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Much of the additional waste generated at Christmas can be recycled at home using your recycling bins or boxes or taken to a recycling centre.
The majority of materials collected from bluebins and recycling boxes is recycled locally and and across the UK and Ireland, supporting local jobs and the economy.
Here’s where is goes and what it gets made into:
Paper and Card:
Much of this goes to Huhtamaki near Lurgan. It is used to make moulded fibre products like egg boxes and drinks carriers. Please do not put wrapping paper in your recycling bin/box as it often contains plastic and /or is made from very low grade paper that can’t be recycled. Christmas cards can be recycled as long as they don’t have glitter.
Food Waste:
Food waste like turkey bones, potato peelings and sprouts (along with garden waste) is composted by Natural World products on the outskirts of Belfast.
Glass Bottles and Jars:
Gass bottles and jars are recycled by Encirc in Derrylin and made back into brand new glass bottles.
Plastic Bottles, Pots, Tubs and Trays:
All our plastic packaging like fizzy drinks bottles, chocolate tubs and plastic trays are processed by Cherry Pipes in Dungannon. They manufacture pipes for the agriculture, civil engineering and construction industries. Any plastic they cannot use is processed and sold on to other companies.
Cans:
Food and drinks cans are initially processed locally. Aluminium cans go to Englad to be recycled into new cans. Steels cans are recycled into a wide range of new steel products.
Cartons:
Cartons like Tetra Pak are sent to GB to be recycled into new cardboard products.
For more information on recycling. Please visit www.myrecyclingni.org.uk. Let’s all do our part this year to minimize our environmental impact this festive season.