RECYCLING
Where did recycling go?
Tens of thousands of tonnes of recycling were collected by Ealing Council over the last
year. But what happened to it once it left your doorstep, recycling banks or the ‘dump’?
W
ell, once the trucks on
the recycling collection
rounds would have
depart from your street,
what would happen next is remarkable.
And it all happened in England.
Here are four examples of how
some of your rubbish might have been
‘reincarnated’ again and again.
FROM THE GARDEN TO FARMS
The packed mass of grass cuttings,
dead plants, leaves and other garden
trimmings collected from the kerbside
and the recycling and reuse centres in
Greenford and Acton were taken to a
West London Waste Authority transfer
station where the waste was tipped,
weighed and bulked up for transport to
a facility where it was composted on an
industrial scale – ready to be used for
agricultural purposes.
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around ealing
Summer 2015