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ZERO WASTE VILLAGE WINS INNOVATION PROJECT OF THE YEAR AT THE WALES RECYCLING AWARDS
A zero waste village initiative, run by Monmouthshire Community Recycling (MCR)*, which has seen some of the best recycling r …
SANDWELL - AUDIT TRAIL - UPDATED OCTOBER 2008 What happens to the items you bring for recycling and re-use
DESCRIPTION REPROCESSOR REPROCESSING Brown Glass Berrymans Reprocessed into glass containers Cans Foil Alutrade Reprocessed into new cans/ foil products Engine oil and filters Malory Environmental Oil reprocessed into low gradefuel oil for generators etc Green Glass Berrymans Reprocessed into glass containers Household and car batteries G & P Batteries Separated into fractions and re–processed into new batteries or reused as raw material i.e scrap metal and plastic Ceramics Alpha Waste Crushed and used as decorative aggregates Paper Foreman Recycling Reprocessed into paper etc Textiles and Shoes European Textiles Recycling Direct re- use in developing world or shredded to be made into cotton felt/ wadding/ mops/ dusters and industrial wiping cloths White Glass Berrymans Reprocessed into glass containers Yellow Pages Foreman Recycling Re–processed into animal bedding, SMA fibres for asphalt Wood Howarth Recycling Shredded and reprocessed into boards Fridges/Freezers Overton Recycling CFC gasses recovered and incinerated. Metals and plastics separated into fractions and reprocessed as raw materials. Insulating foam pelletised and used as fuel in cement manufacture Soil Alpha Waste Cleaned and reused. Hardcore/Rubble Sandwell Recycling Crushed and used as aggregate Garden Waste Bloomfield Recycling Composted and used as soil conditioner Scrap metal Shakespeare and Co Sorted in to fractions and used as raw materials Plastic Bottles Foreman Recycling Sorted in to fractions and used as raw materials Gas Cylinders DMW limited Returned to gas companies and refilled Car tyres Credential WTS Limited Shredded and used as raw materials Fluorescent tubes Mercury Recycling Mercury is recovered and the glass/metal is sorted in to fractions and used as raw materials Small WEEE Overton Recycling Sorted in to fractions and used as raw materials Large WEEE Overton Recycling Sorted in to fractions and used as raw materials CRTs Overton Recycling Sorted in to fractions and used as raw materials Cardboard Foreman Recycling Reprocessed into cardboard packaging