Link magazine, Spring 2008 [PDF, 4,450k] - South Norfolk Council

4Don’t crush the cans, we need them to roll off the conveyor beltCabinet Member for the Environment,Councillor David BillsAll the recycling is delivered to the MRF by the Council. It is then scooped up by a digger and placed on a big conveyor belt...23The conveyor belt takes the recycling into a “pre-sort” cabin where people work to remove cardboard to be baled and recycled. Other items we can’t recycle at the MRF such as plastic bags, video tapes and syringe ‘sharps’ are also removed to be sent to landfill....The remaining recycling then goes throughan amazing bit of machinery called a “Vscreen”. This sorts the 3D objects like cansand plastic bottles onto one conveyor belt,and flat objects like paper onto another belt.This is why we ask you not to squash cansand bottles, as it affects how the machinesorts the material...The current price indicatorfor newspapers andmagazines in January 2008in the UK was around£60 a tonne The current priceindicator as at Dec2007 was around£700 per tonneon aluminium cansLatest figures:Overallrecycling rateApril - Dec 2007:36.47%of this28.89%dry recyclables7.57%compostingPlease don’t crushcans and bottles, ifyou squash them thesorting machine can’tidentify them!13E N V I R O N M E N T A L S P E C I A L - P U L L O U T A N D K E E P