1. Milton Keynes Recycling Factory (Materials Recovery Facility)

2. 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

3. Waste Issues for Milton Keynes and Nationally Landfill environmentally unsustainable Rising costs – landfill tax Government Legislation – recycling targets Growth of Milton Keynes

4. Onepass Truck

5. Rear and Side of Onepass Refuse Lorry

6. Milton Keynes Recycling Containers

7. Blue Box No Thanks!

8. Grey Kitchen Caddy

9. Green Wheelie Bin

10. Food and Garden Waste are turned into compost

11. Yellow bag

12. Plastic food trays Envelopes Pink Sack Cardboard Plastic bottles Juice cartons Foil Cans Aerosols Paper

13. No textiles – sorry! Charity shops / bags Textile bring banks Bag2school / Bag2thefuture Please recycle your clothes and shoes at :

14. Black bin bag contents

16. Conveyor belts inside the MRF

17. Sorting by hand in the paper cabin

18. What does it all turn into when recycled?

19. 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

20. Recycling contact details Web: milton-keynes.gov.uk/recycling Email: recycling@milton-keynes.gov.uk Tel: 01908 252570 Alerts:www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/wastealerts ‘Recycle for MK’ App @mkcouncil Search ‘milton keynes1’

21. We can all recycle!