Perrys Recycling - Est. since 1962 'Ethical, Reliable & Environmental Solutions' 01/12/2021 9:37:08 PM Home News Security Shredding Office Recycling Recycling & Waste Solutions Charity Paper Banks Case Studies Quality Standards Contact Us How is it recycled? How long does waste take to decompose ? All Office paper collected from your premises is shredded and baled into mill-size bales and transported to paper mills such as Kimberly Clar, SCA, Essity, Northwood and recycled into tissue paper and printing papers. Newspaper & Magazines collected from paper banks and kerbside schemes are processed at our depots, then sent to Palm and UPM recycling mills, and within 3 days the consumer is reading their daily newspaper again & again completing the recycling loop. Mixed paper & cardboard collected from paper bansk and kerbside schemes are processed at our depots into mill size bales. This material is then sent in 25 tonne loads to board mills producing fluting in corrugated packaging, or liner paper on plaster board for the building industry. View the recycling process . Cardboard is one of the most commonly found material in commercial / industrial waste streams. The same piece of cardboard can be recycled up to 5 times! Once collected from your premises and baled into mill-size bales, these bales are then transported to a number of mills in the UK , Europe and Asia where it is recycled into new packaging. View the recycling process. Polythene – Good clean polythene film from palletised goods, with a small amount of paper labels and cellotape is collected from customers in bales or knpoazack bags (these semi-compact 9 x wheeled bins worth of polythene into one bag). This material is bulked and baled into mills size half tonne bales. Then transported in 25 tonne loads to the re-processor. Which shred, wash, extrude and granulate into a quality raw material, which can then be used in the various industry's and made into new products. Aluminium and Steel cans can be easily recycled and made into a range of products. Once collected from your premises the cans are transported to Steel reprocesspors to be recycled. Bottles are brought back to our depot and baled into mill-size bales. At the recycling plant the bottles are washed and granulated. The flakes are then dried before being made into new products. Recycled plastic is used in many products, such as carrier bags, bin liners, clothing and furniture. Our Linpac bin range is also manufactured from recycled plastic. Video of recycling process PS6 & PP Vending cups can be collected with office recycling collections and sent for recovery with energy to waste facilities. Once collected, loads are sent to a recycling facility where the larger contaminates are removed by hand, then it is then mechanically colour sorted before further contaminate removal takes place. It is then melted in a furnace before being blown or moulded into new jars and bottles. Mercury, Cadmium & Sodium can all found in lighting tubes and bulbs and are all highly toxic substances. Therefore, an approved hazardous waste company must recycle the lamps. Once collected from your premises the lamps are transported to Harlow in Essex for recycling. All Segregated metals, glass and substances are then re-used into a wide range of products. The battery recycling process is undertaken in Birmingham. Metals are cleaned and processed through heat treatment, allowing the various different metals within the battery to be recovered. Recovered Nickel is then used in the production of stainless steel, Cadmium is re-used in the manufacture of new batteries and plastic used in the production of a range of products. WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) is collected from your premises and the waste is transported to an ATF (Approved Treatment facility), this is then bulked and sento a facility where the equipment is tipped into a large hopper. A vortex motion and swinging chains break up the equipment and the metal, plastic, glass etc. that is recovered from the base of the machinery is then ready to be sent off to re-processing plants for recycling into new products. Baled cartons are dropped into a large pulping machine. This produces a grey-brown mixture, from which the foil and polyethylene are separated from the fibre. The fibre is recovered to make into new paper products and the mix of plastic and aluminium is used to generate energy or separated out into pure aluminium. View the recycling process. 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