milton keynes recycling factory (materials recovery facility)

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 FoilCans

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

Email: recycling@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Tel: 01908 252570

Alerts: www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/wastealerts

‘Recycle for MK’ App

@mkcouncil

Search ‘milton keynes1’

We can all recycle!