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MK residents' clear recycling sacks are taken by our collection vehicles to Old Wolverton. From here it is sent on to a Materials Recycling Facility, where machinery and staff sort and separate the paper, cardboards, metals and plastics. The different material types are the squashed into cubes, known as bales, ready for transportation to be made into new recycled products.
All glass bottles and jars collected from blue boxes are sent to furnaces where they are melted down. The molten glass can then be re-moulded into new bottles and jars. When different colour glass is melted together it all turns green as this is the dominant colour.
The food and garden waste collected in green bins is sent to an In-vessel composting facility, where it is allowed to compost down to create a low grade soil conditioner for agriculture.
All batteries collected in yellow bags are sent to furnaces to be melted down. The metals and acid are extracted to be made into new recycled products, including new batteries.
Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (appointment only), 9 Dickens Road, Old Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5QF