‘Waste Sorting: Refuse Collection’ Sorting Chest

About the game

The refuse lorry is setting off for work, but first the waste needs to be sorted correctly. Glass, paper, metal, plastic, electronic waste and food waste must not be mixed together. Help each item find its own bin!

‘Waste Sorting: The Rubbish Truck’ is a wooden sorting chest with bins for six types of waste. The child examines the tokens, identifies their category, places them in the appropriate bins and loads them onto the rubbish truck.

From the very first correctly sorted token to the fully loaded refuse lorry — an engaging game about caring for the environment.

In the set

• refuse collection lorry: 39 × 10 × 8.5 cm
• 6 bins with slots: glass, paper, metal, plastic waste, electronic waste, food waste
• 48 tokens — 8 for each type of waste

How to play

1. Lay out the tokens.
2. The child decides which container each item goes into.
3. They drop the token into the slot and then load the containers onto the refuse lorry.

Where to start

Start with two bins — one for paper and one for glass.

Game variations

• ‘Where should I bin it?’;
• ‘What can I recycle?’;
• ‘Rubbish lorry driver’ role-play.

What children can practise

• classification
• environmental habits
• speech

Who it’s for

Children aged 3 and over; at home, at kindergarten, or during lessons with a teacher.

Material

Wood-based board (pressed wood), bright print.