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What happened to Surrey's waste, 2019-20 ContentsIntroduction How much waste was produced in Surrey? Where did your waste go? Could more waste have been recycled? The impact of items that are put into the wrong bin Surrey (whole county) – waste collected from households, taken to bring banks or Community Recycling Centres, fly-tipping and street cleaning District and borough council… Continue Reading What happened to Surrey’s waste, 2019-20

ContentsIntroduction How much waste was produced in Surrey? Where did your waste go? Could more waste have been recycled? The impact of items that are put into the wrong bin Surrey (whole county) – waste collected from households, taken to bring banks or Community Recycling Centres, fly-tipping and street cleaning District and borough council areas compared for waste collected from… Continue Reading What happened to Surrey’s waste, 2019-20 contents

Compost bins Compost bins can be filled with garden waste such as grass cuttings, dried leaves and twigs, some food waste such as vegetable peelings and things like cardboard and straw to produce nutrient-rich, peat-free compost that can be used to help gardens grow. Hot composters Hot composters take cooked and uncooked food waste as well as garden waste to… Continue Reading Compost bins, hot composters and food waste digesters

Compost bin and hot composter sales Surrey residents can buy discounted hot composter products all year round from our supplier Great Green Systems. Residents can choose from a selection of products: Green Johanna hot composter £94.99, reduced from £144.99 (pictured left) Green Johanna Insulating Jacket £59.99, reduced from £79.99 Green Cone food waste digester £74.99, reduced from £119.99 (pictured centre)… Continue Reading Compost bin and food waste digester sales

Cloth nappies There are many reasons to use cloth nappies (also known as real or reusable nappies): Babies that use cloth nappies are often potty-trained earlier than others, and there’s no greater risk of nappy rash. Overall you’re likely to spend less than you would on disposable nappies – and if you have another child, it won’t cost you any… Continue Reading Cloth nappies

More hints and tips As well as using your council services to reduce, reuse and recycle, there are plenty of other ways you can do even more in Surrey. Get rewards for reducing wasteRethink Waste is a scheme available to Surrey residents that rewards them for reducing their waste - sign up now! Visit Surrey's zero waste mapSurrey’s zero waste… Continue Reading More hints and tips

Electricals Once your electricals have been recycled they could be used for things like shipbuilding, galvanising railings and lampposts, in jewellery or musical instruments. How are electricals recycled? After being collected, electricals are taken to a reprocessing plant where they are shredded into small pieces. Using various processes, different types of metal and plastic are separated. Each individual type of… Continue Reading Electricals

Food Once recycled food waste creates bio-fertiliser and biogas, used to  generate electricity, heat and transport fuel. How is food waste recycled? After it is collected food waste is taken to an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility. Here the liners are removed and sent to an energy from waste plant and turned into electricity. Through AD, micro-organisms break down the food… Continue Reading Food

Garden waste Once your garden waste has been recycled, it is turned into compost or soil conditioner. How is garden waste recycled? After being collected, anything that can't be composted is removed from your garden waste, which is then shredded and laid out in a long line. It decomposes and, once it has broken down, is used as compost, which… Continue Reading Garden waste

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