This will include looking into the feasibility of adding plastics to the list of materials we already handle. Processing at a MRF consists of sorting each recyclable element from the other, or even from non-recyclable waste. As a result of this provision, WRWA hopes the necessary assets can be put into place to make a plastics-recycling scheme viable. Until it is determined that a viable plastics-recycling scheme can be set up and a suitable market found for the plastic, it would not be prudent for Local Authorities to invest money in purchasing plastic banks. Over recent months, WRWA has reorganised the CA site at Smugglers Way.
Recyclable materials are now in a separate area, away from the general waste.
These changes mean that residents with only recyclable materials use a separate traffic lane, and are able to avoid some of the inevitable queuing. New, colourful, straightforward signs are in place, and plans are in motion for an attendant to be employed to liase with residents and highlight the recycling facilities available to them. A. WRWA already provides a separate container for bricks and rubble waste as part of its efforts to reduce what is sent to landfill. This material is then sent for reprocessing to be used as an aggregate by the building trade. 1st January 2001 WRWA has set aside an area at its Smugglers Way CA site where residents can leave unbroken, re-useable furniture.