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Recycling, we’ve all heard of it and in Darlington about half of us even do it but what’s it all about and why are you watching this video about it …well
There are nearly 100,000 people living in Darlington and last year we produced nearly 38,000 tonnes of household waste… enough to cover our football pitch at Darlington stadium with black bags over five times!
But, and here’s the problem, out of all this waste we only recycle 25% …just a quarter and that’s not enough!
By 2010 we are aiming to recycle much more, over 50% in fact. And that’s where you come in…
How is this going to happen? Well here’s the clever part.
We are working in partnership with a company called John Wade Recycling to devise a rather clever way of recycling more waste than ever before, but before we look at that here’s what you need to do
From summer 2009 it is extremely important that we all look at our waste in a whole new way …
It will mean changes for everyone whether you already recycle or just throw everything into the same bin.
Either way we will all have to change.
From summer 2009 we all need to separate waste into three easy to remember types; Glass, Paper and Cardboard and everything else!
So
Glass goes into your green box, Paper and Cardboard goes into your blue bag and everything else simply goes into the black sack.
Easy isn’t it!
Your black sacks will be collected each week, your green box and blue bag each fortnight and all is taken to the recycling centre.
When it arrives…
The glass goes here…
The paper and card goes here…
And the black sacks get sorted here.
Now for a bit of science… the stuff that can’t be recycled goes here in this warehouse. The warehouse is a labyrinth of pipes and stuff and the waste goes in one end and out the other.
It takes about two weeks, and when its finished all the food and smelly stuff has gone, then machinery at the plant goes to work taking out all the other recycling items such as, plastic bottles and cartons, steel and aluminium cans, other metals and cartons such as Tetrapak and milk cartons.
The result is a lot less waste coming out than went in…. which means a lot less going to landfill, and less landfill is what it’s all about!
So now you know what it’s all about we need to get started. It is up to us all to do our bit …and to Make Waste Work!
REMEMBER … Glass in your green box, Paper and Cardboard in your Blue Bag …everything else in your black sack