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Rubbish Collection

As visitors in Venice, it is important that you know how rubbish and recycling collection is done. Everyone is expected to follow the city's rules to avoid being fined. 

Garbage

a. Garbage must be taken to different collection points between 6:30 - 8:30 am Mondays - Saturdays and placed in bins labeled as "RIFIUTO RESIDUO". Collection points may be found around the city and are always next to canals since these are collected by garbage and recycling barges.

b. OR you may wait for a sanitation worker, called a spazzino, to collect at your doorstep between 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Mondays - Saturdays. They will ring the doorbell and you hand them your garbage and recycling bags.

 

 

 Spazzini or sanitation workers

 Photo courtesy of Europe For Visitors website.

 

Recycling

a. PAPER, CARDBOARD and TETRAPACK / "CARTA, CARTONE, E TETRAPAK".

            Collected on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays same time and process as rubbish. Please pack your papers in a paper bag, not plastic.

b. GLASS, PLASTIC, CANS and METALS / "VETRO, PLASTICA, LATTINE, E METALLI". 

            Collected on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays still the same time and process as rubbish.

Collection points for rubbish and recycling.

Photo courtesy of Europe For Visitors website.

For more details and to know what can and cannot be recycled, please refer to material below.

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