The different materials collected for recycling within the borough end up in a number of different places:
Paper - Aylesford Newsprint reprocess all paper into new rolls to be used for newsprint
Yellow Pages – Raven Recycling shred materials and use for animal bedding
Glass - British Glass reprocess all glass bottles (green, clear and brown) into new ones
Shoes - European Recycling sort and grade shoes where they are then sold onto developing world markets
Textiles - Planet Aid grade and sell in developing world markets, materials not suitable for re-sale/re-use are generally made into industrial wiping cloths
Car batteries - G&P Batteries break down into component parts - the lead is recycled and re-used and the acid is neutralised
Household batteries - G&P Batteries take the batteries - parts that can't be re-used are safely disposed of
Cardboard - Pearce Recycling pulp into new cardboard
Foil - AMG melt down and make into new foil materials
Cans - AMG sort into steel and aluminium, melt down and re-process into new cans or other products
Oil - Malary Environmental use oil as an industrial heating fluid
Contact us
Waste Management Team
London Borough of Hounslow
Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Tel: 020 8583 5555
Fax: 020 8583 5134
E-mail: recycling@hounslow.gov.uk