As a reprocessor in its own right, SCA understands quality. Quality is a key part SCA’s operations in collecting, processing and marketing your dry mixed recyclables.
SCA will handle DMR from Local Authorities and Commercial/Industrial customers.
Managing quality
As a vital part of managing the quality of your material, we monitor:
- Material quality on receipt
- Sample material as part of our input process
- Sample output material
- Receive regular reports and feedback from reprocessors
Technology and manual sorting
To achieve the best quality and lowest residue a combination of technology and manual sorting techniques are used.
The latest technology:
- Screens to extract cardboard and paper
- The optical sort of plastic
- Magnets extract ferrous metal
- Air extraction removes shredded paper
- Screen to extract glass
Manual sorting:
- Extracts major contaminants – large plastic and wood for example
- Cleans up newspaper and magazine streams
- Cleans mixed paper streams
- Extracts plastic film and bags
We re-run material to ensure a clean product. Any residual material is baled and sent for energy extraction. SCA’s MRF is a zero waste plant.
MRF Video
Contact: Business Development
Email: Info.recycling.uk@sca.com
Your materials to us
The materials we recycle include:
Paper
- Newspaper
- Magazines
- Junk mail
- Shredded paper
- Phone directories
- Greeting cards
Cardboard
- Cardboard
- Egg boxes
- Cereal boxes
- Juice cartons
Glass
- Glass bottles and jars (all colours)
Metal (aluminium and steel)
- Drinks cans - empty
- Tinned food cans – empty
- Aerosols – empty
- Foil
Plastic
- Milk bottles
- Water bottles
- Drink cups
- Cleaning products
- Beauty products
- Food trays – clean
- Plastic film
- Plastic bags
All waste must be emptied of its contents before recycling.
No liquids of foodstuffs allowed.
We do not recycle material containing
- Food waste
- Batteries and Electrical waste
- Wood
- Garden waste
- Cutlery
- General domestic waste, including nappies
