This goes in general waste.
in-dif-fe-ren-TSYA-to — a long word; place the main stress on 'tsya' and the word will sound natural.
Use this when an item cannot be recycled and must go in the unsorted bin. It is the catch-all category for things like dirty packaging, non-recyclable plastics, and broken ceramics.
Indifferenziato (literally 'undifferentiated') is the residual waste bin — everything that cannot be sorted into a specific category. In well-functioning Italian systems, this bin should be the smallest. The aim is to fill it as little as possible.
Va nel secchio del secco residuo.
It goes in the residual dry waste bin.
Secco residuo is the technical term on many labels; secchio means bucket/bin.
Non è riciclabile, va nell'altro bidone.
It's not recyclable, it goes in the other bin.
Useful when you cannot remember the exact name.
Questo non si ricicla.
This can't be recycled.
Shorter statement explaining why something goes in general waste.
Many Italians are surprised to learn that blister packs, Tetra Pak cartons (in some towns), and sticky tape are indifferenziato. Italian packaging increasingly carries the symbol of which bin to use, a practice pushed by CONAI, the national packaging consortium.