What happens to my recycling and what could it become?

After your recycling is collected, it is taken to UPM's new Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) at Shotton, where it is sorted into the different materials both manually and automatically. This is what your recycling could become.

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What Could My Recycling Become?

	Waste Type	Can be recycled into...
	Metal including: • Food tins • Drinks cans • Sweet/biscuit tins • Metal lids • Aerosol Cans • Foil	New cans, parts for cars, and aeroplanes and lots of other new metal items.
	Glass including: • Glass bottles • Glass jars	New bottles and jars or it can even be used in making new roads.
	Plastics including: • Plastic bottles • Pots • Tubs/cups • Punnets and pots • Plastic trays e.g meat/fish/cake trays • Soup/sauce pots, egg boxes • All empty plastic bags, carrier bags and film	New plastic bottles, new packaging, fleece clothing, plastic pipes, outdoor furniture and fencing, new plastic bags and other plastic items.
	All paper including: • Newspapers/magazines, catalogues and brochures • Junk mail/leaflets • White and coloured office paper • Greetings cards and wrapping paper • Envelopes including window type • Shredded paper and paper bags All cardboard including: • Cardboard Boxes/Tubes • Corrugated/Thick Cardboard • Waxed paper coffee/tea cups	New newspapers and paper products, new cardboard packaging and new wax cartons.