Recycling
Within Gibraltar, glass, cans, paper, plastic, oil, batteries and small waste electrical and electronic items (WEEE) are picked up from strategically placed recycling bins around Gibraltar. All these recyclate streams are then collected separately and sent to certified recycling plants in neighboring countries. At each recycling plant, the recyclate delivered is reprocessed into new materials bound for manufacturing.
Kerbside Recycling:
Yellow Recycling Bins
This is the content Plastic items such as bottles of water, yoghurt pots, tetra Brik packaging and plastic bags can be deposited in the yellow containers. They can also be used for all types of metal items, including tins, cans, aluminum foil and foil trays.
Blue Recycling Bins
Blue containers are for paper and cardboard.
Pink Recycling Bins
These bins cater for small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). This includes items such as toasters, hairdryers, watches, electrical toys, printer cartridges, coffee pods, vapes & products, batteries etc.
In addition, our Civic Amenities Site on Europa Advance Road is equipped to receive ALL types of WEEE, including washing machines, fridges and boilers, from the public free of charge. Please see further down the page more information on our Local Civic Amenities Site.
Green Recycling Bins
All types of glass containers and items can be deposited in these bins. Please remember to remove any metal lids which should go in the yellow bins.
Red Recycling Bins
Household batteries, of all shapes and sizes, can be placed in the red containers. Larger batteries, especially car batteries, can be accepted for recycling at our Civic Amenities Site free of charge.
Orange Recycling Bins
Any waste cooking oil can be collected in empty plastic bottles and sealed before depositing these in the orange recycling bins.
Brown Recycling Bin
Organic waste is biodegradable waste of plant or animal origin that can easily breakdown in nature. Examples of organic waste include leftover fruit and vegetables, food scraps, eggshells, coffee grounds, small garden waste such as leaves and flowers as well as soiled paper plates and napkins.
New brown bins are now located in numerous bin stores around Gibraltar for the collection of this type of waste. Other non-recyclable waste should continue to be disposed of in the normal refuse containers.
The use of biodegradable bags for this waste is not obligatory (although it is preferable). Plastic bags will be pulled open and removed from the organic material at the sorting plant. The organic waste will then be converted into compost.
Organic waste represents a significant part of the waste that is generated in homes and kitchens and its accumulation in landfills leads to soil contamination as well as the emission of greenhouse gases. Proper separation and management of the organic waste fraction is an important part of our climate change strategy. The recycling of organic waste also offers an opportunity to generate a new resource by composting the waste and transforming it into nutrient-rich compost.
Organic Bin Locations:
Phase I:
- Chatham Counterguard
- Market Place
- Casemates
Textile Recycling Bin
Textiles can now be recycled in the green and white recycling bins. The fashion industry is arguably one of the world’s largest polluters and every year billions of garments are produced, most of which end up being sent to landfill or incinerated.
Items that are suitable for re-use will be distributed via the Senegal programme run by the Eco-park (Gibraltar), giving them a second life.
Discarded items not suitable for standard re-use will be converted into rags and cleaning cloths.
Clothes, shoes, curtains, bedding and other household textiles can be disposed in textile recycling bins.
Textile Bin Locations:
- Laguna Estate (Sortie Road, pavement by West side of Ballymena House).
- Laguna Estate (Trigge Road, pavement opposite South side Maidstone House).
- Glacis Estate (St. Anne’s Road, pavement by East side of Goole House).
- Glacis Estate (St. Anne’s Road pavement by West side of Brother O’Brien House).
- Waterport Wharf Road (Pavement opposite South side of Majestic Ocean Plaza).
- North Mole Road (pavement on West side of Crown Daisy House).
- Varyl Begg Estate (Europort Avenue pavement opposite West corner of Royal Sovereign House).
- Europort Avenue (by Bus stop opposite North side of Eurotowers).
- Europort Avenue (pavement outside Governor’s Meadow School)
- Queensway (pavement by North side of Kings Wharf Quay 27).
- Alameda Estate (Red Sands Road pavement opposite Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service Station).
- Camp Bay Road (pavement by South side of Rosia Plaza).
- South Barracks Road (pavement by East side of South Pavilion).
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
No electrical or electronic equipment of any kind should be disposed of in normal refuse cubicles or street bins. WEEE is toxic for the environment, due to the components included in its make-up, therefore it should always be recycled. Whilst pink recycling bins have been strategically placed around Gibraltar to facilitate the disposal of small WEEE by the general public, our local Civic Amenities Site caters for the disposal of all types of WEEE as well as other types of domestic waste. For a detailed list of WEEE items, please click here.
Take Back Obligation
You might not be aware but local WEEE regulations requires all businesses selling electrical and electronic equipment to provide a free take-back service to enable purchasers to return unusable or unwanted electrical and electronic equipment. This service should be provided whenever you make a “like for like” purchase of new equipment. This means, for example, that when you purchase a DVD player you could return a record player. Businesses must accept the old item even if it is a different type or brand to those sold by them and even if the product was purchased elsewhere. The business is then responsible for ensuring the item is recycled.
Consumers have the right to dispose of their old product free of charge when going to a shop to buy a new “like for like” product. The consumer can also arrange for the collection of an old WEEE item from their premises or home, if the business is delivering a similar newly purchased EEE item. An example of this would include the removal of an old washing machine when the new one purchased is being delivered.
Geoportal Recycling Points
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