recycling - where it goes

Just saw some info from the local borough concerning recycling that I found interesting:
About 33% of the waste in the borough is recycled.

- Mixed paper and cardboard: is taken to transfer station at Taplow before being shipped to one of Severnside's mills in the south east. There it is primarily turned into fluting (wavy layer of a piece of cardboard) for the packaging industry.

- Tetra paks: transported to a recycling mill and turned into a range of different products – from plasterboard liner to high-strength paper bags and envelopes.

- Glass: is sorted from cans and plastic at the recovery facility in Rainham. It goes to the aggregate market and is used mainly for road surfacing.

- Steel cans: go to Hartlepool, where they are turned into girders for the construction industry.

- Aluminium: goes to Warrington and is used to make car engine castings.

- Plastic bottles: go to Dagenham, where they are used for the production of various items ranging from recycling boxes to computers or fleece jackets.

And for every ton of aluminium cans or foil collected the non-profit recycling organisation Alupro grows a fruit tree in Malawi. That's 48,000 fruit trees per year donated by recyclers from across the UK.
(source: "Around the Royal Borough 1, 2009).