Sustainable living is arguably an overused term and can be interpreted in a number of different ways. I understand it to mean living in a way that you take on board some environmental responsibility and do what you can to…
We all know recycling is important and we should be doing it where we can, but sometimes life gets busy and little details like checking what should be disposed of where or taking it out to a separate bin can…
Let’s look the process for recycling plastic bottles and containers – this is the last waste stream that makes up your mixed/commingled recycling. It can be confusing working out what can be accepted as far as plastics go into the…
The third waste stream within your mixed/commingled recycling is aluminium and steel. By these we mean aluminium cans (such as soft drinks) and steel tins that your canned vegetables, baked beans etc come in. The aluminium and steel are sorted…
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Following on from paper and cardboard recycling, let’s take a look at the method for recycling glass. Just to clarify, by glass we are referring to food and beverage glass containers – i.e. clear, brown or green bottles (for example…
Have you ever wondered what happens after our trucks pick up your recycling? All of your mixed/commingled recyclables (paper & cardboard, aluminium & steel cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles & cups) are taken to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) where…
Paper, cardboard, glass, cans and plastic – they all get thrown in together in the mixed/commingled recycling bin – so what happens after that? Have you ever wondered how recycling is sorted and processed after the KS trucks (or your…