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Sort the Bin

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Game guideSort the Bin: full rules, strategy tips and FAQ

▶ Earth Day · Waste sorting

Sort the Bin

It's clear-out day and the truck comes in one minute. Soup cans, banana peels, coffee cups, batteries: put each item in Recycling, Compost, Trash or Drop-off. A wrong bin costs one of 3 lives, and the truck waits while you read why. The tricky ones are worth double.

60 s
Recycling

How to play

Read the item. One household item at a time: a jar, a peel, a receipt, a battery…
Pick the bin. Recycling, Compost, Trash (landfill) or Drop-off for special collection. Tap it or press 1 to 4.
Learn the tricky ones. A wrong bin costs a life and stops the clock while the reason is shown: greasy pizza boxes, coffee cups and batteries all have one.
Score. 10 points per item, 20 for a tricky one, ×2 after 5 right in a row and ×3 after 10. Rules vary by town: the game uses widely accepted general guidance.

Quick tips

Grease is the enemy of paper. Clean cardboard recycles; greasy or food-soiled paper goes to compost, or trash if you have no compost.
Shiny and layered means trash. Chip bags and coffee cups mix plastic with foil or paper, and most plants can't separate them.

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