On 30/11/2014 11:42, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On 30 Nov 2014 10:52:41 GMT, Huge wrote:

The gotcha will probably be the councils not wanting neatly bound
bales of mixed plastics. What does happen to all this mixed
plastic
anyway?

Landfill/incineration, probably.

Not likely to be landfill due to the rather hefty landfill tax.
Inceration I would be suprised at and not in a CHP plant either...


Since a fair bit of the plastic would be endothermic it probably
wouldn't generate much heat.
The stuff that's collected around here goes through an automated sorting
plant that's capable of separating the different plastics, glass card,
paper, metals, etc. It may even separate different colours of glass.
AIUI its got a manual sort for some of the worst stuff like wire and
rope that can jam the works.