End Destination of Recycling Materials
All the recyclable materials collected from domestic and commercial properties and recycling points in Exeter are taken to our site on Exton Road. There they are sorted before being sold to reprocessors.
Below is a table of the materials we collect, where we send them for recycling, and what they become.
Recycling materials | End Destination | New products |
---|---|---|
Newspapers and magazines |
Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK |
New newspaper |
Steel cans |
South Wales, UK |
Automotive industry parts |
Aluminium cans |
Warrington, UK |
New aluminium cans |
Mixed glass |
Doncaster, UK |
New glass bottles and jars |
Cardboard |
China *see note below |
New cardboard boxes |
Plastic bottles |
Various UK & European destinations |
New bottles |
Mixed plastic packaging |
Various UK & European destinations |
Building products; plastic sacks; plastic packaging |
* our recycled card is classified ‘export grade’ by Chinese authorities, allowing it to be sold to Chinese markets where the demand for quality cardboard is much higher