Reusing vs Recycling

Reasons why we should reuse. . .

Does recycling really reduce CO2? The earth is becoming mankinds dumping grounds. In the UK alone we produce 4.7 millions tonnes of plastic waste every year. The statistics are 85% ends up in landfill, or in the sea, 8% is incinerated and 7% is recycled. Recycling takes up valuable resources and energy as the chart below shows. Many businesses don't have time to recycle. They end up paying to have bags of plastic bottles taken away every week. At Swappit Clean we aim to eliminate all your plastic waste while saving you money. Households or businesses can use our service to refill all their plastic cleaning bottles at a reduced cost. We have a convenient delivery service that will collect empties and drop off full containers. Email (dvd@swappit.org.uk) or Phone (07598160618) anytime for a quick delivery.

CO2 Emissions from Recycling
    
CO2 Emissions from Reusing
  


Step One:

The plastic is extracted from petrochemicals,

heated, melted and poured into a mold.

  


Step One:

The plastic is extracted from petrochemicals,

heated, melted and poured into a mold.

Step Two:

The bottles are filled and delivered into the

market by fleet of lorries.
  

Step Two:

The bottles are filled and delivered into the

market by fleet of lorries.

Step Three:

After use, they are collected for recycling by

garbage trucks.
  

Step Three:

After use, they are taken back to be refilled.


Step Four:

The bottles are sent to a warehouse where they

baled into blocks using crushing machines.

  

Step Four:

A bottle does not biodegrade for 1000 years

in a landfill. it can be reused 50 times.

Step Five:

The bales are then sold to a recycling plant.

Much of our plastic waste is sold to China.


If China stopped buying our waste plastic, the

council would have to pay to store the plastic.

Since the recession started, sales to China have

been threatened.
      


Step Six:

The bottles are then hot-washed

ready to be processed.


      

Step Seven:

They are then shredded, ready for the next process.

      

Step Eight:

The bottles are then heated at a high temp. to melt them.

      

Step Nine:

The plastic is extruded, it is squeezed through

a small opening to form a "rope" like shape.
      

Step Ten:

The "rope" of plastic is then cooled and
chopped into pellets.
      


Step Eleven:

The pellets are bagged, and sold, then

delivered to a factory.


      


Step Twelve:

The factory melts the pellets again at

a high temp. They are pressed into a mold and

cooled. The process then returns back to Step
Two and repeats itself.