More than 105,000 televisions, and 34,000 fridge/freezers have made their way through the Devon County Council recycling centres, as they increased their recycling rate to 73 per cent in 2008/2009 – three per cent up on the previous year.
Overall, 77,000 tonnes of material was recycled through the County Council’s network of 28 recycling centres and rural skip sites in the last financial year. This equates to around 15,500 large lorry loads.
During the past year, over 105,000 televisions were brought in by householders to the sites which, if laid end to end, would stretch from Exeter to Ivybridge. And 34,000 fridges/freezers were processed – enough to stretch from Tiverton to South Molton if laid flat.
The range of facilities at recycling centres have been expanded at most of the recycling centres over the past year to accept additional waste such as mixed plastic packaging, domestic batteries and cooking oil.
posted by Cptn
(image: from ShinyHappyDeafie.com)
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