Tag:amenity=recycling

amenity = recycling

Description

A container or centre that accepts waste for recycling.

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Group: waste processing

Used on these elements

Requires

recycling_type=*

Useful combination

operator=*
ref=*

Status: approved

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Recycling is used for a container or centre that accepts waste for recycling, and donations of used goods.

This tag is for sites where waste of specific types is accepted to be reused or recycled - if the site is for disposing of arbitrary waste, consider a different tag as listed under Waste Processing.

How to map

Draw a node or an area and add amenity=recycling + recycling_type=*.

Recycling type

recycling_type=centre - a recycling centre for collecting a wider range of recyclable household materials.
recycling_type=container - a recycling container or group of them.
recycling_type=container + location=underground - an underfloor-container.
amenity=vending_machine + vending=bottle_return for all machines that accept bottles, cans and crates which return.

Example photos

Recycling container
recycling_type=container
Underground container
recycling_type=container
location=underground
Recycling centre
recycling_type=centre
Recycling bin
recycling_type=bin

Tags used in combination

operator=* - responsible organization
opening_hours=* - opening hours of the centre or usage period of a container
capacity=* - the total capacity of a container in m³

Accepted types of waste

Most recycling sites only accept specific types of waste. recycling:*=* is therefore used to list all materials you're allowed to recycle or donate. Please expand this list.
Use material=* to describe the material of the container itself.
Adding one or more types of waste with yes implies that all other types are considered not accepted.
Adding a more general type or category of waste (e.g. recycling:scrap_metal=yes) implies that more specific types of waste within that category (e.g. recycling:aluminium) are also accepted.

