Where does it go?
Ever wondered where your recycling goes and what happens to it.
|
Material |
Destination |
Recycling process used |
Recycling end-product |
|---|---|---|---|
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Cans/aerosols/foil |
Jeremy Mark Freeth, Swindon, Wiltshire |
Smelting |
Food and drink cans, aerosols, foil |
|
Cardboard |
N&P Crayford MRF Ltd |
Shredded |
Cardboard packaging, green-living products such as biodegradable coffins |
|
Cooking oil |
Living Fuels, Guildford |
Re-formulation |
Bio-diesel |
|
Engine oil |
Safety Kleen UK Ltd, Bedford |
Re-formulation |
Refined Fuel Oil (RFO) used in the running of steel works |
|
Fluorescent tubes |
Mercury Recycling Ltd, Manchester |
Re-used |
New fluorescent tubes |
|
Food waste |
Bio Collectors, Mitcham |
Anaerobic digestion |
Fertilizer and energy production |
|
Fridges and freezers |
European Metal Recycling Ltd, Warrington |
Separation techniques |
Broken down to elemental compounds such as copper, aluminium and steel |
|
Gas cylinders |
Silver Lining Industries Ltd, Leeds |
Smelting |
New gas cylinders |
|
Glass |
ING Environmental Ltd, North Yorkshire |
Crushing |
New glass bottles and jars |
|
Green waste |
Countrystyle, Elstree Countrystyle, Watford West London Composting, Uxbridge |
Composting |
High grade compost |
|
Household and car batteries |
G&P Batteries Ltd, Walsall, West Midlands |
Separation Compound recovery |
Broken down to elemental compounds such as lead and zinc, depending on battery type |
|
Mattresses |
Matt UK, London |
Separation |
Stripped fabric baled and used for textiles |
|
Mixed Recycling |
N&P Crayford MRF Ltd |
Separation |
New paper, cardboard, can, glass and plastic bottle products |
|
Paper |
N&P Crayford MRF Ltd |
Pulping |
Newspaper |
|
Plastics |
N&P Crayford MRF Ltd |
Melting |
Cloth manufacturing, carrier bags and sacks |
|
Scrap metal Non-ferrous metal |
BFA Recycling, Harefield |
Smelting Recovery |
Steel- based manufacturing Broken down elemental compounds such as aluminium |
|
Textiles and shoes |
Salvation Army, Wellingborough, Northants TRAID, Wembley, Middlesex European Recycling Company |
Recycled and Re-used |
Taken to developing countries Revamped and sold in UK stores
|
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Tyres |
Environmental Tyre Disposals Ltd, Edmonton, London |
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WEEE (small electrical appliances excluding fridges and freezers) RARC |
SWEEEP, Kent |
Separation |
Broken down to elemental compounds such as copper |
|
Christmas tree collection |
Countrystyle, Elstree Countrystyle, Watford West London Composting, Uxbridge |
Composting |
Compost |
