This year, a huge recycling landmark was reached in Worcestershire.
EnviroSort, the specialist sorting facility based in Worcester, has now processed over 1 million tonnes of recycling, since the plant opened over a decade ago.
If all the recycling was plastic bottles laid end to end, that would be enough to go around the world 20 times.
The EnviroSort plant was opened to sort kerbside recycling, as part of the Integrated Waste Management Contract held between the county councils in Herefordshire and Worcestershire and the plant operator Severn Waste Services.
Today, the building receives up to 40 delivery vehicles a day, produces around 260 bales of recyclable materials daily and processes over 75,000 tonnes, that's 3351 double-deckers full of material each year.
The building was built by Severn Waste Services and opened on the 1 November 2009.
EnviroSort operates every weekday from 6am until 11pm and employs around 100 people who are responsible for ensuring the quality of materials sent for recycling. Materials are loaded on to conveyor belts, where operatives hand sort the material initially to remove anything that shouldn't be there before it passes through automated machinery which separates it into glass bottles and jars; paper, card and cartons; steel cans, aluminium cans and aerosols; and plastic bottles, pots, punnets, trays and tubs. The individual materials are then baled and sent to UK based companies for further processing.
More information about EnviroSort is available on the Severn Waste website.
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