Our recycled stuff ends up in landfill as well according to the bin men! Glass goes into asphalt, as does some type of paper such as Yellow Pages. It makes me mad when they will not collect broken glass bottles etc but smash them to bits when they get tipped into their truck, not as if they even have to handle them! 
Pete.
windrush:
Our recycled stuff ends up in landfill as well according to the bin men! Glass goes into asphalt, as does some type of paper such as Yellow Pages. It makes me mad when they will not collect broken glass bottles etc but smash them to bits when they get tipped into their truck, not as if they even have to handle them!Pete.
Strange that cos Iâve been in various council yards around the country when those same bin lorries are emptying their contents into the various separate bays for materials, only seen the bin lorries with domestic waste on the landfill, and thatâs getting less frequent. a lot of our domestic waste is now being baled and taken to Holland and Germany to supply power stations the nimbyâs over here wonât allow to be built.
The whole thing is one big con. I used to carry 25 ton loads of baled waste paper from Kilsyth to Bolton for recycling ,the figures donâadd up .the best bit was that it was all unwanted government leaflets and pamphlets .
rigsby:
The whole thing is one big con. I used to carry 25 ton loads of baled waste paper from Kilsyth to Bolton for recycling ,the figures donâadd up .the best bit was that it was all unwanted government leaflets and pamphlets .
At least they were being recycled! thereâs an awful lot of talk about what goes into landfill by people who donât actually go there, as far as plastics and cardboard are concerned they are currently far too valuable to go into landfill, many of my collection points have had to lock their recycling materials away because bales of cardboard and plastic are now regularly being stolen!
hereâs one of the places i collect from, Beaulieau Garden centre.
youtube.com/watch?v=5Yu2cWHiHhI
captain62:
windrush:
Our recycled stuff ends up in landfill as well according to the bin men! Glass goes into asphalt, as does some type of paper such as Yellow Pages. It makes me mad when they will not collect broken glass bottles etc but smash them to bits when they get tipped into their truck, not as if they even have to handle them!Pete.
Strange that cos Iâve been in various council yards around the country when those same bin lorries are emptying their contents into the various separate bays for materials, only seen the bin lorries with domestic waste on the landfill, and thatâs getting less frequent. a lot of our domestic waste is now being baled and taken to Holland and Germany to supply power stations the nimbyâs over here wonât allow to be built.
Ah! Packington LF, been a while since Iâve been in that craphole.
And the tyres?!?!?
We send literally shiploads of tyres to China where they recycle them into rubber granules, then send them back to the UK to be used as Soft Surfaces for schools and sports facilities. I wonder what the carbon footprint must be for all those transport miles.
Hereâs the really stupid part-
We could do the recycling in this country, saving all those miles. However, our government and the European Union wonât let us set up the facilities to do so because it is ânot in the best interests of the environmentâ. Out of sight, out of mind. 
A few years ago I was loading containers of baled waste paper from a wharf in Crayford for delivery to Felixstowe. The boat was then was then taking it to China or India for landfill.
Apart from the distance to the far East, why wasnât it going by sea for its UK journey?
Retired Old â â â â :
And the tyres?!?!?
We send literally shiploads of tyres to China where they recycle them into rubber granules, then send them back to the UK to be used as Soft Surfaces for schools and sports facilities. I wonder what the carbon footprint must be for all those transport miles.
Hereâs the really stupid part-
We could do the recycling in this country, saving all those miles. However, our government and the European Union wonât let us set up the facilities to do so because it is ânot in the best interests of the environmentâ. Out of sight, out of mind.
there are quite a few plants processing tyres in the uk, some shred some bale and the bales are used under foot paths and some roadways, and the nation trust has been using them as well on project as drainage barrier, also used to line landfill sites to assist in drainage there too 
perkibre:
What happens to all the recycled materials, that we put in our bins?
Our local ârecycling operativesâ couldnât be arsed to empty our two boxes today, did everyone elses, so all our recycling is being taken to work tomorrow where I shall enjoy torching it.
cav551:
A few years ago I was loading containers of baled waste paper from a wharf in Crayford for delivery to Felixstowe. The boat was then was then taking it to China or India for landfill.Apart from the distance to the far East, why wasnât it going by sea for its UK journey?[/quote
What wharf was that then ?
There arenât any 30 ton ships about
Iâm in the middle of replacing my garden fence with one made from recycled plastic waste. A lot of local authorities are starting to use recycled plastic âwoodâ for street furniture stuff like bollards, road name signs and benches because it doesnât deteriorate or need painting like wood does, therefore lower overall lifetime cost.
B&Q sell crushed recycled glass âsandâ for going under patios.
The reprocessing often isnât done here because itâs cheaper to do it in China where wages are lower and H&S standards are nonexistent.
As for the transport costs, is it environmentally better to ship plastic waste to China in shipping containers that would be going there empty anyway, or to bury it in the ground in the UK and ship new crude oil from the middle east to make new plastic? I donât think the answer is that obviousâŚ
MrFlibble:
As for the transport costs, is it environmentally better to ship plastic waste to China in shipping containers that would be going there empty anyway, or to bury it in the ground in the UK and ship new crude oil from the middle east to make new plastic? I donât think the answer is that obviousâŚ
Burning it in an EFW plant is a good way; Turn any old crap into electricity and the incenerator bottom ash (IBA) into type 1 aggregate. Ardley incinerator ran out of ash last month, such was the demand around here for it. Loads went on a Tesco car park, a railway embankment and an eco development.
Any metal is recovered too and sent to a scrapyard.
My 5 year old son says âthey burn his sisters old nappies to make electric.â 
Tata Port Talbot has been having loads of that incinerator scrap recently. We have been collecting it from as far away as Sheffield/Doncaster/Chesterfield so there has to be money in it.
