Edit: Anscheinend wird auch Kunststoff verwendet. Trotzdem ins Papierrecycling.
It seems like some Manufacturers use plastic. It is still recyclable with paper. The impurities are very small and will be destroyed by the recycling process.
We also always separate this little plastic window from the paper. Than paper to paper and plastic to where all the other trash goes
You can recycle them with paper as long as they are in small quantity, which I guess corresponds to the average taxpayer in Switzerland. Another site states that it’s OK given how thin the plastic window is.
What about the spaghetti package window?? Auch Pergamin?
Im traumatized by that thing and that question.
As a teenager a threw one if those in the paperbin without cutting that little thing out, when my dad saw it he forced me to eat the plastic window
just take out the plastic part
This whole thread is r/buenzli material, insanity
this is the most swiss thing i have ever seen
You are well and truly swiss
No seperate the plastic from the envelope
Yes, the paper is being dissolved in water, and since plastic cannot be dissolved in water, it’s very easy to filter it out.
You’re guys so freaking cute, ya protect our planet 🙂
Most Swiss thread of the day.
This is a fucking jocke
Damn, who else is getting joy from recycling like I am ?
I normally pull the plastic window out, but most people I know don’t bother.
Same happens with Barilla pasta packages 😃
Huh! Great question and answers. I thought for sure not, glad I was corrected!
TIL that you can apparently put these with the plastic into the paper recycling. I have always and probably will just continue to tear out the window and recycle the rest.
I rip it off
I separate the plastic from paper.
I take those windows out, before puting them in the paper bin.
As a kid I was obsessed with ripping the foil off so my dad would give me a pile he’d saved 😭😂 #züriii
I live in the United States and no one would ever ask this question here. Go Switzerland
Is this the swiss citizenship test requirements 🤣
For real now….?
It’s pretty easy actually:
The white flat paper goes into the grade A paper pile.
The crumbled parts of the white paper goes into the grade B paper pile.
The plastic window goes into the plastic collection.
The glue that holds the plastic window in place needs to be dropped of at the dangerous goods collection.
The Black ink goes into the black ink bin.
How swiss of you… Swiss italians would add some more plastic just to make sure they’re making things worse for recycling facilities
The world is literally breaking apart, crisis, recessions, revolutions, wars – and then I came here to see the Swiss problems 😀
According to SRF, you can leave it in – the recycling companies sort it out
There is some kind of test you can do – hold a lighter or a match close to the see-through window, if it lights like paper it’s ok, if it starts to smolder like plastic not. Last I heard is that almost all of them nowadays are based on some cellulose, but if you really want to know that is how to find out.
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Weiß nicht
I usually cut this part and throw it away and only leave the paper part.
Pergamin. Transluzentes Papier.
Ja ins Papierrecycling.
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamin
Edit: Anscheinend wird auch Kunststoff verwendet. Trotzdem ins Papierrecycling.
It seems like some Manufacturers use plastic. It is still recyclable with paper. The impurities are very small and will be destroyed by the recycling process.
We also always separate this little plastic window from the paper. Than paper to paper and plastic to where all the other trash goes
According to this site: [https://www.swissrecycling.ch/fr/substances-valorisables-savoir/substances-valorisables/papier-et-carton](https://www.swissrecycling.ch/fr/substances-valorisables-savoir/substances-valorisables/papier-et-carton)
You can recycle them with paper as long as they are in small quantity, which I guess corresponds to the average taxpayer in Switzerland. Another site states that it’s OK given how thin the plastic window is.
EDIT: Found this in French: [https://www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2016/audio/la-question-minute-recyclage-des-enveloppes-a-fenetre-25736108.html?id=25736105](https://www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2016/audio/la-question-minute-recyclage-des-enveloppes-a-fenetre-25736108.html?id=25736105)From a recycling center’s director. Removing them is great but nowadays’ sorting technology deals with impurities such as these and even staples.
EDIT2: Thanks for the upvotes and award!
What about the spaghetti package window?? Auch Pergamin?
Im traumatized by that thing and that question.
As a teenager a threw one if those in the paperbin without cutting that little thing out, when my dad saw it he forced me to eat the plastic window
just take out the plastic part
This whole thread is r/buenzli material, insanity
this is the most swiss thing i have ever seen
You are well and truly swiss
No seperate the plastic from the envelope
Yes, the paper is being dissolved in water, and since plastic cannot be dissolved in water, it’s very easy to filter it out.
You’re guys so freaking cute, ya protect our planet 🙂
Most Swiss thread of the day.
This is a fucking jocke
Damn, who else is getting joy from recycling like I am ?
I normally pull the plastic window out, but most people I know don’t bother.
Same happens with Barilla pasta packages 😃
Huh! Great question and answers. I thought for sure not, glad I was corrected!
TIL that you can apparently put these with the plastic into the paper recycling. I have always and probably will just continue to tear out the window and recycle the rest.
I rip it off
I separate the plastic from paper.
I take those windows out, before puting them in the paper bin.
As a kid I was obsessed with ripping the foil off so my dad would give me a pile he’d saved 😭😂 #züriii
I live in the United States and no one would ever ask this question here. Go Switzerland
Is this the swiss citizenship test requirements 🤣
For real now….?
It’s pretty easy actually:
The white flat paper goes into the grade A paper pile.
The crumbled parts of the white paper goes into the grade B paper pile.
The plastic window goes into the plastic collection.
The glue that holds the plastic window in place needs to be dropped of at the dangerous goods collection.
The Black ink goes into the black ink bin.
How swiss of you… Swiss italians would add some more plastic just to make sure they’re making things worse for recycling facilities
The world is literally breaking apart, crisis, recessions, revolutions, wars – and then I came here to see the Swiss problems 😀
According to SRF, you can leave it in – the recycling companies sort it out
[https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/kassensturz-espresso/wohin-mit-dem-fenstercouvert](https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/kassensturz-espresso/wohin-mit-dem-fenstercouvert)
There is some kind of test you can do – hold a lighter or a match close to the see-through window, if it lights like paper it’s ok, if it starts to smolder like plastic not. Last I heard is that almost all of them nowadays are based on some cellulose, but if you really want to know that is how to find out.