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RPL Telford
Cardboard Waste
Paper Mill
Recycled products such as toilet paper.
Food Leftovers
Anaerobic Digester
Supplier
New recycled PET Bottles
Soft Plastics
Mixed Metal
Incineration with Energy Recovery
Plastic raw material
Plastic is granulated
Metal Foundry
Scrap metal merchants
General waste
Wood
WEEEHaz Waste
Glass
Toner
Pyrolysis
Solvent recovery
Glass Cullet
Recycled Glass Bottles
RPL Wellingborough
Wood Chippings
Recycled Solvents
Recycled Wood products
Ricoh Comet Circle
PET Bottles
Light and Heat energy
Light and Heat energy
Light and Heat energy
Cardboard Waste
Paper Mill
Collection
Recycled products such as toilet paper.
Cardboard and paper waste is
collected around site by the recycling centre team. This is then
bailed on site.The bailed waste is
collected by Parry and
Evans recycling company and taken away to the paper mill.
At the paper mill the paper and card is broken down and heated up in order to form pulp. This is then strained and bleached to remove and ink,
glue or other contaminants.
This can then be made into new paper products such as toilet
paper, recycled copier paper and
much more.
Food Leftovers
Collection
Anaerobic Digester
Fertiliser
Food leftovers
are collected from the canteen
areas and stored in a bin behind
the Recycling
centre.
This is then collected by Cartwrights who take it to Harper Adams Anaerobic
Digester plant.
At the anaerobic digester the food
waste is processed and digested by
enzymes.
This produces Biogas that is sent back to the grid as heat and electrical
energy and digestate
which is used as a fertiliser
on farms.
Light and Heat energy
PET Bottles
Bailed and collected
Used PET bottles are collected
from around site and taken to the
Recycling Centre.
These are then bailed in the
Recycling centre and collected by
Emerald Trading.
Supplier
New recycled Toner Bottles
The PET bottles are returned to the
supplier where they are crushed down into
raw material.
This raw material can be used to make new PET
bottles and other plastic products.
Glass
Collection
Process
Products
Glass is collected on site and taken to the recycling centre.
This is then collected by Veolia who take it to a glass recycling
centre.
The glass is crushed up into fine pieces called
“cullet” that can be used as raw material.
This raw material can then be used
again to make new products.
Toner
Pyrolysis
Light and Heat energy
This is then collected by
Moock Environmental toner recyclers.
The toner goes through a
process called Pyrolysis
whereby it is subject to high pressures and
very high temperatures.
The result of Pyrolysis is the production on energy as light
and heat.
Waste toner and toner powder is collected on site in large bags and
stored in the recycling centre.
Collection
Haz Waste
Solvent recovery
Recycled Solvents
Hazardous waste such as
Aerosols, solvents and
toner contaminated
waste is collected on
site.
This goes through a process called solvent recovery where it is
purified and resold as a solvent or, for
solvents that can not be recovered, is made
into a thinner. The residue left over from this process is made
into a fuel that is used to fire cement kilns.
Recovered “pure” products are sold
back on to the market.This is then
collected by Hazardous waste
specialists, Chemtech or
Wastecare, who safely remove the waste from site to
a recovery facility.
Collection
WEEE
Ricoh Comet Circle
RPLWellingborough
WEEE waste such as
unsalvageable copiers, circuit
boards and broken
computers are collected on
site.
This is taken to the Ricoh factory in
Wellingborough where it is stripped down
into pieces.
This then enters the RPL comet circle whereby all products are recycled.
Wood
Recycled Wood products
Raw materials
Broken wood and pallets are
collected on site.
This is then made into chippings which is effectively a raw
material.
The chippings can then be moulded into a new wood product
such as a pin board or desk.
Collection
This is then collected by
Veolia waste who take it away to
their own recycling centre.
Soft Plastics
Plastic raw material
Granulator
Soft plastics are collected and bailed on
site in the recycling centre.
The plastic is put into large granulators
which cut the plastic in to very fine pieces.
The granulated plastic is now a raw material to make any new plastic product.The plastic is then
picked up from Ricoh by Emerald trading who take
it to their recycling centre.
Collection
Mixed Metal
Metal Foundry
Scrap metal merchants
New metal products
Mixed metal is collected on
site.
This is the collected by scrap metal merchants, Rollasons, who
sort it into metal types.
At the metal foundry the sorted
metal is melted down and moulded.
The moulded metal becomes new products.
General waste
Incineration with Energy Recovery
Light and Heat energy
General waste is collected from
around site by the recycling centre
team.
During incineration the waste is burnt at
very high temperatures in order to release
energy.
This energy is put back on the grid
and used in homes and offices as heat
and light.
Collection
The general waste is then collected by
Veolia who transport it to the incinerator in
Wolverhampton.