🗑️ Waste Sorting Guide

Enter an item name to instantly check which waste category it belongs to. Covers 200+ common household items.

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Item Name

📋 Four Categories at a Glance

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Waste suitable for recycling

e.g., waste paper, plastic bottles, glass, metal, old clothes

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Organic waste such as food scraps and leftovers

e.g., leftovers, fruit peels, vegetable leaves, tea leaves, bones

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Waste containing toxic or hazardous substances

e.g., batteries, expired medicine, used bulbs, pesticides

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Waste that does not fit the other three categories

e.g., tissues, cigarette butts, ceramic shards, diapers

Mnemonic: What a pig can eat is kitchen waste; what a pig will not eat is other waste; what you can sell to buy a pig is recyclable; what would kill a pig is hazardous.
Takeout containers: rinse clean → recyclable; unrinsed → other waste
Zongzi leaves and corn husks are too fibrous, so they are other waste, not kitchen waste
Large bones and shells are hard and decompose slowly, so they are other waste
Lipstick and cosmetics: other waste (not hazardous)
Sorting rules vary by region; always follow your local official guidelines