- How can I recycle?
- at work (+)
- in schools (+)
- in the garden (+)
- in the home
- Reusable Bag for Life
- Buy Recycled
- Become a Recycling Champion in your area
- Love Food, Hate Waste
- Join a local Freecycle group
- Donate your old furniture for reuse
- Stop unwanted junk mail
- Your guide to real nappies
- What happens to Plastic Bottles?
- Your local Household Waste Recycling Centre
- Recycling Where I Live
- Sizzling Summer recipe tips
- Recycling your electrical and electronic items
What happens to Plastic Bottles?
On average, every UK household uses 373 plastic bottles each year, of which just 29 are recycled. [Source: Recycle Now]
Recycling your plastic bottles is good for the environment:
- It reduces the amount of rubbish sent to landfill sites.
- It saves energy and raw materials needed to make new plastic.
- It is an easy way for everyone to help tackle climate change.
Give your plastic bottles the chance to become something else!
Plastic bottles collected across Cheshire are recycled into:
- Benches
- Fence posts
- Bollards
- Bins
- Refuse Sacks
- Decking
- Underground drainage piping
- Garden Furniture
- Clothing; fleece jackets, jeans & t-shirts
Wherever you live you'll find you're never to far away from your local recycling facility. Recycle them all - the ones in the bathroom, the kitchen and even outdoors.
Plastic Facts
- Recycling just one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60W light bulb for six hours [Source: Recoup]
- It takes just 25 two litre pop bottles to make one adult size fleece jacket [Source: WRAP]
- It takes 5000 plastic bottles to make one park bench [Source: WRAP]