Umuringa ni umuringa usa neza, mubisanzwe urashobora kugereranywa nkumuringa wera.Nibyiza gutwara neza na plastike, ariko imbaraga nubukomezi nibyiza.
Ukurikije ibihimbano, ibikoresho by’umuringa by’Ubushinwa bishobora kugabanywamo ibyiciro bine: umuringa usanzwe, umuringa utagira ogisijeni, umuringa wa ogisijeni hamwe n’umuringa udasanzwe wongera ibintu bike bivangavanze (nk'umuringa wa arsenic, umuringa wa tellurium, umuringa wa feza).Umuringa wumuriro wumuriro nubushyuhe nubwa kabiri nyuma ya feza, kandi ikoreshwa cyane mugukora ibikoresho byamashanyarazi nubushyuhe.
Inkoni y'umuringa ni ikintu kimeze nk'inkoni ikozwe mu muringa na zinc, yitiriwe ibara ry'umuhondo.Inkoni y'umuringa ifite imashini nziza kandi irwanya kwambara.Ikoreshwa cyane mugukora ibikoresho bisobanutse, ibice byubwato, ibice byimodoka, ibikoresho byubuvuzi, ibikoresho byamashanyarazi nibikoresho byose byifashishwa mubukanishi, impeta yinyo yimodoka.