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'Percentage of Recycled Waste Actually Recycled'.
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| Average 08/09 (%) | Collected kerbside 08/09 (tonnes) | ||
| Recycled | Aluminium cans | 0.94 | ** 12940.5543272727 |
| Steel cans | 2.89 | ** 40041.5208727273 | |
| plastics | 8.24 | ** 113924.666327273 | |
| mixed glass | 18.69 | ** 258509.266036364 | |
| paper | 62.86 | ** 869620.341818182 | |
| card | 5.01 | ** 69368.4136727273 | |
| foil backed/ tetrapak | 0.56 | ** 7683.84712727273 | |
| other scrap metal | 0.06 | ** 792.278836363637 | |
| TOTAL | 99.24 | ** 1372880.88901818 | |
| Landfilled | Objectionable/ prohibitive landfilled | 0.72 | ** 9897.19752727273 |
| Sent to Energy from Waste | Objectionable/ prohibitive EFW | 0.04 | ** 565.913454545454 |
| GRAND TOTAL (check = 100%) | 100 | 13833.44 | |
| Grades | Location | Potential Processors/Manufactures | End Market Applications |
| (not exhaustive) | |||
| News & Pams | UK & EU | Palm, Aylesford, Myllikoski | Newsprint, Board |
| Mixed Papers | UK & EU | Smurfit Kappa, Myllikoski, Palm | Test Liner, Fluting, Carton Board |
| Plastics | UK | IRL, Recovered Plastics, Novellis, AWS | Bottles, Textiles, Mouldings, Pipes |
| Metals | UK | Corus, EMR, Alcan | Can's, Tins and construction etc |
| Glass | UK | Pilkingtons, Knauf, OI, Superglass, Balfour Beattie, Hansons, Pennon | Bottle, Fibre Glass, Construction, Aggregates, Filtrates, |