Giving plastics

new life.
Plastics recycling: the circular
economy at its finest.
Technology has evolved so fast that, recycling
processes for plastic bottles are as quick as
producing bottles using virgin plastics, saving
energy and reducing CO2 in the process.
There are so many uses for high quality recycled
plastic materials, ranging from new bottles and
trays, to underground drainage products and even
fibre filling for soft furnishings. But still so much
plastic ends up in landfill. We want to work with
our customers to change that.
What’s in it for you?
As well as the feel-good factor of knowing your organisation
is playing its part in reducing environmental impact, recycling
also helps you:
• Drive down costs and hassle with a single waste
management provider
• Meet or exceed your sustainability targets
• Enhance your green credentials: customers and
prospects are looking to work with organisations
who are ethical and sustainable
• Peace of mind: by working with a compliant,
trustworthy provider
• Reduce the size and weight of your general waste
bin by diverting plastic into recycling containers
• Generate revenue: by partnering with Viridor you could
also be entitled to a rebate, turning the waste at the
bottom of the bin, into ££s on your bottom line
Award-winning infrastructure
Viridor’s plastics recycling facilities are the most
sophisticated of their kind in the country, and utilise
the latest technology.
Winners of the ‘Lets Recycle’ Award for Excellence
for ‘Best Design of a Waste Facility’. We have the
capability to sort waste plastics to a far greater number
of components, and drive value from every part.
Our teams are fully committed to recycling wherever
possible with industry-leading efficiency, so capacity
and reliability are never an issue.
Our own large fleet offers a flexible collection service, with
our friendly and helpful drivers always ready to assist.
Our customers have 24-hour access to our facilities,
if required for monitoring purposes. All material exports
are compliant, ensuring you are never at risk of breaching
environmental regulations, with supporting detailed
analysis and reporting available.
A trusted advisor
Partner with Viridor and you partner with a true expert
in recycling. If required, we can make you experts too.
We can offer training and educational resources to help
your organisation make the most of our service.
Viridor also consults with large manufacturers and
supermarkets, to assist in the development of their products
and services, for improved recycling in the future.
As seen on BBC1’s The One Show:
The collaboration with Viridor and the Co-Op is a
potential breakthrough in tackling the global black
plastic problem. Bringing together all the main parties
for the first time, from us as a technology innovator,
to the Co-Op as a retailer, and Viridor as the recycler
is momentous. I’m confident that together we have
found a technology solution to end these trays filling
up landfills.
Professor Edward Kosior of Nextek

Need recycling bins?

The Ubin is moulded entirely from post-consumer
recycled plastic, provided by Viridor recycling sites,
true closed-loop recycling.

General Waste Mixed Recycling Paper

A typical Viridor plastics Accreditations Get in touch
processing plant
Baled plastics
Baled plastics
Bales broken up
The bales are
Plastic screening
This screening process
Plastic sorting
Metal separation
Stream separation
Plastics are
Product
Each site operates
environmental
preparation
under the highest quality,
and health
Plastics and safety
are washed, standards,
granulated
Quality control
At Viridor we put more of your plastics into action,
to help you
Laboratory recycle
testing is as much as possible. Call us
arrive for recycling. separated to assist begins using ballistic (magnets) and optical sorted by polymer accredited to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS
and dried, before being packaged carried out by sampling or quote, or visit us online at
for a free waste audit
with sorting. separation and trommel sorting, separates the and colour into 18001 respectively.
ready for distribution. www.viridor.co.uk/services
flakes and pellets.
screening, to separate plastics by type different streams.
by size. and colour.
Baled plastics Bales broken up Plastic screening Plastic sorting Stream separation Product preparation Quality control
Baled plastics The bales are This screening process Metal separation Plastics are Plastics are washed, granulated Laboratory testing is
arrive for recycling. separated to assist begins using ballistic (magnets) and optical sorted by polymer and dried, before being packaged carried out by sampling
with sorting. separation and trommel sorting, separates the and colour into ready for distribution. flakes and pellets.
screening, to separate plastics by type different streams.
by size. and colour.
Trommel Ballistic Metals removed Optical
screening separation using magnets sorting

Trommel Ballistic Metals removed Optical

screening separation using magnets sorting

Dispatch of final products

High-quality plastics sold
for manufacturing into
new products.

Dispatch of final products

High-quality plastics sold
for manufacturing into
new products.
Get in touch

Contact us for a free waste audit or quote:

0345 300 0307
enquiries@viridor.co.uk
Or visit us online at: viridor.co.uk/services

Viridor Collection Services:

- Paper and cardboard recycling
- Glass recycling
- Plastics recycling
- Electricals (WEEE) recycling
- Food and organics recycling Head Office:
- Mixed recycling Viridor House
- General waste Youngman Place
- Confidential waste Priory Bridge Road
- Liquid waste Taunton TA1 1AP21 400
- Hazardous and clinical waste
- Plus many more www.viridor.co.uk

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