When recycling a plastic bottle, there are various stages which take the bottle from its original state to its usage in other objects. Bottles that are made with PET (Type 1) and HDPE (type 2) plastic are collected on a weekly basis. Brown Recycling provide a DMR (dry mixed recycling) collection service to their customers in the commercial/industrial and construction/demolition sectors, to encompass PET and HDPE which are then recovered in their MRF (material recovery facility).
The stages of this journey are detailed in the following steps:
The new objects created from recycled plastics can include:
Statistics show that an estimated 2.5 million tonnes of plastic packaging is used in the UK each year, with an estimated 540,000 tonnes of plastic bottles used by UK households each year; 33 million bottles every day. Of these, it is estimated that in 2012 alone around 19 million bottles were recycled every day; a solid effort from the UK as a whole.
Here at Brown Recycling, we are committed to our aim of having zero waste to landfill, which is why we provide a fully comprehensive, expert recycling service to our customers throughout Staffordshire. For more information on how we can help you and your household with recycling, simply get in touch with our friendly team of experts today – we’re happy to help with any enquiry.
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