GREEN (BIODEGRADABLE)

- WASTE WHICH CAN BE DECOMPOSED BY FRUITS AND VEGETABLE PEELINGS, LEFTOVER

MICRO-ORGANISM INTO SIMPLER, MORE
STABLE SUBSTANCES. IF HANDLED
PROPERLY, IT CAUSES NO HARM. THIS
TYPE OF WASTE CAN BE MADE INTO
COMPOST OR BIOGAS.
FOODS, VEGETABLE TRIMS,
FISH/FOWL/MEAT/ANIMAL ENTRAILS/, SOFT
SHELLS, SEEDS, LEAVES, ETC.

BLUE (RECYCLABLE)
- MATERIALS REFER TO ANYT WASTE NEWSPAPER, FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS
MATERIAL RETRIEVED FROM THE WASTE SCRAP METALS, CORRUGATED CARDBOARD,
STREAM AND FREE FROM ALUMINUM, TIN CANS, GLASS, PAPERS, ETC.
CONTAMINATION THAT CAN STILL BE
CONVERTED INTO SUITABLE BENEFICIAL
USE.

RED (SPECIAL)
- REFERS TO HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS PAINTS, THINNER, HOUSEHOLD, LEAD-
WASTES. ACIDBATTERIES, SPRAY CANISTERS, BULKY
WASTES, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (WHICH
REFER TO WORN-OUT, BROKEN AND OTHER
DISCARDED ITEMS), WHITE GOODS (WHICH
REFER TO LARGE WORN-OUT OR BROKEN
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES), OIL, TIRES, ETC.

BLACK (RESIDUAL)
- ARE SOLID WASTE MATERIALS THAT ARE SANITARY NAPKINS, DISPOSABLE DIAPERS,
NON-COMPOSTABLE AND NON- WORN-OUT RUGS, CERAMICS, CANDY WRAPPERS
RECYCLBLE. / SACHETS, CARTONS WHICH CONTAIN A PLASTIC
LINING USUALLY USED FOR MILK AND JUICE
CONTAINERS, ETC.

SOURCE:
- RULE IX: WASTE SEGREGATION AT SOURCE
o Section 1. Waste Segregation and Volume Reduction at Source
- Department OF Environment and Natural Resources
o Environmental Management Bureau National Capital Region