In my hometown, garbage is classified. What kind of rubbish does the used band-aid belong to?

Used band-aid belongs to dry garbage. But if this is used in a hospital, it belongs to medical waste; And if you use it in your own home at ordinary times, whether there is blood or not, it belongs to dry garbage.

Band-aid is a disposable product, which cannot be recycled, but it is not the garbage of toxic and harmful chemicals, nor the food garbage produced in the kitchen, and it belongs to dry garbage.

The band-aid should be thrown into the dry trash can.

Band-AIDS, cotton balls and bandages at home, whether they are used or not, belong to dry garbage.

So why didn't the used band-aid come from hazardous waste?

First of all, we should know that harm does not mean pollution and danger. Hazardous waste refers to heavy metals or toxic substances. Without harmless treatment, there is no way to degrade it, and it is easy to spread into air, water and land, causing harm to human body. Therefore, band-AIDS and cotton balls are not harmful wastes.

So what are the different garbage classifications?

1. recyclable: garbage with high recycling value that can enter the waste recycling channel. Mainly includes: paper (newspapers, magazines, used books, cartons and other unpolluted paper products. ), metal (iron, copper, aluminum and other products), glass (glass products such as glass bottles and flat glass), plastic products other than plastic bags (foam plastics, plastic bottles, hard plastics, etc.). ), rubber traces and rubber products, Tetra Pak packaging such as milk boxes and beverage bottles.

2. harmful waste: garbage containing toxic and harmful chemicals; Mainly includes: batteries (batteries, button cell, etc. ), waste electronic products, hair dyes, expired drugs, expired daily cosmetics, waste paint barrels, waste printers, herbicide containers.

3. Kitchen waste: food waste and peels produced in the kitchen; Mainly includes: leftovers, cakes and other food residues, vegetable stems and leaves, animal bones and internal organs, tea residue, fruit residue, fruit shell, melon peel, bonsai and other plant residues, waste edible oil and so on.

4. Other garbage: the general term for all garbage except recyclables, harmful waste and kitchen waste. It mainly includes: polluted and non-renewable sheets (paper cups, photos, carbon paper, pressure-sensitive adhesive paper, receipt paper, star photos, photo albums, toilet paper, diapers, etc.). ), contaminated or other non-recyclable glass, plastic bags and other contaminated plastic products, textiles such as waste clothes, disposable tableware, shells, cigarette butts, ash heads, etc.