What cannot be recycled?

Paper

• Pizza boxes or anything soiled with grease and/or food waste


• Paper plates


• Facial or bathroom tissue


• Carbon paper


• Disposable diapers


• Hardcover books


• Milk cartons


• Plastic and wax paper


• Frozen food containers


• Paper towels

Aluminium

• Aerosol cans


• Solvent cans


• Paint cans


• Hangers


• Medical wastes or needles


• Oil filters

Plastic

• Any plastic container that is not a bottle, such as yoghurt containers, margarine tubs and microwave food trays.


• Plastic food trays


• Plastic bottles that have contained motor oil, pesticides or other hazardous materials


• Styrofoam

Glass

• Ceramics


• Drinking glasses


• Window glass


• Mirrors


• Light bulbs


• Broken window and windscreen glass


• Heat treated glass e.g. Pyrex, Corning Ware, Vision Ware


• White opaque bottles


• Laboratory or medical glass


• Window glass, light bulbs, mirror glass, broken crockery, ovenproof glass or labware, drinking glasses, crystalware, or any porcelain, ceramics, pottery, florescent light tube

Others

• Explosives


• Business/apartment maintenance waste


• Empty containers of any type


• Asbestos


• Fluorescent lights


• Household batteries


• Medical wastes


• Radioactive material

1. Malaysia Ministry of Housing and Local Government

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