The village recycling area has two bottle banks, two clothes and two paper banks and is located in a designated corner of the shopping precinct car park off Fleming Avenue.

BOTTLE BANKS

The glass collected from these banks can be recycled indefinitely as part of a simple but hugely beneficial process, as its structure does not deteriorate when reprocessed.

In the case of bottles and jars, up to 80% of the total mixture can be made from reclaimed scrap glass, called "cullet".

The UK glass industry has the capacity to recycle over one million tonnes of glass each year and the fact that glass can be infinitely recycled without compromising its quality creates a compelling case for the recycling of glass.

Despite this, glass still makes up around 7% of the average household dustbin and in 2001 over 2.5 million tonnes of this material was landfilled.

The UK has a current municipal recycling rate of 34% for container glass. This is poor when considering that Switzerland and Finland recycle more than 90% of their container waste and recycling figures of more than 50% are the norm.

The Salvation Army has two collection bins for mens/ladies clothes and childrens shoes including trainers etc.

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES BANKS

There are also two bins for the collection of paper and magazines.

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