Cardboard and plastic bottles are processed into new packaging and other items. Did you know that a new fleece jacket can be made from just 10 recycled plastic bottles?
Paper is turned into new newsprint. It takes just six days to go from kerbside box to newsstand. Glass bottles and jars are mostly recycled into more bottles and jars, but recycled glass can also be turned into pellets which are used as a subsurface in road-building. Steel and aluminium cans are sent to recycling plants where they are recycled into a number of products – including new cans, of course! This uses only 5% of the energy that making brand new cans would take. Household batteries are recycled into new batteries and other products. Clean clothing and textiles may be reused or resold. Lower quality items may be recycled into other cloth products. Garden waste is processed at an organic farm where it is used as soil-improver.
Related Questions
- Cardboard and plastic bottles are processed into new packaging and other items. Did you know that a new fleece jacket can be made from just 10 recycled plastic bottles?
- What are glass jars, newspapers, cardboard, plastic bottles and aluminum cans?
- Why did the Council choose plastic bottles to recycle instead of cardboard?
