http://waste-technology.co.uk/MRF/mrf.html An view of the Recycling Facts about Kerbside Recycling Collection.

One of the seldom considered recycling facts is that the waste you as a householder recycle in boxes and wheelie bins is not purely a single type of recyclable material. It is a mixture of a limited number of materials. It is what is called "segregated", that is it is still a mixed waste, and each collection authority sets different rules as to what is allowed "mixed" in each recycling container provided.

That means that the materials you recycle in fact have to be further sorted after collection, by the collection authority or waste company. For example one of the recycling facts you should consider is how it is that the box or container you are provided with for recycling glass and tins, which might also be mixed with plastic bottles and other recyclable plastic containers, is further sorted.

If you think about this recycling fact you will realise that each container you put out for your bin men to collect will have to be sorted and separated again before it can be sold on to the factory where the recycled material will be used as a raw material.

In this video we have tried to show you the recycling facts about one very good way in which these co-mingled recyclates are sorted at the kerbside by the binmen (waste collection operatives) and then very cleverly, safely, and efficiently loaded into the collection vehicle without them getting mixed up again.

Watch the video to see how the collection hoppers on the side of the collection vehicle are raised to fill the collection vehicle. It is another of the little known recycling facts that by doing the sorting of householder recyclates this way at the kerbside the collection authority may be able to avoid the capital and running cost of a MRF (Materials Recivery Facility).

So, there it is, one of the seldom considered recycling facts is that the waste you recycle in boxes and wheelies is what is called "co-mingled", that is it is still mixed and each collection authority sets different rules as to what is allowed to be co-mingled in each recycling container provided. It would simply be too complicated and uneconomic to expect each househoulder to hold a separate container for every recyclcable material.

That means that the materials you recycle in fact have to be further sorted after collection, by the collection authority or waste company. For example one of the recycling facts you should consider is how the box you provide for glass and tins, which might also be mixed with plastic bottles and other recyclable plastic containers is further sorted and separated before it can be sold on to the factory where the recycled material will be used as a raw material?

In this video we have tried to show you the recycling facts about one very good way in which these comingled recyclates are sorted at the kerbside by the binmen (waste collection operatives) and then very cleverly, safely, and efficiently loaded into the collection vehicle without them getting mixed up again.

Watch the video to see how the collection hoppers on the side of the collection vehicle are raised to fill the collection vehicle.

It is also another of the little known recycling facts that by doing the sorting of householder recyclates this way at the kerbside the collection authority may also be able to avoid the capital and running cost of a [1] MRF (Materials Recovery Faciility). Take a look at that web site by clicking the link - it is full of recycling facts about the waste technology needed to recycle the raw materials in the waste that we all produce. The reason for doing it is to reduce man’s impact on our planet for the good of future generations, our children, and grandchildren.