Tag	Description	Count
`recycling:aerosol_cans`	Home and DIY (etc.) aerosol cans (e.g., hairspray, spray paint, etc.)
`recycling:aluminium`
`recycling:aluminium_cans`
`recycling:animal_waste`
`recycling:asbestos`
`recycling:bags`	All kinds of bags.
`recycling:batteries`	Household batteries (e.g. D-cell, 9-volt). Does not imply larger batteries are accepted, see `recycling:car_batteries`.
`recycling:belts`	All belts related to clothing.
`recycling:beverage_cartons`	Carton package (multi-materials, e.g. Tetra Pak) for drink and food – possible duplicate of more frequently used `recycling:cartons`.
`recycling:bicycles`
`recycling:boats`
`recycling:books`	Donation of books
`recycling:bottles`	Ambiguous – should be re-surveyed and likely replaced with `recycling:glass_bottles` and/or `recycling:plastic_bottles`.
`recycling:cans`	Many places are tagged as accepting cans without `recycling:metal` in general^[1]
`recycling:car_batteries`	Some facilities will take household batteries (`recycling:batteries`) but not car batteries
`recycling:cardboard`	In about 90% cases of `recycling:cardboard=yes` it duplicates `recycling:paper=yes`^[2]
`recycling:cartons`	Paper based cartons (for drink or food). Likely to be data of low value due to mixing paper cartons, multi-material cartons like Tetra Pak by various mappers.
`recycling:cds`	Compact discs and DVDs
`recycling:chipboard`
`recycling:christmas_trees`	Place where old Christmas trees are collected, use with `opening_hours=Jan 01-Jan 15` or so.
`recycling:clothes=*`	Donation of clothes, including shoes (e.g. Humana and others)
`recycling:coffee_capsules`	Shows if recycling facilities take coffee capsules
`recycling:compost`	`waste=organic`
`recycling:computers=*`
`recycling:cooking_oil`
`recycling:cork`
`recycling:diapers`
`recycling:drugs`	Expired drugs. Container available generally in pharmacies.
`recycling:electrical_appliances`
`recycling:electrical_items`	Larger electrical items like fridges, freezers, dishwashers, etc. (See also `recycling:white_goods`, which tends to mean fridges, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers, ovens in British English; we'd probably choose `recycling:electrical_items` or `recycling:small_appliances` for appliances like TVs, vacuum cleaners, microwaves and anything smaller).
`recycling:electronics`
`recycling:engine_oil`
`recycling:fire_extinguishers=*`	recharging (refueling) of fire extinguishers
`recycling:fluorescent_tubes`
`recycling:foil`	Kitchen foil/tin foil
`recycling:food`	A community fridge to help reduce food waste. See also the proposed tag `amenity=food_sharing`.
`recycling:food_waste`	Cooked and uncooked food, such fruit and vegetables including peelings, rice and bread, meat and fish, dairy, tea bags and coffee grounds. In places where all organic (biodegradable) waste is collected together, this is effectively a rare synonym for `recycling:green_waste=*`, but in places where garden waste and food waste are collected separately, this tag is more precise.
`recycling:furniture`	Pieces of furniture or furnishings
`recycling:garden_waste`	Garden waste such as flowers, plants, grass clippings, leaves, twigs and small branches. In areas where all organic (biodegradable) waste is collected together, this is effectively a rarer duplicate of `recycling:green_waste=*`. Differences, if any, will vary across mappers and location. If garden waste and food waste are collected separately, this tag is more precise.
`recycling:gas_bottles`	Pressurized gas bottles such as those for camping propane and butane. These are often prohibited elsewhere (See Coleman's Green Key program).
`recycling:glass`	Implies `recycling:glass_bottles=yes`, but there's no standard yet for indicating which of the trickier types (drinking glasses, window glass, light bulb glass, tempered glass, borosilicate glass, Pyrex) are accepted. Note that recycling containers labelled glass often are supposed to be used for solely soda–lime glass, what excludes nearly all "tricky" glass and should be tagged with `recycling:glass_bottles` rather than this. It is often quite hidden in recommendations or regulations that actually just bottles and jars are allowed^[3]. For example borosilicate glass (sold under brand names such as Pyrex, Borosil, Duran) or other glasses are excluded, in effect excluding glassware, lighting bulbs, window glass, mirrors, spectacles, reagent bottles and more.
`recycling:glass_bottles`	Includes jars but not any of the trickier types listed under `recycling:glass`.
`recycling:glass_bottles:colour`	Semi-colon separated values of the colour(s) accepted. Suggested values include: "mixed", "clear", "green" (often also includes blue) and "brown". Note the use of "white" is likely a mistranslation and should only be used for truly white opaque glass.
`recycling:glass_jars`	Probably effectively a duplicate of `recycling:glass_bottles`.
`recycling:green_waste=*`	Compost - leftover food, vegetables, fruit, usually except meat. In practice it also includes `recycling:garden_waste`. Differences, if any, will vary across mappers and location.
`recycling:hardcore`	Possible duplicate of more frequently used `recycling:rubble`.
`recycling:hazardous_waste`	Common house hold hazardous waste (paints, chemicals, asbestos).
`recycling:hydrargyrum`
`recycling:leaves`	wire baskets in parks and residential areas, only for the collection of leaves
`recycling:light_bulbs`
`recycling:low_energy_bulbs`
