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Household Recycling Centres Paper is collected in separate bins at the household recycling centres. It is then transported to a paper mill where it is separated into type and graded. It is washed to remove film, glue and ink and mixed with water to create a pulp which is made into new paper and car...
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Household Recycling Centres Soil, rubble, hardcore and other similar materials are accepted at household recycling centres. The material is inert and can be used for landscaping in large projects. Locally the material is used as a covering layer at a landfill site. This material is used to cover wa...
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Household Recycling Centres Cardboard is collected in separate bins at the household recycling centres. It is then transported to a cardboard mill where it is separated into type and graded. It is washed to remove film, glue and ink and mixed with water to create a pulp which is made into new paper...
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Engine oil is collected at all nine household recycling centres in Buckinghamshire. Once the separate containers are full a collection wagon visits and empties the oil into a large tank. It is then transported to a facility in Ipswich. The used oil we collect is reprocessed into a base oil product....
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Printer cartridges and toners are taken to a specialist facility where they are graded and recovered for reuse, or are broken-down into their raw material form for recycling. Approximately 55% of the cartridges collected are reused with the remaining 45% being recycled, so nothing goes to waste! Di...
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Fridges and freezers are recycled separately from other large electrical appliances. They are brought to household recycling centres and also through the Council's bulky waste collections. They are recycled separately to other electricals because they contains ozone depleting substances, such as CF...
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Fluorescent tubes are collected at all nine household recycling centres in Buckinghamshire. They are classed as hazardous waste due to the potential dangers of broken glass and also the inhalation of small amounts of toxic materials released as dust and vapour. Therefore it is important that they a...
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Large metal household items can be brought to all Household Recycling Centres for recycling. Metal is one of the easiest metals to recycle and uses up much less resources than making it from raw materials. There are thousands of uses of recycled metal whether it's drinks cans or car parts from alum...
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Household recycling Centres Plasterboard can only be taken to some of Household Recycling Centres: Amersham, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, High Wycombe and Langley. Once collected the plasterboard is sent for processing where it is broken into different parts: Gypsum – which is the main c...
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As a nation we waste more than we think... We shop without checking what we’ve already got at home. We boil too much rice because who knows how much to cook? We leave salads to wilt in their bags, chuck out half a loaf of bread and end up with cartons of out-of-date milk because we bought a spare, ...
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