Waste container#Wheelie bins
A trash can, garbage bin or waste containers (MGB ) ( even trash bins, ash bucket, ash bucket, waste bin, garbage can, dustbin, garbage can, dumpster ) is a container for the intermediate storage of the waste. They consist of a sturdy plastic material (usually low-pressure polythene ), which is resistant to climatic conditions such as frost or shine. This is necessary because the tanks are outdoors. Occasionally metal drums are used, for example, in the disposal of hot ashes or oil and acid- containing wastes at service stations.
History
Another slang term for a garbage can that is out of date, however, ash bucket, ash can, ash bin, etc. The origin of this name is that many households were made until well into the 20th century, heated with coal stoves and looking at the ashes at the time of the garbage can discarded. Although the containers were then made of metal, they wore like today's garbage cans often labeled " hot ashes fill " because the rest present in the ton of waste could catch fire due to hot, still smoldering ashes, mainly in buildings, where tons were stored in cellars or other storage rooms, a great danger represented.
Especially in the past, there was the classic garbage bins without wheels, as the ring trash cans ( 110-120 liter) - are called system or trash can (50 liters 30). These containers are rarely used since the 2000s. They were moved by rotary motion or with a special cart. But you could also wear on side handles, but which required a lot of strength in a filled trash can. End of the 1960s appeared in West Germany ( Iserlohn ) for the first time on the large refuse containers made of plastic ( MGB). The ring garbage cans were made of plastic since the 1960s. For example, were up around 1998 in Cologne almost exclusively ring garbage cans in use, which have now been largely replaced by large refuse containers. In East Germany, there was until the 1980s exclusively ring dustbins made of sheet steel that have been designated in the city systems of large cities as trash receptacles, in the community and rules governing rural communities was mostly of ash buckets talk. Only in the 1980s, large refuse containers were imported from sheet steel. After the political change in the GDR and the introduction of the German mark, most Eastern and Central German waste disposal companies large plastic containers bought one at the only West German manufacturers. So also got central and eastern Germany the large refuse containers made of plastic.
Emptying
Two wheels make the garbage disposal moving the large waste container.
The large refuse containers have comb strips (MGB 60-1100 l), side stub axle and cover pin ( MGB 1100 l ) in order to be covered by the hydraulically driven pile the garbage truck for emptying can. There are various types of ridge strips.
- DIN (normal garbage cans, " stair-step " with comb strips )
- AFNOR (single comb strip )
The trash cans are emptied at a fixed date. There are trash cans with different volumes. The monthly contribution, which must be paid in Germany for waste disposal is determined differently. Usually the fee is determined by the volume of the garbage can, rarely the waste is weighed. In Switzerland, the calculation is performed using the so-called bag tax.
The garbage collection collects the waste out of the garbage cans. For those of you tons are detected, to be paid for emptying fees, there are different systems:
- Issue of garbage brands that are attached to the bins or glued to this
- Individualization of garbage cans with RFID chip and automatic data collection on garbage truck
Other trash cans
Garbage cans are in Germany usually black (or gray), but they are also present in other color schemes. In Germany there are also brown, green, yellow and blue tonnes, with the assignment of dustbins color to desired content is governed by region. Usually the brown bin for organic waste is used, which is composted and so rotted humus. Increasingly, organic waste and a bio ( garbage ) - fermentation plant is supplied, where the organic waste for energy production in energy (electricity and / or district heating) is converted. The yellow drums are used for recyclable materials. These are mostly due to the DSD (see also: Green Dot) separated and recycled. The black (or gray ) tons are mostly used for the residual waste and blue for tons of paper waste. The green bin is used in Berlin and parts of Württemberg for glass recycling, in the same parts of Württemberg and in areas of ( North ) Bavaria is also intended for paper waste, and there is no blue trash cans here. In some parts of Germany, the trash cans are provided with a printed with motifs " cloak " to beautify the cityscape, which are called in the jargon " tons trump card".
In Switzerland compost in most communities will be picked up separately. Other recyclable waste (paper, glass, tin plate, etc.) are either collected separately or must be returned to a recycling center.
In Austria the following waste tons of colors are common: Black or gray for residual waste, red for waste paper and cardboard, yellow for plastic waste ( esp. PET bottles), green for stained glass (green, brown and blue glass, in contrast to Germany collected together ), white for uncoloured glass, blue for metal cans (tinplate and aluminum), brown or dark green for organic waste. Often, the cans are even gray, brown or green and only the lid in the garbage collection fraction marking color. For organic waste lid with ventilation have been developed (for evaporation ) and tons of interior cleaning by washing and brushing to minimize offensive odor and insect infestation.
Recently, so-called multi-function containers are increasingly being used, which are optimized to be automatically emptied by page loader vehicles.
Types and standardization
Waste container with a rectangular base ( MGB system ) are standardized in EN 840 ( Mobile waste containers ). There is, first, between two containers ( EN 840-1 ) and with four wheels ( EN 840-2/-3 ). Two-wheeled garbage cans with a capacity of 40 l, 60 l, 80 l, 120 l, 140 l, 180 l, 240 l or 340 l L/360 are widespread. But there are also so-called Vario - tons, (120 l/140 l ) consist of a basic vessel and as needed with a special element to 35 l, 40 l, 50 l, 60 l, 80 l can be reduced. A four-wheeled waste containers (regional dumpster called ) usually have a volume of 400 l, 500 l, 660 l, 770 l, 1000 l or 1100 l and either a hinged flat lid ( EN 840-2 ) or a sliding cover (round cover) ( EN 840 - 3). Dome lid containers are actually only available in 770 l and 1100 l and must be equipped with a child safety for several years now, which is to prevent the inadvertent slide close. In the Parental Controls is a distinction between a push button solution and a spring lock. Since 2003 there is also the possibility of a small bet cover ( " cover - the - lid " ), which replaces the child lock.
Become Rarely are cylindrical trash cans of the original German design SMT (System garbage can), also referred to as a ring ton. They are standardized 6629 ( garbage cans for low-dust emptying ) in DIN and have a capacity of 70 or 110 liters.
In some cities of Germany in 2012 still garbage cans of the type SME ( system trash ) are used. They are available in sizes of 25, 35 and 50 liters.
All standardized waste containers have a discharge receptacle to empty the container by means of lift that is mounted on the garbage truck. There are many different types and designs.
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