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British intercity train operating company Avanti West Coast has prevented 500 tonnes of recyclables from going to waste since introducing waste segregation officers at its stations in July 2023.<\/p>\n
494 tonnes of packaging materials including metal, paper, glass and plastic disposed of at four stations on the West Coast Main Line were sorted in the first year of Avanti\u2019s recycling initiative, delivered in partnership with waste management company SWRnewstar.<\/p>\n
Waste is categorised into dry mixed recycling, food, glass and general waste before being collected and sent to a materials recovery facility where the items are processed for use as raw materials.<\/p>\n
Coffee cups are now segregated at all four locations to further increase recycling rates \u2013 with around 30,000 collected every two weeks.<\/p>\n
54% of collected waste was able to be transformed into raw materials for new products.<\/p>\n
Sorting on-site helps prevent contamination of materials and enables more waste to be separated manually.<\/p>\n
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