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Recycling in Yerevan

Popular types of recyclables (plastic, paper, glass, aluminium and tin cans) can be deposited in multicolored containers serviced by the Waste Sorting Department.

Recycling containers are grouped, usually in sets of three or four. Blue is for plastic, yellow for paper, gray or green for glass and red for metal.

You can find the nearest containers on Separate waste collection points map.

Paper

Paper

OK

  • Paper
  • Paper bags and kraft paper
  • Leaflets and brochures
  • Magazines and newspapers
  • Notebooks and albums
  • Cardboard
  • Egg trays
  • Any paper rolls

NOT OK

  • Receipts
  • Tetrapaks
  • Oily paper and cardboard
  • Laminated paper
  • Disposable “paper” cups for drinks and other tableware
  • Baking paper
  • Wallpaper
  • Photos
  • Toilet paper, tissues and paper towels
  • Paper with metal springs, staples and plastic inclusions

How to prepare for recycling

  • Make boxes flat, fold compactly
  • Remove metal springs and plastic inclusions
  • Check the glossy paper for membrane by tearing it
  • Remove the tape
  • Tear off non-paper handles (strings, ribbons) from packages

Plastic

Plastic

OK

  • 1/PET Bottles
    Bottles from beverages, dairy products, and sunflower oil. Recognizable by the raised dot on the bottom.
  • 2/HDPE amd 4/LDPE (Polyethylene)
    Transparent membrane, powder bags, bags with handles, packing bags, postal bags, cosmetic packaging, zip-lock bags, bubble wrap. Packaging for household chemicals, cosmetics, canisters, drinking yoghurt bottles, bags with handles. Bottles, flacons, canisters from household chemicals, motor oil, cosmetics, and beverages marked with 4/LDPE.
  • Construction 3/PVC
    Window profile, pipes, tiles, panels.
  • Hard 5/PP
    Cups for sour cream or yogurt and other food products, disposable tableware, drinking straws, cutting boards, containers, boxes, basins, buckets, toys.

How to prepare for recycling

  • Empty the contents of the bottles and rinse them to remove food residues.
  • Squeeze the bottles, you do NOT need to remove the caps and labels
  • Remove sprayers, dispensers
  • ALWAYS close oil bottles with the lid
  • Remove the shrink membrane

NOT OK

  • Dirty plastic
    Plastic with food, drink, oil, or household chemical residues. This plastic must be rinsed before recycling.
  • Degraded plastic
    Yellowed, cloudy, brittle, or crumbling plastic. Once its structure is compromised, it cannot be recycled.
  • 1/PET Other non bottles
    Disposable food containers, lids from disposable cups, jars of shampoos and other cosmetics.
  • Non construction 3/PVC
    Packaging for food and household items, blisters, bank cards, medical products, shrink membrane.
  • Soft 5/PP
    Packaging for cereals, snacks, bakery and confectionery products.
  • 6/PS
    Cups and containers for yogurt and other products, disposable tableware. Vegetable and sliced foam mats, disposable take-away lunch boxes, polystyrene foam.
  • 7/OTHER
    Tubes, doypacks (from mayonnaise, baby food, coffee, pet food, cosmetics), and other combination packaging.
  • “Biodegradable” bags
    So-called “biodegradable” bags contain additives that accelerate their breakdown into microplastics and contaminate recyclable materials.
  • Balloons and latex
  • Shrink wrapped packaging

Metal

Metal

If the red container is not available, metal can be placed in the blue container for plastic (contents will be sorted by department staff).

OK

  • Aluminum cans for drinks
  • Tin cans
  • Metal lids
  • Aluminium foil
  • Aluminium food containers

NOT OK

  • Cans with traces of fat and food
  • Spray cans
  • Small metal objects
  • Large metal objects: dishes, plumbing fixtures and metal pipes and others

How to prepare for recycling

  • Rinse off traces of food and drinks
  • Squeeze

Glass

Glass

The glass collected in the city containers will be broken down and sent for remelting. This is not as good as reuse, but it allows for the recycling of a much wider variety of bottles.

If the gray or green container is not available, glass can be placed in the blue container for plastic (contents will be sorted by department staff).

OK

  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Vials
  • Perfume bottles, deodorants
  • Glass tableware
  • Broken glass

NOT OK

  • Any bulbs
  • Ceramics and vases
  • Mirrors, decorative glass
  • Car windshields (triplex)

How to prepare for recycling

  • Rinse
  • Remove covers
  • It is NOT necessary to remove necks, labels, etc.

Some other places

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  • Hard plastic (bottles, cups, containers, etc.)
  • Soft plastic (bags, film)
  • Metal
  • Paper
  • Glass
  • Many other things

How to prepare for recycling

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  • Plastic
  • Metal (aluminium and tin)
  • Glass
  • Plastic caps (accepted in a separate container in the coffee shop)

How to prepare for recycling