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What happens to your recyclates

      

        ·         Cans: recycled into new aluminium and steel products. 

·         Car batteries: components recovered for re-use.

·         Fluorescent tubes: components recovered for re-use. 

        ·         Fridges and freezers: these are sent away to have their ozone depleting susbstances, eg foam insulation and CFCs, safely removed, treated, recycled or dsposed of. 

·         Glass bottles and jars: recycled into new bottles and jars. 

 

·         Newspapers and magazines: recycled in Northern Ireland into egg boxes and other paper fibre products. 

·         Plastic bottles: recycled into carpet backing, fleece coats, plastic furniture and piping.

·         Scrap metal: sorted and reprocessed. 

·         Spectacles: Help the Aged have them reconditioned and sent to Africa

·         Textiles: sorted and re-sold or recycled. 

·         Waste oil: cleaned and used in the manufacture of tarmac or to fuel machinery. 

 

 

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