Most places in Europe I have lived will pick up everything from public containers not further than a few tens of meters from your house. You only need to drive

Most places in Europe I have lived will pick up everything from public containers not further than a few tens of meters from your house. You only need to drive to recycle very-specific trash like baby diapers, dangerous substances, furniture and big appliances. Common division is as follows: - Blue for paper and carton - Green for glass (some places classify glass in three colors: green, brown and white) - Brown for compost - Yellow for Metal and Plastics - Other: Anything that does not fall on the previous containers. Exceptions: batteries, electronics and dangerous substances, which, as I explained before, need to be picked or brought to a special recycle center.