Vinnytsia started accepting plastic lids for recycling for money: where to bring them

Vinnytsia started accepting plastic lids for recycling for money: where to bring them
Katerina Belousova

To collect 1 kg of caps, you need to collect 15 kg of bottles

Vinnytsia has started accepting plastic PET bottle caps for recycling at 5 hryvnias per kilogram.

The caps, along with plastic bottles, can be handed in at 10 Eco-Service recycling centers, according to the community's Facebook page.

"Be eco-conscious and take care of the environment," the message urged.

Eco-Service advised to hand in the caps together with the bottles, as 15 kg of bottles are needed to collect 1 kg of caps.

Schedule and addresses of recycling collection points:

  • St. Kyivska, 169 – Memorial Liberation stop – Monday – Friday 8:00 – 16:00 (break 12:00-13:00), Saturday – 8:00 – 12:00, Sunday – closed;
  • St. Kyivska, 78 (behind the WOG gas station) – Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Saturday – 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Sunday – closed;
  • St. Voynov Internationalists, 4b (opposite Mayak water park and WOG gas station) – Monday – Friday 8:00 – 17:00, Saturday – 8:00 – 13:00, Sunday – closed;
  • St. 49 Pirogova Street (Urozhai Market, entrance from Skaletskoho St.) Tuesday – Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Sunday – 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Monday – closed;
  • Khmelnytske Shosse, 79 (in the yard of the building behind the "Lisopark" market) – Monday – Tuesday, Thursday – Saturday 8:00 – 17:00, Sunday – 11:00 – 17:00, Wednesday – closed;
  • ave. Kosmonavtiv, 20 (in the yard of the building behind the "Ukrainochka" store) – Monday – Thursday 8:00 – 17:00, Friday 8:00 – 13:00, Sunday – 8:00 – 15:00, Saturday – closed;
  • St. Soborna, 83 (entrance through the arch into the yard) – Monday – Friday 7:00 – 16:00, Saturday 7:00 – 12:00, Sunday – closed;
  • St. Magistratska, 76 (behind the "Cardinal" hotel) – Monday – Friday 9:00 – 18:00, Saturday 9:00 – 15:00, Sunday – closed;
  • St. 600th anniversary, 60 (behind the "Prior" dental clinic) – Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Saturday – 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Sunday – closed;
  • St. Levka Lukyanenko, 19 (EKO-SERVICE TM base) – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Saturday – 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Sunday – closed.

Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that in Vinnytsia they started accepting disposable paper cups for 0.5 UAH per kilogram.

As EcoPolitic previously reported, in Vinnytsia they began to accept used electronic cigarettes (vapes or "disposable") from citizens for the manufacture of power banks for the military from their batteries.

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