NEX.........26 Jun 2019 17:38
kenny100 - our plastics are collected with glass, tin and aluminium dropped onto a tipping hall floor which smashes the glass. There is no requirement to clean the waste as it will all get contaminated with broken glass which has an unbelievable ability to destroy machinery. Another joyful much disposed of product is the video tape... one broken VCR tape can destroy bearings like you wouldn't believe.
The only way would be to collect the plastic separately .. which will increase collections... which isnt going to happen. Our whole approach to the collection or depositing recyclable waste needs to change..