Where does my Recycling go?

Name: Bryson Recycling
Address: Belfast Road, Central Park, Mallusk, County Antrim, BT36 4FS
Telephone: +44 (0) 28 9084 8494

We focus on collection high quality materials that can be recycled locally.

All the recyclables we process are transported to legitimate and regulated companies for further processing/recycling.

	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Great Britain	Europe	Rest of World
Kerbside Collections: Box and Wheelie Box	82%	5%	1%	12%
Materials Recovery Facility: Co-mingled bins	22%	50%	2%	26%
Donegal Recycling Centres	71%	2%	0%	27%
Conwy Recycling Centres	0%	100%	0%	0%

Material	Source	Where did it go?	What happened to it?
Food Waste	Kerbside box and Wheelie Box	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Composted to make new fertiliser/soil.
Glass	Kerbside box and Wheelie Box	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Glass is melted down and used to make new bottles for local products.
Paper	Kerbside box and Wheelie Box	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Paper is recycled being made into new moulded fibre products such as egg boxes.
Aluminium	Kerbside box and Wheelie Box	Great Britain	Aluminium cans are melted down and used to make ingots that contain enough metal to make 1.5 million new drink cans.
Cardboard	Kerbside box and Wheelie Box	Great Britain, Europe and Rest of World	Pulped before being made into new products.
Plastic	Kerbside box and Wheelie Box	Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland & Great Britain	Plastics are used to make pipes for the agricultural, civil engineering and construction industries. Items are also shredded into flakes and pellets for reuse in new products.
Steel	Kerbside box and Wheelie Box	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Used for resale for manufacturing and construction. Steel is also melted down and reused to make new steel products.
Cartons	Kerbside box and Wheelie Box	Great Britain	Moulded Fibre Products.
Aluminium	Materials Recovery Facility - Co-mingled bins	Great Britain	Aluminium cans are melted down and used to make ingots that contain enough metal to make 1.5 million new drink cans.
Cardboard	Materials Recovery Facility - Co-mingled bins	Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Great Britain & Rest of World	Pulping for new products and moulded fibre products.
Plastic	Materials Recovery Facility - Co-mingled bins	Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland & Great Britain	Plastics are used to make pipes for the agricultural, civil engineering and construction industries. Plastics are also made into flakes and pellets for reuse.
Steel	Materials Recovery Facility - Co-mingled bins	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Used for resale for manufacturing and construction. Melted down and reused to make new steel products.
Cartons	Materials Recovery Facility - Co-mingled bins	Great Britain	Moulded Fibre Products.
Paper	Materials Recovery Facility - Co-mingled bins	Great Britain, Europe & Rest of World	Pulping for New Products.
Batteries	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Great Britain & Europe	Refining and separation of components.
Cardboard	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Rest of World	Pulping for new products.
Cooking oil	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Northern Ireland	Recycled further into fuel, electricity, heat and fertiliser.
Engine oil	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Republic of Ireland	Fuel used in power stations.
Grass and small cuttings	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Republic of Ireland	Used as fertiliser by local farmers.
Ink Cartridges and Phone Batteries	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Great Britain & Europe	Refining and separation of components.
Metal	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Melted down and reused.
Paint	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Republic of Ireland & Europe	Separated and shipped to Belgium for further recycling.
Paper	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Paper is recycled being made into new fibre products such as egg boxes.
Plastic	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Plastics are used to make pipes for the agricultural, civil engineering and construction industries.
Polystyrene	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Republic of Ireland	Sent to Germany for use in furniture and cars.
Steel	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Melted down and reused.
Cartons	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Used to make moulded fibre products.
Textiles	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland	Textiles are processed and sent to developing countries. Those not suitable for reuse are reprocessed into fibres to make new products.
WEEE (Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment)	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Republic of Ireland	Equipment is broken down and sent for further recycling.
Wood	Donegal - Recycling Centre	Republic of Ireland	Shipped to local recycling operator for reuse into kindling wood and other wood products.
Asbestos	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Landfilled.
Batteries	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Refining and separation of components.
Brass	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Melted down and reused.
Cable	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Recovered for components for reuse.
Cans	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Remade into new cans.
Cardboard	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Rest of World	Remade into new cardboard.
Carpet	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Made into drainage systems.
Chemicals	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Sent for reprocessing.
Copper Pipe	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Melted down and reused.
Fire Extinguishers	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Refilled and reused.
Fluorescent Tubes	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Recovered for components for reuse.
Gas Bottles	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Refilled and reused.
Garden Waste	Conwy - Recycling Centre & Garden Waste Colelction Service	Great Britain	Composted.
Large Domestic Equipment	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	High-quality recyclates sold for manufacturing into new products or used as aggregate in road construction, new plastic and metal products.
Lead	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Melted down and reused.
Metal	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Melted down and reused.
Oil	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Converted into biodiesel or treated and made into fuel oil.
Paint	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Remade into paint or secondary liquid fuel for firing cement kilns.
Paper	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Reprocessed into paper and new paper products.
Plasterboard	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Recycled into new material.
Plastic (Rigid)	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Recycled into car dashboards or pipelines.
Plastic (Soft)	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Recycled into food packaging, non-food containers or bags for life.
Rubble	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Reused as fill sand and pipe bedding.
Textiles	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Textiles are processed and sent to developing countries. Those not suitable for reuse are reprocessed into fibres to make new products.
Tyres	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Reused for energy.
Waste Electrical Equipment	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Refurbished or broken down for components or recovered for components for refuse.
Wood	Conwy - Recycling Centre	Great Britain	Reprocessed into more wood.