`recycling:magazines`	Over 90% of uses repeats `recycling:paper=yes`, but some places are tagged as allowing newspapers without allowing paper.^[4]
`recycling:marine_waste`
`recycling:metal`	All sorts of metal – possible duplicate of more frequently used `recycling:scrap_metal`; see below.
`recycling:metal_packaging`
`recycling:mobile_phones=*`
`recycling:newspaper`	Over 90% of uses repeats `recycling:paper=yes`, but some places are tagged as allowing newspapers without allowing paper^[5]
`recycling:oil`
`recycling:operator`	A mistaken tag that isn't actually a recyclable material – should be replaced with plain `operator=*`.
`recycling:organic`	Organic remains of food that are recycled into biogas or compost. Assuming that this tag definition was intended this tag is likely to change meaning, as nothing in its value excludes organic non-food trash.
`recycling:organic_waste`	See the more used `recycling:organic=*`.
`recycling:others`
`recycling:packaging`
`recycling:paint`
`recycling:pallets`	Wooden shipping pallets
`recycling:paper`	In some cases more specific tags may be needed if only specific form of paper needs to be recycled. See `recycling:paper_packaging`, `recycling:cardboard`, `recycling:magazines` and `recycling:newspapers` for more specific alternatives.
`recycling:paper_packaging`	Over 90% of uses repeats `recycling:paper=yes`, but some places are tagged as allowing paper packagings without allowing paper^[6]
`recycling:pens`	Writing instruments, usually plastic pens
`recycling:PET=*`	All kind of material made of polyethylene terephthalate (abbr. PET or PETE, recycling code 1). Please use `recycling:pet_drink_bottles` if only PET drink bottles are allowed.
`recycling:pet_drink_bottles=*`	PET beverage bottles only
`recycling:plasterboard`	This usually includes all loose plaster, based on Gypsum
`recycling:plastic=*`	In the UK at least, often centres/containers will distinguish between (broadly) hard plastics (typically ones that shatter), soft plastics (typically bendy food packaging; black food plastic may be an exception), carrier bags, and all other stretchy plastics. Many will accept only a subset of these, so try to pick more specific categories if you can.
`recycling:plastic_bags`
`recycling:plastic_bottle_caps=*`	`recycling:plastic_bottle_tops=*` has the same meaning, but plastic_bottle_caps is more popular
`recycling:plastic_bottle_tops=*`	See more at `recycling:plastic_bottle_tops=*` - note that plastic_bottle_caps is more popular
`recycling:plastic_bottles=*`	Often they allow bottles but not other plastic items! There is significant number (over 6k as of September 2019) places tagged as accepting plastic bottles, without accepting broader plastics^[7]. There is also over 5k of location where `recycling:plastic_bottles=yes` duplicates `recycling:plastic=yes`, as of September 2019^[8]
`recycling:plastic_caps`	Bottle tops made out of plastic, note that tag name does not include "bottle" part - and such places do not accept caps from say engine oil containers. Duplicate of `recycling:plastic_bottle_tops=*`
`recycling:plastic_packaging`	Other packaging made out of plastic. There are a significant number (over 4,000 as of September 2019) of places tagged as accepting plastic packaging, without accepting broader plastics^[9]. There are also over 4,000 locations where `recycling:plastic_packaging=yes` duplicates `recycling:plastic=yes`, as of September 2019^[10]
`recycling:pmd=*`	Plastic packaging, metal packaging, drink cartons; combined household packaging, glass and paper excluded. Common way of collecting in The Netherlands and Belgium.
`recycling:polyester`
`recycling:polystyrene_foam`	Polystyrene foam. Can be styrofoam, generic extruded polystyrene foam, or generic expanded polystyrene foam.
`recycling:printer_cartridges`	See `recycling:printer_inkjet_cartridges` or `recycling:printer_toner_cartridges` for more specific restrictions, since not all centres accept both ink and toner (e.g. Ross on Wye^[11]).
`recycling:printer_inkjet_cartridges`
`recycling:printer_toner_cartridges`
`recycling:refund_bottles`
`recycling:refund_bottle_crates`
`recycling:rubble`	Bricks and building rubble; see also `recycling:hardcore`.
`recycling:scrap_metal`
`recycling:second_hand`
`recycling:sheet_metal`
`recycling:shoes=*`
`recycling:small_appliances`
`recycling:small_electrical_appliances`	Small electrical items such as computer mice, keyboards, electric razors, pocket radios, hair dryers, irons, electric kettles, small quantities of electric cables, etc.
`recycling:small_metal`	Small metal parts such as screws, chains, nails, cutlery
`recycling:styrofoam`	Typically refers to expanded styrofoam, such as styrofoam box or packing material
`recycling:tetrapak`
`recycling:textiles`
`recycling:toys`
`recycling:tv_monitor`
`recycling:tyres`
`recycling:verre`	Likely a duplicate of `recycling:glass` or a similar tag (verre is French for glass). Note that tags should be in (British) English.
`recycling:waste`	General waste container (black bags) (don't use this if the waste is not recycled, use a tag like `amenity=waste_disposal` or `amenity=waste_basket` instead)
`recycling:waste_oil`	`waste=oil`
`recycling:white_goods`	In British English this only means fridges, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers, ovens; see also `recycling:electrical_items` and `recycling:small_appliances`, which might be better suited for appliances like TVs, vacuum cleaners, microwaves and anything smaller)
`recycling:wood`

