Plastic bottles

In Wales we use around 725,000 plastic bottles a day. Most of these can be recycled into really useful things. Here’s how..

Bottles are separated from other rubbish by hand or machine.

The bottles are then cleaned and sorted by plastic type using infrared sorters

Bottles are sorted according to plastic type and colour and washed and flaked.

In Wales we have factories that turn the flake into plastic film for new packaging and plastic strapping.

For more information on what types of plastic you can recycle please ask your local authority or visit: banklocator.wasteawarenesswales.org.uk.