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      ♻️ Recycling in Madrid

      Understand the Spanish way of recycling - and start right away! Reduce - Reuse - Recycle!

      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 of where you are in the world!

      For this, we have decided to provide you with a short explanation on how to separate your trash to recycle in Madrid. 

      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 to:

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      Please use this separation in your room and apartments! We provide you with color bags for organic, non-organic, plastic and paper. Glass and special waste needs to go to the street or puntos limpios. Please check madrid.es/puntoslimpios to find the nearest Punto Limpio.

      Bins in Mellado Coliving

      In the garbage room in the entrance of the coliving, there are currently 2 non-organic bins (orange), 1 organic bin (brown) and 1 packaging bin (yellow).

      We make sure that someone comes everyday (weekend included) to take out the containers in the street at night (from around 18.00 to 7.00).

      • 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 in the corridor.
      Make sure not to throw any glass or paper / cardboard in the coliving bins: always use the large bins street on the street.

      Bins in Malasaña Coliving

      Street large bins for glass, packaging, and paper / cardboard are on Calle Reyes right across from the front door of the coliving space. For the rest of garbage, you can bring it down to the buildings trash bin after 20.00, it will be right outside the Reyes or Manzana door depending on which building you live in.

      Bins in Atocha Coliving

      Bins are taken out in the street every the evenings:

      - On Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays: organic (brown), packaging (yellow), non-organic (orange).

      - On Tuesdays, Thursdays, 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 every the evenings:

      - On Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: non-organic (orange).

      - On Tuesdays, Thursdays, 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.