Rendering

Röntgen icons

Tag	Icon
`recycling:glass_bottles=yes`
`recycling:paper=yes`
`recycling:glass=yes`
`recycling:clothes=yes`
`recycling:shoes=yes`
`recycling:green_waste=yes`
`recycling:paper_packaging=yes`
`recycling:newspaper=yes`
`recycling:magazines=yes`
`recycling:books=yes`
`recycling:cartons=yes`
`recycling:beverage_cartons=yes`
`recycling:organic=yes`
`recycling:tetrapak=yes`
`recycling:tyres=yes`
`recycling:toys=yes`
`recycling:verre=yes`
`recycling:bags=yes`

Possible tagging mistakes

More details at taginfo

recycling:operator=*

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recycling_type=organic

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recycling_type=compost

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recycling_type=glass

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Related tags

amenity=waste_basket: A single small container for depositing garbage that is easily accessible for pedestrians.
amenity=waste_disposal: A medium size disposal bin, typically for bagged up household or industrial waste. May be in the street, but not primarily for use by passing pedestrians.
amenity=waste_transfer_station: A location that accepts, consolidates and transfers waste in bulk, usually from government or commercial collections.
landuse=landfill: A site for the disposal of waste materials by burial.
shop=second_hand: A shop that sells second-hand products, possible collected through donation containers.

References

↑ Over 23k objects with recycling:cans=yes without recycling:scrap_metal=yes and without recycling:metal=yes, just about 4k places where recycling:cans=yes duplicates more generic tag
↑ About 1k cases of recycling:cardboard=yes without recycling:paper=yes, about 10k cases with both of them, as of September 2019
↑ examples from Poland municipal companies - https://www.facebook.com/mpokrakow/photos/a.226855814675361/349419322419009/?type=3&theater https://ekosystem.wroc.pl/segregacja-odpadow/gdzie-wrzucic/?odpad=szk%C5%82o
↑ 233 without recycling:paper=yes and over 3000 repeating recycling:paper=yes as of September 2019
↑ 319 without recycling:paper=yes and 3675 repeating recycling:paper=yes as of September 2019
↑ 202 without paper or explicit recycling:paper=no and 2789 repeating recycling:paper=yes as of September 2019
↑ http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Mrx
↑ http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Mry
↑ http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/MrE
↑ http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/MrF
↑ http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/letswasteless/info/7/recycling_centres/25/household_recycling_centre_a_to_z

[1] Over 23k objects with recycling:cans=yes without recycling:scrap_metal=yes and without recycling:metal=yes, just about 4k places where recycling:cans=yes duplicates more generic tag

[2] About 1k cases of recycling:cardboard=yes without recycling:paper=yes, about 10k cases with both of them, as of September 2019

[3] xamples from Poland municipal companies - https://www.facebook.com/mpokrakow/photos/a.226855814675361/349419322419009/?type=3&theater https://ekosystem.wroc.pl/segregacja-odpadow/gdzie-wrzucic/?odpad=szk%C5%82o

[4] 233 without recycling:paper=yes and over 3000 repeating recycling:paper=yes as of September 2019

[5] 319 without recycling:paper=yes and 3675 repeating recycling:paper=yes as of September 2019

[6] 202 without paper or explicit recycling:paper=no and 2789 repeating recycling:paper=yes as of September 2019

[7] ttp://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Mrx

[8] ttp://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Mry

[9] ttp://overpass-turbo.eu/s/MrE

[10] ttp://overpass-turbo.eu/s/MrF

[11] ttp://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/letswasteless/info/7/recycling_centres/25/household_recycling_centre_a_to_z

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