Understand the Spanish way of recycling - and start right away! Reduce - Reuse - Recycle!
Check the bins information for your coliving below ⬇️
Recycling is one of those things that change everywhere you go... even if we always know the difference between organic, plastic, paper, and glass, minor differences always apply, depending on where you are in the world!
For this, we have decided to provide you with a short explanation of how to separate your trash to recycle in Madrid and Valencia.
We make 6 separations:
- Organic waste: brown bin
- Non-organic waste: orange bin
- Plastic packaging & metal packaging: yellow bin
- Paper & cardboard: blue bin
- Glass: green bin
- Special waste & dangerous waste: punto limpio
Here you have the distribution of how we recycle at Urban Campus, and where should you take the different trash:
Please use this separation in your apartments! Check the specific information for your coliving below ⬇️
For Madrid: Please check madrid.es/puntoslimpios to find the nearest Punto Limpio.
For Valencia: Please check here to find out the calendar of Punto Limpio mobile (ecoparque).
Bins in Mellado Coliving
In the garbage room at the entrance of the coliving, there are currently 2 non-organic bins (orange), 1 organic bin (brown), and 1 packaging bin (yellow).
Bins are taken out in the street in the evening:
- If the bins are in the garbage room (during the day), you can throw your trash there. Don’t leave any garbage bags on the floor in this area, even if the bins are full (they won’t be taken out!)
- If the bins are not in the garbage room (from 18.00 to 07.00), you can find them right outside the front door of the building. Don’t leave any garbage bags on the floor in the garbage room or the corridor.
Bins in Malasaña Coliving
Bins are taken out in the street in the evening: it will be right outside the Reyes or Manzana door depending on which building you live in.
You can find containers for packaging, paper/cardboard, and glass on Calle Reyes right across from the front door of the coliving space
Bins in Atocha Coliving
Bins are taken out in the street in the evening:
- On Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays: organic (brown), packaging (yellow), non-organic (orange).
- On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays: organic (brown), non-organic (orange).
You can find containers for paper/cardboard and glass just in front of the building!
Bins in Cuatro Caminos Coliving
Bins are taken out in the street in the evening:
- On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays: non-organic (orange).
- On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays: packaging (yellow), non-organic (orange).
You can find containers for paper/cardboard and glass just 100m away: in Calle Juan Pantoja, between Calle Topete and Calle Bravo Murillo.
Bins in Ayora Coliving
Take out your garbage directly in the garbage area in the building (downstairs) or directly in the big containers in the street.
Bins in Avenida América Coliving
In the apartments, there is only space for bins for normal garbage (= non-organic + rest, black bags) and for packaging (yellow bags)
- To dispose of normal garbage (black bags), you can use the small orange container of the building which is taken out in the street every day, from Monday to Saturday.
- To dispose of packaging (yellow bags), take it to the large containers on the street.
- To dispose of paper/cardboard and glass, take it directly to the large bins on the street.
- To dispose of organic, take it directly to the small orange container of the building which is taken out in the street every 2 days.