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  home recycling bins - a snippet of information about I thought everything ended up in landfill   The information held about I thought everything ended up in landfill by EcoZ.co.uk is  Everything goes to landfill, doesn't it? Well, actually, NO In the UK...more than 95% of the recycling collected is recycled.  The remaining 5% is often not recycled because the wrong materials have been put out for collection or are too dirty to be reprocessed. The recycled material is used to make new products: All the newsprint (the paper for newspapers) manufactured in the UK is now made from 100% recycled > The UK currently recycles around 50% of container glass (like bottles and jars). That’s doubled over the last 5 years > Any glass product can use up to 80% recycled material > It takes about 25 2-litre drinks bottles to make one adult size fleece jacket. > As well as the environmental benefits of recycling, there are financial incentives too – a growing number of companies such as those featured on www.recycledproducts.org.uk rely on recycled materials for their products and services. If everything really went to landfill, these companies wouldn’t exist! Everything goes to landfill, doesn't it? Well, actually, NO In the UK...more than 95% of the recycling collected is recycled. The remaining 5% is often not recycled because the wrong materials have been put out for collection or are too dirty to be reprocessed. The recycled material is used to make new products: All the newsprint (the paper for newspapers) manufactured in the UK is now made from 100% recycled > The UK currently recycles around 50% of container glass (like bottles and jars). That’s doubled over the last 5 years > Any glass product can use up to 80% recycled material > It takes about 25 2-litre drinks bottles to make one adult size fleece jacket. > As well as the environmental benefits of recycling, there are financial incentives too – a growing number of companies such as those featured on www.recycledproducts.org.uk rely on recycled materials for their products and services. If everything really went to landfill, these companies wouldn’t exist!The information held about I thought everything ended up in landfill by EcoZ.co.uk is  Everything goes to landfill, doesn't it? Well, actually, NO In the UK...more than 95% of the recycling collected is recycled.  The remaining 5% is often not recycled because the wrong materials have been put out for collection or are too dirty to be reprocessed. The recycled material is used to make new products: All the newsprint (the paper for newspapers) manufactured in the UK is now made from 100% recycled > The UK currently recycles around 50% of container glass (like bottles and jars). That’s doubled over the last 5 years > Any glass product can use up to 80% recycled material > It takes about 25 2-litre drinks bottles to make one adult size fleece jacket. > As well as the environmental benefits of recycling, there are financial incentives too – a growing number of companies such as those featured on www.recycledproducts.org.uk rely on recycled materials for their products and services. If everything really went to landfill, these companies wouldn’t exist!

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