling_type=container
Underground container
recycling_type=container
location=underground
Recycling centre
recycling_type=centre
Possible tagging mistakes
Related tags
- amenity=waste_basket: A single small container for depositing garbage that is easily accessible for pedestrians.
- amenity=waste_disposal: A medium size disposal bin, typically for bagged up household or industrial waste. May be in the street, but not primarily for use by passing pedestrians.
- amenity=waste_transfer_station: A location that accepts, consolidates and transfers waste in bulk, usually from government or commercial collections.
- landuse=landfill: A site for the disposal of waste materials by burial.
- shop=second_hand: A shop that sells second-hand products, possible collected through donation containers.
See also
- Recycling quality assurance
- Waste Processing - Page describing all tags related to waste management.
- WikiProject CircularEconomy - A page explaining how to describe all circular economy: second_hand shop, re-use, container, compost, public bookcase, shop without packaging, self repair workshop...
- Household waste in the United Kingdom - details on how waste disposal is handled and mapped specifically in the UK
References
- ↑ Over 23k objects with
recycling:cans=yeswithoutrecycling:scrap_metal=yesand withoutrecycling:metal=yes, just about 4k places whererecycling:cans=yesduplicates more generic tag - ↑ About 1k cases of
recycling:cardboard=yeswithoutrecycling:paper=yes, about 10k cases with both of them, as of September 2019 - ↑ examples from Poland municipal companies - https://www.facebook.com/mpokrakow/photos/a.226855814675361/349419322419009/?type=3&theater https://ekosystem.wroc.pl/segregacja-odpadow/gdzie-wrzucic/?odpad=szk%C5%82o
- ↑ 233 without
recycling:paper=yesand over 3000 repeatingrecycling:paper=yesas of September 2019 - ↑ 319 without
recycling:paper=yesand 3675 repeatingrecycling:paper=yesas of September 2019 - ↑ 202 without paper or explicit
recycling:paper=noand 2789 repeatingrecycling:paper=yesas of September 2019 - ↑ http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Mrx
- ↑ http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Mry
- ↑ http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/MrE
- ↑ http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/MrF
- ↑ http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/letswasteless/info/7/recycling_centres/25/household_recycling_centre_a_to_z