Thanks to a new state-of-the-art recycling facility which uses AI technology, Solihull residents no longer need to separate glass from their other recycling. Glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, plastic tubs, pots and trays, metal cans and aerosols, foil, cartons, paper and card can all go in residents’ brown bins, clear sacks or communal recycling bins.
Solihull Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, Cllr Ken Hawkins, said: “Recycling in Solihull has just got easier. There’s no need to separate out glass bottles and jars – just put all your recycling straight into your brown bin, clear sacks or communal recycling bin.
“Using the new recycling facility also means that residents who haven’t been able to recycle glass before, now have a full recycling service. Changing our recycling facility means more residents can recycle and it’s easier for everyone to recycle more of their waste. This will help us with our net zero carbon emissions plans and also help to combat climate change.
“BUT, please keep your old black recycling boxes as they will come in handy if you have too much recycling to put in your brown bins – particularly over the Christmas period when we all have lots of packaging and possibly more bottles too!”
The new Material Recycling Facility (MRF) in Coventry uses specialist AI technology to process dry mixed recycling into high quality products in the most sustainable and efficient way possible. It is run by Sherbourne Recycling Ltd and is jointly owned by Solihull Council and seven other local authorities across the West Midlands.