Most of it...solid plastics at least. We drop it off into containers separated by colour and type...like taking the coloured plastic caps off the clear plastic milk cartons/juice bottles etc and putting them into separate bins.
The couple that run the operation then sort out from that what goes where, what gets upcycled by shredding into flakes for the local PETG demand or then sent off to the mainland to specialist companies for further processing/re-use. They've done quite well out of the operation which was initially funded by the island development trust, they now employ half a dozen local youngsters...as well as take help from volunteers
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