What happens to my Recycling?
Your recycling is taken to the Materials
Recovery Facility (MRF) next to the Energy from Waste Facility
(EFW) in Allington, Maidstone, where the recyclable material is
sorted.
Paper
The paper collected from your recycling
collection service and local recycling banks is taken to Aylesford
Newsprint. The paper is used to produced a premium quality
newsprint called renaissance, which is 100% recycled. This paper is
then used by the newspaper industry.
Glass
The glass collected from your local recycling
banks is collected in one large truck with separate compartments
for each of the glass colours and types. This glass is transported
to Yorkshire where it is processed ready to be recycled into new
glass products.
If you do not recycle your glass at the bottle
banks and it goes to the Energy from Waste Facility (EFW) in
Allington with your general rubbish, the glass will be recycled
into road aggregate and not bottles and jars.
For more information, visit www.berryman-uk.co.uk
Cardboard
All cardboard collected from local recycling
banks is taken to Snodland, near Maidstone, where it is recycled
into new cardboard packaging.
Cans
Mixed cans collected from local recycling
banks are taken to Sittingbourne where they are sorted.
Aluminium cans go to Alcan for reprocessing and steel cans are
sorted ready for re-use at Sittingbourne.
Textiles
Textiles are collected through a network of
Salvation Army, British Heart Foundation and Oxfam recycling
banks. Useable clothing is either given to people who need it
in this country or exported abroad. The textiles that are not
useable are recycled into a variety of products such as mattress
filing and bank notes.
Shoes
The European Recycling Company collects shoes from local
recycling banks and sends them to developing countries
worldwide. The shoes are refurbished at their final
destination, generating local employment.