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Recycling in Yerevan

Green Green Ecocenter

Green Green Ecocenter — the first recycling collection point in Yerevan, as well as a platform for sharing items, coworking, a lecture space, and a central meeting place for the eco-community.

The Ecocenter is located in the largest green area of central Yerevan — Victory Park, near Lake Arevik. Come visit us, bring recyclables, exchange items at the sharing zone, play board games, or simply chat with our volunteers.

The Ecocenter operates solely through the efforts of volunteers who do not receive payment. Therefore, we ask you to respect their work, not to leave recyclables at the entrance when Ecocenter is closed, and to try to follow the recycling instructions.

Batteries and accumulators are not accepted at the ecocenter! Please do not expose us to hefty fines and do not attempt to leave or drop off batteries at the ecocenter. We hope for your understanding.

Since August 2024, batteries are accepted in Vega stores!

Hard plastic

Hard plastic

OK

  • 1/PET
    Bottles from beverages, dairy products, and sunflower oil. Recognizable by the raised dot on the bottom. Disposable food containers, lids from disposable cups, jars of shampoos and other cosmetics.
  • Hard 2/HDPE/PE
    Packaging for household chemicals, cosmetics, canisters, drinking yoghurt bottles, bags with handles.
  • Hard 4/LDPE/LE-LD
    Bottles, flacons, canisters from household chemicals, motor oil, cosmetics, and beverages marked with 4/LDPE.
  • Hard 5/PP
    Cups for sour cream or yogurt and other food products, disposable tableware, drinking straws, cutting boards, containers, boxes, basins, buckets, toys.

NOT OK

  • 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.
  • Any dirty plastic
  • Shrink wrapped packaging, sports equipment

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

Soft plastic

Soft plastic

OK

  • Soft 2/HDPE and 4/LDPE plastic
    Transparent membrane, powder bags, bags with handles, packing bags, postal bags, cosmetic packaging, zip-lock bags, bubble wrap.

NOT OK

  • Any dirty plastic
  • “Biodegradable” bags, balloons, latex

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

  • 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

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

Glass

Glass

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.

Aluminium

Aluminium

OK

  • Aluminum cans for drinks
  • Aluminium 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

Tin

Tin

OK

  • Tin cans
  • Tin or other metal lids

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

Clothes and other textile

Clothes and other textile

OK

  • Clothes in good condition for sharing and charity
  • Blankets and bedspreads
  • Old bed linen

NOT OK

  • Underwear, socks, pantyhose
  • Dirty or oily textiles
  • Clothes in poor condition
  • Old bed linen

Polystyrene foam

Polystyrene foam

OK

  • Clean styrofoam, whether intact or damaged. It can be broken down for easier transportation.
  • Polystyrene trays from vegetables, candies, and similar. Only clean ones!

NOT OK

  • Trays that contained meat, fish, or other wet products.
  • \"Penoplex\" and other insulation materials made from extruded polystyrene.

Electronics and household appliances

Electronics and household appliances
  • Electronics without batteries (small: wires, headphones, keyboards, electric kettles, toasters, blenders, etc.)
  • Electronics in working condition for sharing

Small fractions

Wine corks
Plastic cards
Plastic toothbrushes (non-electric)
Pencils, pens, and markers (writing and depleted)
Receipts (unfolded)
Sewing accessories (buttons, zippers, rivets, straps, etc.)
Gift packaging (paper, bags, ribbons)
CD/DVD discs (w/o boxes)
Bags in good condition (for reuse)
Soda can tabs
Plastic caps
Wooden sushi sticks and ice cream sticks
  • Wine corks
  • Plastic cards
  • Plastic toothbrushes (non-electric)
  • Pencils, pens, and markers (writing and depleted)
  • Receipts (unfolded)
  • Sewing accessories (buttons, zippers, rivets, straps, etc.)
  • Gift packaging (paper, bags, ribbons)
  • CD/DVD discs (w/o boxes)
  • Bags in good condition (for reuse)
  • Soda can tabs
  • Plastic caps
  • Wooden sushi sticks and ice cream sticks

Organic waste

OK

  • Vegetable waste - peelings, skins, cores, peels
  • Tea leaves (not bags) and coffee grounds
  • Citrus and pomegranate peels
  • Leftovers from compotes and jams
  • Nutshell
  • Stale bread
  • Fat cardboard boxes (cut into pieces)
  • Wipes (not wet)
  • Toothpicks
  • Bamboo cotton swabs
  • Wooden ice cream sticks

NOT OK

  • Moldy organic waste
  • Food waste of animal origin
  • Dairy produce
  • Tea bags and labels
  • Leftover fatty and salty foods
  • Cereals, legumes, cereals, pasta
  • Fats and oils
  • Leaves and shoots of indoor plants
  • Old potting soil
  • Purchased flowers and bouquets
  • Glossy magazines and laminated paper
  • Pet waste and hair

How to prepare for recycling

  • Bring organic waste in fresh, dried or frozen form

Change Log

  • 14.08.2024 — Temporarily halted the acceptance of rags (textiles in poor condition).
  • 14.08.2024 — Aluminum and tin are now collected in separate containers.