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Most of us know that Recycling helps to minimise our reliance on raw materials, as well as
reducing landfill and damaging greenhouse gases... but you may not know what happens
to your waste once it's been put out for collection.
In Hackney you’re asked to put all of your recyclables together in a sack
The recyclables are collected, mixed and then delivered to a Materials Recovery Facility
where they are sorted.
At the materials recovery facility, unsorted recycling arrives and is loaded onto conveyors,
where non-recyclables are removed.
It is then put onto a vibrating machine that separates the cardboard and paper. Different
types of paper are sorted by hand and then baled
The rest of the recycling continues along another conveyor where steel and tin cans
are removed using magnets.
Optical scanners are used to identify Plastic bottles, pots and tubs, which can then be
separated.
An Eddy current is used to sort aluminium cans.
Finally, the glass that remains drops off the end into a large container
Now sorted, the separated materials are sent to be recycled.