How much gets recycled? How much of the UK's rubbish is sent abroad? How do other countries recycle? Policy varies widely around the world. A worker sorts newspapers and magazines for recycling in the "eco-town" of Kamikatsu. How can I reduce my waste at home? A few tips include:. Use an online recycling locator tool to find out what you can and cannot recycle in your area Carry small reusable shopping bags or plastic containers Keep your recycling bin next to the main bin so you can take both out at the same time.
View comments. Related Topics. Published 23 September Published 19 August The scheme involves the collection of used PVC medical devices including IV solution bags; nasal cannulas; oxygen tubes; anaesthetic masks and oxygen masks.
Across the construction, manufacturing, automotive and retail sectors, the importance of capturing potentially valuable streams of waste plastic and channelling them into efficient recycling and recovery processing routes is recognised. The manufacturing industry has focused on minimising production waste and increasing resource efficiency. This has led to a decrease in the plastic waste created as off-cuts or surplus scrap, while many larger manufacturing sites operate their own onsite recycling facilitie.
Biodegradability is an area of growing interest and is often viewed as a solution to litter. There is concern that the mistaken idea that this material will necessarily break down in the natural environment could lead to an increase in littering. There is also very limited information and no standards available about how biodegradable or oxodegradable material will perform in the marine environment. The only standards available are for industrial composting. The impact of degradable materials on the recycling of conventional plastics is also a major concern for many recyclers.
Even the perceived risk of recycled material containing degradable plastic can prevent a batch of recycled plastic from being used. This is especially true for recycled plastic used in long-term applications, such as in plastic pipes.
Manufacturers do not want to risk their products starting to biodegrade or for the quality to decline unpredictably over time. The fact it is very hard to distinguish between a conventional and a biodegradable or oxodegradable plastic means they may contaminate existing recycling streams.
If they were to be more widely adopted, it is generally accepted that they would need a separate collection system. Recovinyl is an industry-led scheme. It provides financial incentives to support the collection of PVC waste from sectors not covered by the End of Life Vehicles Directive. This European scheme, backed by the British Plastics Federation, aims to ensure a steady supply of post-consumer PVC waste for recycling.
RecoFloor is a vinyl flooring take-back scheme launched by flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor. Waste vinyl flooring collected under the scheme is recycled and diverted from landfill. RecoMed is PVC take-back scheme that provides recycling containers, communication and collections for hospitals that have registered for the service.
VinylPlus is built around five commitments aimed at: significantly increasing the recycling rates of PVC and the development of innovative recycling technologies, addressing concerns about organochlorine emissions, ensuring the sustainable use of additives, enhancing energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy and raw materials in PVC production, and promoting sustainability throughout the whole PVC value chain.
Terminology-wise, some of these new technologies also derive their name from the primary output product that is produced. In turning plastic waste back into base chemicals and chemical feedstocks, these processes are defined as recycling and contribute to improving recycling rates and enable the petrochemical industry to manufacture new virgin quality and food grade polymers with recycled content.
New technologies have been developed for chemical recycling and several pilot plants across Europe are operating and expanding on an industrial scale. Commercial plants will range in size from large-scale centralised plants with kt annual throughput to much smaller modular, distributed units with capacity from kt per annum. Although different technologies will operate differently and produce different end-products, the broader category of chemical recycling is a complementary recycling solution to mechanical recycling for residual plastic waste, able to extract further value from polymers that have exhausted their potential for further mechanical processing.
Chemical recycling provides an alternative to landfill and incineration for erstwhile hard-to-recycle plastic wastes, such as films, multi-layered and laminated plastics. Dust is the most common fine impurity, which attaches to recycled pellets or granules. Dedusting involves separating dust from re-processed materials.
Dedusting of pellets is the industrial cleaning of granulates, generally using some form of pneumatic separation system.
The British Plastics Federation Recycling Group is made up of over 40 recyclers who between them represent around two thirds of all plastic recycling businesses in the UK. If you would like to buy or sell plastic recycled material, please complete the online form and the BPF will send your enquiry direct to relevant companies in membership. British Plastics Federation. Please remember: o Remove any plastic wrapping and free gifts from newspapers, magazines and flyers and put in the general rubbish.
Left over liquid and residue can contaminate other materials which may mean they are not recycled. Liquid can also damage the machinery and contaminate other recyclables. The guidelines below are applicable to separate collections of food waste for treatment via anaerobic digestion AD.
They are mostly applicable to food waste being treated by in-vessel composting IVC too, with the exceptions highlighted below. From March subject to consultation in parliament separating food waste is likely to be mandatory. So at a minimum, your recycling willl need to be separated into general waste, mixed recycling and food waste. Where food waste is treated via IVC, advice should stipulate the use of certified compostable caddy liners carrying the European certification standard EN The guidelines above are applicable to separate collections of garden waste.
Only certified compostable bags that carry the European certification standard EN can be included in garden waste collections. Never put these items in the recycling bin. They cause problems if they are put in the recycling bin. They contaminate the good recycling resulting in none of it being recycled and are a health and safety hazard to staff. NB: Where textiles and electrical items are not a target material, they are a problematic contaminant and householders should be instructed not to include in a recycling collection.
It would be helpful to provide local information on how and where to dispose of these item. Some councils collect batteries as part of their household collection service but in most areas you will need to take them to a recycling centre or a collection point in a supermarket, a DIY centre or even your local shop.
Did you know from February , shops selling more than 32kg of batteries a year approx x four-packs of AA batteries have to provide battery recycling collection facilities in-store.
This means there are now lots more places where you can take your old batteries for recycling. Bricks, building rubble, plasterboard and wood are not collected as part of your councils household recycling scheme; however you can usually take them to your local household waste and recycling centre.
Hazardous household waste items are categorised by those items that can cause damage to health or the environment. Many recycling centres accept certain types of household hazardous waste — so check with your local council to see what is accepted locally. Computers can usually be recycled at Household Waste Recycling Centres. Do you really need to discard it? Chocolate tins. Chocolate trays. Christmas cards. Christmas decorations. Christmas tree plastic.
Christmas tree real. Christmas tree lights. Cleaning product bottles. Clear plastic packaging. Cloth nappies. Coat hangers. Coffee filters. Coffee grounds. Coffee pods. Coffee pouches. Compost bins. Compostable Magazine Wrapper. Compostable plastic. Computer keyboards. Computer monitors. Contact lenses. Cooking oil. Corrugated cardboard. Cotton wool. Crisp packets. Cut flowers. D Dairy products. Disposable coffee cups. Disposable Face Masks. Disposable Gloves. Disposable plastic cups. Disposable plastic cutlery.
DIY equipment. DIY waste. Drink bottles. Drinking glasses. Drinks cans. DVD players. E Egg cartons. Electronic games. Energy saving light bulbs. Engine oil. Engine oil container. Expanded polystyrene. F Fabrics. Face cream jars. Film lids. Fire alarms. Fire extinguishers. Fish bones. Fluorescent tubes. Foam chips. Foil blister packs. Foil trays.
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