Innovative Recycle Containers

The city of Barcelona with the guidance of their Environmental Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Ros Roca and Nord Engineering, now have public recycling containers that are thoughtful in design, and intuitive usability.

The containers include identification elements to make it easier for all people to locate and distinguish between them in public spaces. Each waste category is associated with a color: organic—brown, general waste—grey, cardboard and paper—blue, plastic packaging—yellow and glass—green. Containers are lined up in the same order everywhere, making it easy for the blind or visually-impaired to identify them.

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