Tesco in north Shrewsbury accept:
- paper and magazines
- cans, tins, aerosols and foil
- glass bottles and jars
- plastic bottles
- plastic bags
- textiles
- shoes
Automated technology
Unlike other sites, they use a TOMRA automated recycling machine. You can put all your recycling in one hole and the machine sorts it for you. It has cutting edge technology like photo-recognition and infra-red scanning to sort items into separate underground storage containers. It can even differentiate between different colours of glass bottle!
Increasing recycling
When installed in 2007 it was one of the first of its kind in the UK. It has proved extremely popular and within 6 months of operation the site had doubled the amount of recycling collected. They use 'reverse vending' technology giving reward card points for recycling which motivates people to recycle more. As such they are helping us reduce the amount sent to landfill each year.