Mixed Recycling - Viridor
Mixed recycling
Over 2 million tonnes of material recycled every year.
Mixed recycling
Our dry mixed recycling service means you can put your cardboard, paper, tins and plastic bottles all in one bin. Easy. Landfill tax has risen £8 every year, reaching a record-high of £80 per tonne in 2014. The more you recycle, the more you save.
There are lots of practical reasons, not least the amount of space you have for your bins, that makes our mixed recycling collection the best option for lots of our customers. We can advise you on the most appropriate and cost-effective system to meet your individual requirements. Giving commingled waste new life Once we have collected the material from your business we take it to our advanced Materials Recycling Facilities (MRFs) where a combination of advanced mechanical sorting techniques and manual quality control is used to separate the materials. Our facilities are some of the biggest and most advanced of their kind in Europe. Each site operates under the highest quality, environmental, energy efficiency, health and safety standards – certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and OHSAS 18001 respectively. Viridor recycles over two million tonnes of materials per year, which go on to be reprocessed into high-quality products. So sophisticated are the MRF technologies we use that average recycling rates frequently reach 95% and above. Quality recyclates from all our facilities meet demanding material specifications for manufacturing customers in UK and global markets. At Viridor we put more of your waste into action and help you recycle as much as possible. Call us for a free waste audit or quote, or visit us online at viridor.co.uk/services
Mixed recycling
Our dry mixed recycling service means you can put your cardboard, paper, tins and plastic bottles all in one bin. Easy. Landfill tax has risen £8 every year, reaching a record-high of £80 per tonne in 2014. The more you recycle, the more you save.
A typical Viridor Materials Recycling Facility (MRF)
There are lots of practical reasons, not least the amount of space you have for your bins, that makes our mixed recycling collection the best option for lots of our customers. We can advise you on the most appropriate and cost-effective system to meet your individual requirements.
Tipping floor and feed conveyor The commingled materials arrive at the Material Recycling Facility and are loaded onto conveyors.
Giving commingled waste new life Once we have collected the material from your business we take it to our advanced Materials Recycling Facilities (MRFs) where a combination of advanced mechanical sorting techniques and manual quality control is used to separate the materials. Our facilities are some of the biggest and most advanced of their kind in Europe. Each site operates under the highest quality, environmental, energy efficiency, health and safety standards – certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and OHSAS 18001 respectively. Viridor recycles over two million tonnes of materials per year, which go on to be reprocessed into high-quality products. So sophisticated are the MRF technologies we use that average recycling rates frequently reach 95% and above. Quality recyclates from all our facilities meet demanding material specifications for manufacturing customers in UK and global markets. At Viridor we put more of your waste into action and help you recycle as much as possible. Call us for a free waste audit or quote, or visit us online at viridor.co.uk/services
Pre-sort The sorting process begins. Non-recyclables and large items are removed.
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Over 2 million tonnes of material recycled every year.
Mixed recycling
Our dry mixed recycling service means you can put your cardboard, paper, tins and plastic bottles all in one bin. Easy. Landfill tax has risen £8 every year, reaching a record-high of £80 per tonne in 2014. The more you recycle, the more you save.
There are lots of practical reasons, not least the amount of space you have for your bins, that makes our mixed recycling collection the best option for lots of our customers. We can advise you on the most appropriate and cost-effective system to meet your individual requirements. Giving commingled waste new life Once we have collected the material from your business we take it to our advanced Materials Recycling Facilities (MRFs) where a combination of advanced mechanical sorting techniques and manual quality control is used to separate the materials. Our facilities are some of the biggest and most advanced of their kind in Europe. Each site operates under the highest quality, environmental, energy efficiency, health and safety standards – certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and OHSAS 18001 respectively. Viridor recycles over two million tonnes of materials per year, which go on to be reprocessed into high-quality products. So sophisticated are the MRF technologies we use that average recycling rates frequently reach 95% and above. Quality recyclates from all our facilities meet demanding material specifications for manufacturing customers in UK and global markets. At Viridor we put more of your waste into action and help you recycle as much as possible. Call us for a free waste audit or quote, or visit us online at viridor.co.uk/services
Mixed recycling
Our dry mixed recycling service means you can put your cardboard, paper, tins and plastic bottles all in one bin. Easy. Landfill tax has risen £8 every year, reaching a record-high of £80 per tonne in 2014. The more you recycle, the more you save.
A typical Viridor Materials Recycling Facility (MRF)
There are lots of practical reasons, not least the amount of space you have for your bins, that makes our mixed recycling collection the best option for lots of our customers. We can advise you on the most appropriate and cost-effective system to meet your individual requirements.
Tipping floor and feed conveyor The commingled materials arrive at the Material Recycling Facility and are loaded onto conveyors.
Giving commingled waste new life Once we have collected the material from your business we take it to our advanced Materials Recycling Facilities (MRFs) where a combination of advanced mechanical sorting techniques and manual quality control is used to separate the materials. Our facilities are some of the biggest and most advanced of their kind in Europe. Each site operates under the highest quality, environmental, energy efficiency, health and safety standards – certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and OHSAS 18001 respectively. Viridor recycles over two million tonnes of materials per year, which go on to be reprocessed into high-quality products. So sophisticated are the MRF technologies we use that average recycling rates frequently reach 95% and above. Quality recyclates from all our facilities meet demanding material specifications for manufacturing customers in UK and global markets. At Viridor we put more of your waste into action and help you recycle as much as possible. Call us for a free waste audit or quote, or visit us online at viridor.co.uk/services
Pre-sort The sorting process begins. Non-recyclables and large items are removed.
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