What happens to recycled materials collected separately?
Glass – is crushed and processed at Berryman in Dagenham, Essex, to be made into new bottles or jars. Cans – are taken to Edwards in Barking to be sorted, before being transferred to AMG Resources Ltd in Llanelli, Wales where they are recycled into new cans. Recycling cans saves huge amounts of energy and resources – recycling an aluminium can uses only 5% of the energy and produces only 5% of the CO2 compared to making a new one, and steel cans be recycled indefinitely. Paper – is taken to Aylesford Newsprint in Kent for processing into recycled newsprint for the newspaper industry. Cardboard – is taken to Edwards in Barking for reprocessing into new cardboard. Plastic bottles – are sorted into the different plastic types at Indigo Waste Services in Thetford, Norfolk, to be recycled into more bottles and other plastic products like guttering and even clothing! Textiles and shoes – are taken to LM Barry in Stratford. Textiles are sorted and good condition clothing is sent to developing
