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Recycling Hubs

Dagbreek School
Containers for the collection of paper, glass, cans, and plastic, as well as for e-waste and household batteries.

The Document Warehouse
Situated between Katutura and Khomasdal offers containers for paper, glass, cans, plastic, e waste, household batteries and scrap metal.

Dagbreek School
Containers for the collection of paper, glass, cans, and plastic, as well as for e-waste and household batteries.

The Document Warehouse
Situated between Katutura and Khomasdal offers containers for paper, glass, cans, plastic, e waste, household batteries and scrap metal.

Perfect for recycling

Keep it clean

Always ensure that the material you want to recycle, is washed and free of food grease, harmful chemicals and other organic matter.

Consult the Green Directory for information about the disposal of individual items.

Bubblewrap

The versatile packing material that's everybody's favourite for satisfying popping fun

Cans

Soft drinks, beer, ciders, juice.

Detergent Bottles

Rinse and recycle.

Egg Boxes

Paper-based egg boxes.

Glass

Bottles, glasses.

Paper

Newspaper, letters, printed material without lamination.

Plastic Bottles

Soft drinks, water, juice.

Plastic Crates

Milk, soda, beer, fresh produce crates.

Plastic Packaging

Plastic bags for packaging pet food, sugar, salt, dried beans and more.

Shopping Bags

Regular, soft bags.

Used in RDF Plant

There is good news when it comes to some unrecyclable items!

The materials listed below are used in the RDF Plant to generate bio-fuel.

Dairy Packaging

Yoghurt, feta cheese, cream cheese, cottage cheese.

Harder Plastic Bags

Shiny, thick plastic bags.

Meat Packaging

Vacuum sealed packaging for meat products.

Plastic Punnets

The clear plastic containers used to pack and display fruits and vegetables.

Seedling Trays

Wash them and send them off.

Styrofoam

Wash them and send them off.

Sweets Wrappers

Any thin wrappers with foil inners.

Tetra Pack - Without Foil

Milk, Oshikandela, milk-alternatives and juices.

X-rays

Perfect for the RDF plant.

Unsuited for recycling

Unfortunately not everything can be recycled or used in the RDF Plant.

This is where refusing acceptance of these items plays a huge role.
And if you can’t refuse, aim to repurpose.

Aluminium Foil

Not suited for recycling as it's often dirty.

CD Covers

Sadly not recyclable.

Chemical Containers

Paints, poisons, harsh chemicals.

Food Scraps

Rather put this into a compost maker.

Plant Pots

Hard plastic plant pots.

Plastic Hangers

Please take care of these hangers because when they are broken, no-one can do anything with them.

Specialised Glass

Plate glass, window panes, mirrors.

Take-Away Boxes

Though made of paper, the boxes are usually so greasy and dirty that recycling is impossible.

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