Due to increasing costs of waste disposal, the impending crisis of overflowing landfills, and the negative impact waste has on the environment, we can no longer ignore our responsibility to properly segregate our waste.
Waste is sorted on your site by a trained sorter, who can identify the different categories of recyclables and disposable waste.
This ensures that all recyclable materials are properly sorted and removed from general/non-recyclable waste.
You might have wondered what happens to items that are recycled. The answer is both simple and complicated. In a nutshell, new, useful products are made from old ones.
The more complicated answer is that many things could be happening with the same type of recyclable material,, depending where in the world you are and who collects and processes the item.
At WastePlan, we sort the waste of businesses such as hotels, hospitals, food factories, universities, shopping centers, office parks and distribution centers and here is what happens to it:
Cardboard (K4) gets baled – it goes to a paper mill where new products are made
Paper (HL1 and HL2) - various types are baled: Goes to paper mill where new products are made
Plastics - various types:
Goes through a process of grinding, washing, melting and extrusion into pellet form
New products are made from different grades of plastics e.g.
Bags into new plastic bags or plastic lumber
Polypropylene tubs into chairs
PET Bottles into new PET bottles and textiles such as, fleece jackets, insulation for jackets and sleeping bags, carpeting
Steel - various grades get melted into new steel products
Sorted materials are collected and taken to a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) where it is baled
In many cases zero waste to landfill is only possible when the right technology is available to turn waste into energy.
We can help you in finding a solution to help you meet your zero waste goals.