65,000 Beer Cans Standing on a Recycling Wall
A contract for RBWMs dry recycling has been issued, closes 2nd June.
We focus a lot of energy on recycling in our efforts to save the planet. Should we not be finding better ways to do things? Paper rather than plastic would surely be better? Just reflect on the amount of plastic we use for almost everything we buy! Does that cause us more harm than good? So many questions.
The recycling contract is worth £3m to the contractor… I wondered how much we make from it so I asked ChatGPT for an idea of today’s values… 65,000 beer cans could make you a grand, yay… I can hear a “But it’s for Charity darling!” cry… an event worth planning 😉
If you know people in that space please share…
RBWM require a contractor to provide reprocessing of dry mixed recycling
We have over 140,000 residents living in 64,000 properties and collect circa 18,000 tonnes of dry mixed recycling. The main urban areas are Maidenhead, Windsor and Ascot, with a number of small villages and many rural properties.
RBWM provides a weekly waste and recycling collection service and resident satisfaction rates with the services provided are above 90%. Residents are very engaged with recycling and levels of dry recycling reflect this. We are constantly working with our collections contractor to ensure that the quality of recycling collected is high.
RBWM has contracts for the disposal of residual waste through Energy from Waste, food waste through anaerobic digestion and green waste through composting.
This contract will provide reprocessing for dry mixed recycling collected from households and schools within the borough.
So what is dry mixed recycling?
Dry mixed recycling (DMR) is a single-stream recycling system where various clean, dry recyclables like paper, cardboard, plastics, and metals are collected in one container. This streamlined approach simplifies the recycling process for businesses and individuals, encouraging higher recycling rates and reducing landfill waste.
What’s the current market price of recycled materials… I asked ChatGPT
📄 Paper & Cardboard
- Newspapers & Pamphlets: £70–£120 per tonne
- Mixed Paper: £65 per tonne
- White Office Paper: £260 per tonne
- Cardboard (OCC): £70–£100 per tonne
♻️ Plastics
- Clear PET (e.g., plastic bottles): £260 per tonne
- Mixed Plastic Bottles: £35 per tonne
- Polythene (LDPE) 98/2: £280 per tonne
- Polythene (LDPE) 95/5: £180 per tonne
- Polythene (LDPE) 90/10: £140 per tonne
🥫 Metals
- Aluminium Cans: £1,000–£1,200 per tonne
- Steel Cans: £150–£200 per tonne
- Tin Cans: £150–£200 per tonne
- Aluminium Foil: £800–£1,000 per tonne
🍾 Glass
- Clear Glass: £10–£38 per tonne
- Brown Glass: £10–£37 per tonne
- Green Glass: £8–£36 per tonne
- Mixed Glass: £10–£37 per tonne
- MRF Glass (Remelt): £4–£35 per tonne
- MRF Glass (Other Uses): £3–£10 per tonne
Thank you.
Jon Davey
Community Champion
