Many cannot imagine their kitchen or bathroom without paper towels. First, they are hygienic – when you wipe your face with a one -time cloth every time, and secondly, they are very practical – you wipe the dirt and throw the material used immediately, without the need for re -washing. But we really know where to use paper towels to throw away? We often do this instinctively and make big mistakes.

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Quickly wipe your hands, table or bathroom equipment – with it best handles disposable paper towels. But how to properly dispose of them? It would seem that their name suggests that they should go to the paper container. But this is not the case.

Where to throw paper towels?

Sorting waste is the duty of every modern and conscious person who cares about the environment. So where to throw paper towels? To a blue paper container? Under no circumstances.

  • Used paper towels should be thrown into the mixed waste container. If you put them in a paper container, the sorted paper waste will contaminate. This becomes unsuitable for recycling.

From January 1, 2025 in Slovakia, new waste sorting rules apply

From January 1, 2025, new legislation is valid in Slovakiathat obliges towns and municipalities to organize independent collection of textiles within municipal waste. Unnecessary clothes, bed linen, towels, curtains or other textiles must be handed over to the collection yard, or the municipalities must provide separate collection of textiles. This obligation results from European legislation and applies to the entire territory of Slovakia.

Sorting waste. Where does the paper belong? So what belongs to the blue container?

The paper (blue container) container includes exclusively paper waste:

  • old books and workbooks
  • Newspaper
  • catalogs
  • postcards
  • office paper
  • cardboard boxes and other cardboard
  • Paper bags

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