Mesh containers

Mesh containers at household waste recycling centres are well suited to collecting lightweight packaging waste and plastics. Their open construction lets site staff check at a glance how full each collection point is.

An economical solution for waste streams that are bulky but light, and one of the options for equipping a recycling centre.

At recycling centres, mesh containers are most often used to collect PET bottles, film and other lightweight packaging waste placed outdoors, outside the roofed part of the site. The galvanised construction withstands the weather all year round and needs no additional maintenance.

In the day-to-day running of a municipal waste recycling centre, mesh containers complement closed containers. They are usually placed in the outdoor area, outside the roofed part of the centre, where rain does not affect the dry, lightweight fractions collected in them.

The open structure makes life much easier for site staff. Anyone checking how full a collection point is does not need to lift a lid or open a flap, and with many collection points and a steady flow of visitors this genuinely saves time. Because the contents are visible, staff can also check continuously that residents are not putting the wrong waste into a given point.

Recycling centres usually have several mesh containers placed side by side, each for a different fraction of lightweight packaging waste. This separates the waste stream as soon as it is received, reducing the later work of cleaning and re-sorting materials before they are sent for recycling.

Sturdy galvanised steel construction ensures resistance to year-round outdoor use, including the changeable weather typical of the Polish climate. Frost, moisture and UV radiation do not weaken the mesh structure to the extent that they affect materials without corrosion protection.

Recycling centre staff usually keep an ongoing record of how full each collection point is, including mesh containers, which makes it easier to schedule collection of materials by the companies that process them further. Because the container's open construction lets staff assess the fill level without extra checks, it greatly simplifies this daily routine in practice.

It is also worth bearing in mind that collection points with mesh containers are usually set on a level, hard-surfaced area. This makes it easier for residents to arrive with a trolley or trailer of waste and to move freely between the many collection points set out side by side in a single row.