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Mixed Recycling

Available as sack collection
Available as 140L , 240L , 660L , 1100L bin collection
Available as sack collection
Available as 140L , 240L , 660L , 1100L bin collection

Mixed Recycling is all the dry things your business throws away.

That’s around 90% of rubbish for most businesses - but what you might not know is that it’s cheaper to recycle these materials than to dispose of them with general waste. And better for the planet too!

Drop your dry mixed recycling materials in a sack or in a dedicated mixed recycling bin. No need to sort, our high tech Sacktory® facility takes care of it. Yes, it's that simple: put paper, cardboard, plastic or metal in the same sack and we do the sorting.

Just be sure to rinse anything grubby and to save glass or electronics for their own service.

✔︎ Chuck it in
✘ Please keep it out

  • Paper (white & coloured paper, brochures, envelopes, magazines & newspapers)

  • Card (cereal boxes, corrugated cardboard)

  • Plastics (empty bottles, clean packaging, rinsed out pots and tubs)

  • Metal (empty tins & cans and clean foil)

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How our Dry Mixed Recycling service works

  • STEP 1

    Collection

    Mixed recycling sacks or bins are collected from outside your business.

  • STEP 2

    Sorted

    All mixed recycling materials are then taken to our depot where they are separated at our award-winning sack-sorting facility, the Sacktory®.

  • STEP 3

    Transported

    Once sorted, the mixed recycling sacks are taken to a local Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).

  • STEP 4

    Separated

    The MRF opens the sacks and separates the recyclable material, which is baled and sent on to specialist facilities.

  • STEP 5

    Recycled

    Each material is recycled back into new products, such as office paper, plastic bottles, drinks cans and newspapers.

Benefits

Easy switch from your current provider
Flexible collections up to 3 times a day, 7 days a week
Amazing support available 24/7/365
Zero-to-landfill, with all non-recyclable waste sent to generate Green energy.
Service Extras, like compliance certificates and tip posters
Responsible processing of materials in our award-winning facility
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Our Mixed Recycling service is the easiest way for your company to manage its business recycling waste whilst reducing its impact on the environment. And helps you save money too, because recycling services are cheaper than general waste.

Check our free recycling poster to see what's acceptable in DMR (Dry Mixed Recycling) sacks.

Confused about plastics? Our free plastic grading guide makes it easy to know what goes where!

Get in touch today to find out how you can reduce costs and help make the planet more sustainable with First Mile's Mixed Recycling Service!

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Recycling a single plastic bottle can conserve enough energy to light a 60W light bulb for up to 6 hours.

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