Milton Keynes Recycling Factory (Materials Recovery Facility)
20 batteries Every year a typical UK household throws away 500 glass bottles and jars 1,000 food and drinks cans 10 truck loads of green waste 6 trees worth of paper 120 kg of food waste 440 plastic bottles
Waste Issues for Milton Keynes and Nationally Landfill environmentally unsustainable Rising costs – landfill tax Government Legislation – recycling targets Growth of Milton Keynes
Onepass Truck
Rear and Side of Onepass Refuse Lorry
Milton Keynes Recycling Containers
Blue Box No Thanks!
Grey Kitchen Caddy
Green Wheelie Bin
Food and Garden Waste are turned into compost
Yellow bag
Plastic food trays Envelopes Pink Sack Cardboard Plastic bottles Juice cartons Foil Cans Aerosols Paper
No textiles – sorry! Charity shops / bags Textile bring banks Bag2school / Bag2thefuture Please recycle your clothes and shoes at :
Black bin bag contents
Conveyor belts inside the MRF
Sorting by hand in the paper cabin
What does it all turn into when recycled?
Why Should I Recycle? Landfill is not sustainable – it is not a long-term solution to the problem of waste Reduces amount of raw materials quarried, mined and grown Saves energy instead of making from new Creates jobs
Recycling contact details Web: milton-keynes.gov.uk/recycling Tel: Alerts: ‘Recycle for MK’ Search ‘milton keynes1’
We can all recycle!