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WHAT HAPPENS
TO WASTE?
AT MICK GEORGE LTD WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS
WHAT HAPPENS
TO WASTE?
Mick George Ltd has various licensed Transfer Stations that can treat,
segregate and sort mixed wastes into differing categories. The following
wastes types are separated and recycled or reprocessed.
Hardcore/Concrete/Inerts
We crush and screen inert waste to
produce a recycled secondary aggregate.
This process is a WRAP (Waste and
Resources Action Program) formalised
quality control procedure for the production of recycled
aggregates from recovered inert waste and is endorsed
by the Environment Agency.
Wood
We sort, process and chip the wood
we receive to be used in panel board
manufacture and biomass burners. In
this way we ensure we are following the
waste hierarchy by recycling the waste for reuse in the
creation of a new product or fuel source. Panel board
manufacturers combine the wood chip with resin and
heat to create a man made wood product; using different
specifications they are able to create panels which
can be used in various products from furniture to the
construction of apartment buildings. Biomass burners
use processed wood to generate heat and electricity with
less effect on the environment than fossil fuels.
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
These materials are bulked up and sent
to licensed scrap metal reprocessors. Up
until recently the majority of scrap metal
was being exported to developing
countries such as China and India.
Cardboard and Paper
This material is separated, baled and sent
to cardboard and paper reprocessors. The
material is soaked in water and made
into a pulp, cleaned, pressed into sheets
and dried. Recycled card and paper is used to make
boxes and packaging as well toilet roll, stationary and
animal bedding. Plasterboard/Calcium Sulphate is sent
for shredding, screening and can be reused as a soil
improver on agricultural land as cat litter, or in cement,
and in new plasterboard.
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Rigid Plastics
Waste Electrical
and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Mixed rigid plastics are separated, baled
and sent to plastic reprocessors. The
waste is first put through a shredder
where large contaminants including metal
will be removed. The material is then washed in a twostage process in which paper and other contaminants are
removed. The plastic granulate is then sold on to plastic
production companies, particularly in the automotive
sector for the production of bumpers and dashboards.
The WEEE material is broken down into
its individual components manually and
recycled as either metal or plastics.
Batteries
Battery boxes are used to store a variety
of batteries that are sent to recover the
precious metals they contain such as
lead, mercury, cadmium, zinc,
manganese and lithium.
Polythene
Polythenes are sent for washing to
remove contaminants such as labels, dust
and mud, then they are segregated into
different colours/grades for reprocessing.
Glass
Soils
Clean soils are screened to produce
topsoils for reuse or to restore old
quarry workings back to agricultural or
recreational after-uses. Mick George Ltd
have recently commissioned a Soil Washing Facility at
Mepal, Cambs where we can segregate the sands and
aggregates contained within soils to reuse them within
construction projects.
Green and Food Waste
Trees, bushes, grass cutting etc are
segregated and sent to a licensed compost
facility where the material is shredded
and placed in Windrows. The natural
process of composting is carried out by the thousands
of micro-organisms which live naturally in waste. These
organisms, like all living things, need food, air and water.
They feed on the organic waste materials, converting
it into compost. This process generates sufficient heat
to keep the organisms alive as well as killing off most
harmful bacteria and weed seeds. Turning or stirring the
pile frequently puts more oxygen into the pile which helps
the organisms, speeding the process along.
WHAT HAPPENS TO WASTE?
Glass is crushed and its contaminants
removed. A mechanised colour sorting
process is undertaken then mixed with raw
materials. The melted glass is either
moulded or blown into new jars or bottles.
Textiles
All used textiles are hand sorted and
graded to specific customer requirements
by highly skilled workers who are able to
recognise the large variety of fibre types.
Once graded the clothes are then weighed and press
packed into bales using the most up-to-date weighing
and pressing equipment.
Asbestos
Asbestos is a hazardous waste; it is
required under legislation to be disposed
of in hazardous landfill sites.
Unrecyclables
Tyres
Unrecyclable or residual waste can be
sent to landfill or sent for incineration
at a waste to energy plant. In either
case the intrinsic energy contained
in the material can still be recovered. In landfills the
degradation of the waste creates landfill gas which has
a high methane content. The methane is a valuable fuel
and can be readily converted to electricity. This method
of producing renewable energy is now regarded as one
of the most mature and successful in the field of green
power. Modern waste to energy plants use the waste
itself as fuel to efficiently produce electricity and or heat
while producing very low emissions. In both cases there
are very strict regulations that the operator of such
a site must adhere with, which helps to minimise the
environmental impact.
Tyres are shredded to create a crumb
product that is used in the horse menage
and arena industry for flexible equestrian
usage.
Development within the waste industry is constantly
improving these processes and allowing more wastes to
be diverted and recycled reducing the volume of this kind
of waste.
Carpets
Mixed carpet and underlay waste is
inspected to remove contaminants before
being sorted by the fibre type of its pile and
backing using near infra-red spectroscopy.
