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Everything you wanted to know about household plastics recycling. Every wondered what what happens to plastic bottles after you have put them into a plastic bottle bank for recycling? Did you know they can be turned into jackets, t-shirts, sleeping bags and carpets? Did you know that used
plastics can be recycled into furniture and back into new bottles? Its really fantastic what can be done with recycled plastic. Do you know where you can find nearest collection point for used plastic bottles or which plastics you can collect for recycling? You can get answers to these
questions and learn all about the plastics recycling process on the recoup we site.

RECOUP is the national charity promoting plastics recycling and we have well over 150 pages of information on our site to help you find out more. Plus we'd like to hear from you how we can make it better. Did you know that local communities must double recycling rates in three years and treble them in five years. It's a great opportunity to put household plastics recycling on the agenda in your community. There's strong market demand for plastic bottles and the market is growing. Economics are changing. By incorporating plastic bottles into local recycling programmes you can reduce volumes going to landfill, extending landfill life, and improve diversion rates in multi-material collections.

Plastic bottle recycling makes environmental sense - conserving enough energy per bottle recycled to power a 60W light bulb for 6 hours. Over 240 million plastic bottles were recycled in the UK last year, collected from 198 councils and schemes are growing. Improved handling technologies and economics make it more affordable than ever to develop plastic bottles within your recycling programmes. RECOUP will help you get the facts. Contact RECOUP on enquiry@recoup.org or visit our extensive website www.recoup.org for more free information.