What color is the harmful trash can?

The red trash can represents harmful substances and is sometimes marked with orange. Harmful substances include waste batteries, fluorescent tubes, paints, expired drugs, cosmetics and other substances that are not recyclable and have certain pollution hazards.

The meaning of different color trash cans:

Different kinds of garbage have different colors. According to the regulations, garbage bins and other collection facilities are uniformly marked according to the classification standards, and different colors are distinguished. There are five colors in the garbage sorting bucket, which are red, blue, green, yellow and gray.

1, blue trash can

Represents recyclable garbage, including plastics, paper, metals and other valuable substances, which will be incorporated into the waste recovery system for resource recovery.

2. Green trash can

In the case of a variety of plastic trash cans, green represents kitchen waste, which can be used as fertilizer for plant nutrients, and can be decomposed and absorbed by natural microorganisms and plants after burial, thus playing a role in recycling waste.

3. Yellow trash can

The special trash can representing medical waste is generally only used in hospitals, health stations and other medical places.

4. Gray trash can

In addition to harmful substances and recyclable substances, garbage, bricks, ceramics, muck and other refractory wastes are generally burned and buried.