{"id":5775,"date":"2024-09-06T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kosit.sk\/residents\/sorted-waste-collection\/why-sort-waste\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T09:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:00:10","slug":"why-sort-waste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kosit.sk\/en\/residents\/sorted-waste-collection\/why-sort-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Why sort waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-5775\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-5775-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"contact-info panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-5775-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-5775-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5775-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2>Did you know that?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-5775-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5775-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5775-0-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<ul class=\"list_idea\">\n<li>1 tonne of recovered paper <strong>saves<\/strong> 17 trees<\/li>\n<li>if 1 million glass bottles and jars are returned to the glassworks, up to 300 tonnes of glass sand, 1,000 tonnes of soda, 60 tonnes of fuel oil, 0.76m m3 of natural gas and a lot of electricity <strong>are saved<\/strong> in the production of new products<\/li>\n<li>the primary raw material in the production of plastics is crude oil<\/li>\n<li>recycled PET (plastic bottles) are used to make clothes<\/li>\n<li>recycling waste aluminium saves 95% energy compared to production from virgin raw material<\/li>\n<li>recycling 1kg of scrap iron saves 2kg of coal, 4kg of iron ore, 4min and 20 seconds of work<\/li>\n<li>the first plastic was invented by Leonardo da Vinci<\/li>\n<li>plastic takes on average 100 to 1000 years to decompose in nature\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 10px;\" class=\"list_idea\">\n<li>plastics are made from chemicals derived primarily from petroleum<\/li>\n<li>plastics are the most widely used material<\/li>\n<li>the average Slovak consumes the most plastic bags in Europe. Up to 466 per year <\/li>\n<li>plastic for processing ends up most often in China<\/li>\n<li>the biggest dumping ground for plastic is the ocean<\/li>\n<li><u>sorted waste becomes secondary raw material<\/u>:\n<ul style=\"padding-top: 10px;\" class=\"list_idea\">\n<li>  returns to production and reduces demands on natural resources and energy<\/li>\n<li>material recovery of waste is ensured<\/li>\n<li>raw material resources are saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5775-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5775-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5775-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-5775\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.kosit.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19856.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kosit.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19856.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.kosit.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19856-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kosit.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19856-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kosit.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19856-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-5775-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5775-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>How will you help?<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list_check\">\n<li>take part in the separate waste collection system<\/li>\n<li>do not dispose of other municipal waste in containers intended for separate collection<\/li>\n<li>dispose of packaging free of food residues in sorted collection containers<\/li>\n<li>try to minimise waste (e.g. by squeezing plastic bottles, milk cartons, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What do we sort?<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list_check\">\n<li>glass<\/li>\n<li>plastics<\/li>\n<li>metals<\/li>\n<li>paper<\/li>\n<li>beverage cartons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that? 1 tonne of recovered paper saves 17 trees if 1 million glass bottles and jars are returned to the glassworks, up to 300 tonnes of glass sand, 1,000 tonnes of soda, 60 tonnes of fuel oil, 0.76m m3 of natural gas and a lot of electricity are saved in the production <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kosit.sk\/en\/residents\/sorted-waste-collection\/why-sort-waste\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Why sort waste<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4523,"parent":5758,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5775","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why sort waste - KOSIT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kosit.sk\/en\/residents\/sorted-waste-collection\/why-sort-waste\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why sort waste - KOSIT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Did you know that? 1 tonne of recovered paper saves 17 trees if 1 million glass bottles and jars are returned to the glassworks, up to 300 tonnes of glass sand, 1,000 tonnes of soda, 60 tonnes of fuel oil, 0.76m m3 of natural gas and a lot of electricity are saved in the production ... 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