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What happens to my Recycling?

 

If you are on the new mixed recycling collection service, 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 bottles and jars.

 

If you are not able to take your glass to the bottle banks and you place it in your general rubbish, it is taken to the Energy from Waste Facility (EFW) in Allington where the glass will be recycled into road aggregate following incineration.

 

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. Cardboard from your kerbside recycling service goes to various reprocessors in the UK. 

 

Cans

Cans

Mixed cans collected from local recycling banks are taken to Sittingbourne where they are sorted.  Aluminium cans from the recycling banks and kerbside collections then go to Warrington in Cheshire for reprocessing.Steel cans from the recycling banks and the kerbside collections are sent for reprocessing in the UK.

 

Plastic

Plastic collected in kerbside collections are taken to the MRF in Allington wher they are sorted, squashed and baled up for reprocessing in the UK. 

 

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.