What are Recycling Materials?

The best practical and environmental option for recycling of household waste is to separate at source. This ensures that the sorted clean recyclable material can be easily processed and bulked for reprocessing into new products.

To maximise the amount of source separated materials that can be recycled, Grundon working in partnership with local authorities, processes Mixed Recyclables collected from kerbside and bring site schemes at its purpose built Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs). The materials that are recovered for recycling include:

• Mixed Paper (including newspaper and magazines) manually hand picked and bulk transferred to paper mill for reprocessing.
• Steel Cans mechanically picked by magnet and bulk transferred to steel manufacturer.
• Aluminium Cans mechanically picked by eddy current separator and bulk transferred to a reprocessor.
• Mixed Plastics hand picked and sent to reprocessor for use in making pipes for cabling.
• Cardboard manually hand picked and bulk transferred to paper mill for reprocessing.

Hazardous Waste Recycling

Many Hazardous Wastes can now be recovered for recycling, these include: Paints, Inks, Adhesives, Solvents, Batteries, Aerosols, Oil & Oil Filters, Gas Cylinders, Fire Extinguishers, Fluorescent Tubes, Sodium Bulbs, Fridges & Freezers, WEEE, Contaminated Metal Packaging.

Materials Recovery

Grundon currently operate four Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), one at Slough, Leatherhead, Reading and another at Oxford. Together these facilities have an annual processing capacity in excess of 100,000 tonnes. The first three facilities process:

• mixed recylables (mixed recyclables collections link) - recovering up to 95% for reprocessing.

The material recovered includes paper, card, metals and plastics.

Our MRF at Oxford processes construction waste and recovers 75% of all plastics, timber, brick, concrete, aggregates and metals.

However Grundon do believe that this is only a back up service to recycling initiatives within organisations as recycling at source has been proved to be the most successful route to take. Therefore Grundon provide several services for source-separated materials including Wheeled Bins for Mixed Glass, Office Paper and plastics and larger containers for cardboard and Mixed Recyclables. We would hope to expand on these services in the future.

Typical Collections & Ordering Information

The list on the right links to the Typical Grundon Recyclable Materials. Additionally shown below are Typical Grundon Collection Services and the Coverage Areas where the collection services are available. If your area is not shown or for ordering information contact your nearest depot.

Alternatively call +44 (0)870 443 8278 for general information.