Recycling really does make a difference
While recycling reduces the reliance on landfill space we, there are also other environmental benefits which are less widely appreciated which mean it is a crucial activity in combating climate change as the following key facts show:
- On average every person in the UK throws away their own body weight in rubbish every seven weeks but up to 60% of what is in those residual waste bins (on average) could actually have been recycled instead
- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours and it takes 95% less energy to recycle aluminum than it does to make it from raw materials
- The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four hours. It also causes 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than when a new bottle is made from raw materials and it takes 40% less energy to recycle glass than it does to make it from raw materials
- It takes 24 trees to make 1 tonne of newspaper, therefore, for every tonne of paper recycled, 24 trees will be saved
Details of what you can put into your two recycling boxes, which will be collected on a weekly basis.
Find out more about your weekly food waste collection. Food waste currently accounts for 47% of Torbay's residual waste!
Find out the location of recycling banks across Torbay and what you can recycle at each location.
Details on Torbay Recycling Centre (HWRC), bank locations and further recycling information.
Recycling schemes within Torbay
Schemes that are provided by Torbay Council: | Schemes and initiatives supported by Torbay Council: |
Text Your Waste Away!
Find your nearest recycling facility by texting the word 'waste' to 60060 - you will receive a text back with details of your nearest recycling site. You can also text 'elec' to find recycling sites for electrical goods.
We would like to reassure all our residents that all the recycled materials that we collect via the recycling banks, wheeled bins and bags and boxes are not being stored or dumped in landfill. All of the materials are being recycled.
Related Tasks
Contact Recycling
- Tel: 01803 207900
- Email: sustainability@torbay.gov.uk
- Fax: 01803 208882
Related Pages
- Household Waste
