Casa Robino

Keeping stuff clean

The house is at its best when it is tidy. If you feel like cleaning something: clean it. This especially counts for the living room, kitchen and bathroom. There are no obligations, just common courtesy.

• It's common to take off your shoes at the entrance.
• Clean windows give a clear view to the world.
• There are lists of daily, weekly and monthly "fun tasks" on the board at the house, to help keep the house nice and tidy.
• The vacuum cleaners are the closet at the end of the hall, careful opening the door because there is not really enough room in this closet and they often fall out. The vacuum bags are apparently recyclable, good luck figuring out just how that works.
• Beer bottles are recycled, so please, no cigarette butts in beer bottles.

Garbage

• In Amsterdam there is not a lot of garbage separation. They think it is more efficient to separate afterwards.
• Most stuff can be brought right outside, any time. You can put the garbage-bags in the container in front of the house.
• Turn right and at the end of the street you'll find recycling boxes for paper and glass.
• Glass with refund goes to the supermarkets: some beer bottles. Organic juice bottles go to the organic store.
• Glass recycling is under the sink in the cabinet. Please take glass out when almost full and put bag in hallway for someone to pick up or recycle it yourself right away.
• Big trash and big electronical equipment can be put outside next to the garbage bins from Monday's 9pm until Tuesday 10am.
• Small chemical trash (batteries, paint) and some other related trash can be brought to a special car next to the recycling bins every third tuesday of the month 09.00 – 09.30
• Check http://trashwiki.org/ Trashwiki

Distribution of Chemical Waste:

• http://www.loket.amsterdam.nl/loket/bosenlommer/product/56177/bijzonderheden/zoekterm/chemisch+afval