As standard, various fibre streams are shredded, baled
and supplied as feedstock material onto either the
International plastics recycling market, equestrian or the
horticultural market.
WHERE YOUR
WASTE GOES
Mick George Ltd is committed to helping the Environment and our
customers by diverting waste away from landfill with the aim of
reducing, reusing or recycling waste.
Paper and Cardboard
Metals
Hardcore and Ceramics
Residual Waste - Fuel Supply
National Paper Recycling
Pilot Road
Corby
NN17 5YH
European Metal Recycling Ltd
Fordham Road
Snailwell
Newmarket
CB8 7ND
Mick George Ltd
Mepal, Rushton, Kennett,
South Witham, Hampton Leys,
St Ives, Great Billing, Warboys,
Dogsthorpe & Cambridge
Sita Ltd
Port of Tilbury
Tilbury
Essex
RM18 7LA
Plastics
Residual Waste - Landfill
Plastic Experts
1 Friary
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EA
Mick George Ltd
Oakley Road
Rushton
Northants
NN14 1RS
Waste Carriers Licence: CB/PE5502HY
Landfill Permit: CP3536XG
Car and Lorry Tyres
FCC
Welland Road
Dogsthorpe
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 3TD
Waste Exemption: EPR/FF0234JF/A001
Waste Carriers Licence: CB/NP3412JV
Waste Carriers Licence: CB/ZE5607KJ
Recycleforce
Crown House
Gretton Brook Road
Corby
Northants
NN17 4BA
Goldstar Metal Traders
Lodge Farm
Floods Ferry, March PE15 0YN
Permit Number: EPR/GP3091ES
Waste Carriers Licence: CB/KE5737WP
Material Change Ltd
Lowick Compost Site
Aldwincle Road Lowick
Northants
NN14 3BL
Waste Carriers Licence: CB/EE5502WB
Green Waste
Plasterboard
Mid UK Recycling
The MRF
Caythorpe Heath Lane Caythorpe
Grantham NG32 3EW
Permit Number: EPR/YP3594NY
Waste Carriers Licence: CB/PM3482LY
Plasterboard Recycling Ltd
1 Mill Lane
Wingrave
Aylesbury
Bucks HP22 4PL
Permit Number: EPR/MP3599VL
Wood, MDF and Chipboard
Mick George Ltd
Woodhatch Farm
Thrapston Road
Ellington
Cambridgeshire
England
PE28 DAE
Waste Carriers Licence: CB/BN5911QW
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WHERE YOUR WASTE GOES
Permit Number: WML: 73302
David Brown & Sons
Fenton Manor
Farm Fenton
Warboys
PE28 2SN
Permit Number: EPR/UP3294VR
Soils
Mick George Ltd
Mepal, Rushton, Kennett,
South Witham, Hampton Leys,
St Ives, Great Billing, Warboys,
Dogsthorpe, Cambridge,
Ellistowm, Thornaugh, Earith,
& Ringstead
Paul James Tyres
Islip Furnaces Ind Est
Kettering Road
Islip
Northants
NN14 3JW
Waste Carriers Licence: CB/JN5510GU
Asbestos
Mick George Ltd
Mepal landfill
Witcham Meadlands
Block Fen
Mepal
CB6 2AY
Permit Number: EPR/LP3496ND/V003
WEEE
Wiser
11 Caxton Road
St Ives
Cambridgeshire
PE27 3LS
Permit Number: WEE/YH00067TATF
Landfill Permit: LP3792NK/V003
FCC
Butt Lane
Milton
Cambridgeshire
CB4 6DG
Landfill Permit: BV4584/U
EARTHWORKS
DEMOLITION
AGGREGATES
HOME & GARDEN
COMMERCIAL WASTE
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING
CONTAMINATED LAND SERVICES & REMEDIATION
SKIP HIRE
READY-MIXED CONCRETE
ASBESTOS REMOVAL
SOIL STABILISATION
MUCK AWAY
Boston
Nursery Road
BOSTON
M1
GRANTHAM
Thornhaugh
Leicester Rd
A1
Cook’s Hole
Leicester Rd
LEICESTER
HUNTINGDON
ST IVES
A1
4
Ellington
Thrapston Rd
0
BEDFORD
MILTON KEYNES
Huntingdon
Lancaster Way
M1
OXFORD
ROYSTON
Cambridge
Cowley Rd
BISHOP’S STORTFORD
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Tel: 01480 498 099
Fax: 01480 498 077
Email: [email protected]
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ERMINE BUSINESS PARK,
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Block Fen
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Willen Lake
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NORTHAMPTON
A5
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Chatteris Rd ELY
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0
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A10
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WELLINGBOROUGH
DOWNHAM MARKET
MARCH
A1M
CORBY
Bishops Bowl
Southam
WISBECH
PETERBOROUGH
KETTERING
COVENTRY
KING’S LYNN
A47
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Oakley Rd
M6
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Welland Rd
STAMFORD
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Ellistown
Whitehall Rd
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