All the recyclable materials collected from domestic and commercial properties and recycling points in Exeter are taken to our site on Exton Road. There they are sorted before being sold to reprocessors.

Below is a table of the materials we collect, where we send them for recycling, and what they become.

End Destination of Recycling Materials

Recycling materials	End Destination	New products
Newspapers and magazines	Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK	New newspaper
Steel cans	South Wales, UK	Automotive industry parts
Aluminium cans	Warrington, UK	New aluminium cans
Mixed glass	Doncaster, UK	New glass bottles and jars
Cardboard	China *see note below	New cardboard boxes
Plastic bottles	Various UK & European destinations	New bottles
Mixed plastic packaging	Various UK & European destinations	Building products; plastic sacks; plastic packaging

 

* our recycled card is classified ‘export grade’ by Chinese authorities, allowing it to be sold to Chinese markets where the demand for quality cardboard is much higher