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Waste in Milton Keynes

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Let’s test your recycling knowledge…

What goes in your clear bag?

Plastic bottles and lids Cardboard Juice cartons Empty spray cans Foil food trays Paper, newspaper and envelopes Empty drinks and food cans Plastic food tubs and pots

What goes in your yellow bag?

All household batteries

What goes in your blue box?

Glass bottles and jars

What goes in your green bin?

Small branches Cheese and other dairy products Raw and uncooked meat, including bones Bread and pastries Leftover food Teabags, tea leaves and coffee Grass cuttings – no soil! Leaves, weeds, flowers, plants and twigs

What goes in your black bag?

Animal poo and bedding Cling film Crisp, biscuit and sweet wrappers Used nappies and wet wipes Used tissues and kitchen roll Disposable coffee cups

So, what happens at Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park?

Stage 1 – arrival

• f the waste

What happens here?

• Every waste wagon is weighed

upon arrival

• It then goes to our tipping hall

where the waste is sorted by the

• peratives in loaders
• They are weighed again when

they leave so we can keep track

• f how much waste was brought

in

Stage 2 – sorting the waste

What happens here?

• The black bags are split open and

the contents are emptied

• Moving conveyors are used to

move the waste about

• Plastic and metals are removed for

recycling and put into big blocks

• These are then sold on to be made

into other things

Stage 3 – organic waste

What happens here?

• Organic waste is removed and

turned into compost

• We can also gather energy from

the bugs that create gases, which are then used to drive the turbine

Stage 4 – creating energy

What happens here?

• We send what is left along a

conveyor to a big pit

• A grabber moves it into a big oven

where it is baked

• The large ovens then bake the

waste and the energy is produced in the gas coming from the waste

• Enough energy is created to power
• ver 11,000 homes!

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