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What Happens To Our Waste When We Throw It Away?
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London, United Kingdom 20th November 2019 0 comments
What Happens To Our Waste When We Throw It Away?
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After throwing your rubbish into the bin and having it collected we don’t tend to give much thought to what happens to it. Recycling has improved dramatically over the years and with our consumption of plastic packaging increasing all the time it is as important as ever that we reduce the amount of our waste that makes it to landfill.
At home we sort our waste into separate categories, these are generally plastics, metals and glass in one bin; paper and cardboard in another and garden waste also has its own separate bin. By sorting all these at home we should be left with a household waste that contains mostly food and non-recyclables, thus minimizing the amount that ends up at landfill.
So what happens to our rubbish once it’s taken away? Well, most waste goes on quite a journey after it’s thrown into the nearest bin; later returning to our homes as recycled products. From the roadside our rubbish is collected by teams of local refuse collectors and taken to recycling plants across the country.
These recycling plants, or MRF stations contain the machinery necessary to organise the rubbish into distinct categories. Making use of Picking Stations and Trommel screens, waste can be separated and sent to its corresponding destination.