Disposing waste – ‘Solway Recycling Limited’’ company
www.solwayrecycling.co.uk
Go to the above company website and try and answer the following questions.
1. What waste product does the above company treat?
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2. What is the ‘NFRS’?
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3. What does the company give the farmer to hold waste once he has
joined the scheme?
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4. There are 4 different types of plastic groups that the company
collects from farms.
a) stretch plastics and polythene bags
b) woven plastic bags/sacks
c) hard plastic drums and containers
d) plastic string and net wrap
Now put a, b, c or d after each of the following to show which
category you would put them.
plastic oil container
big bale wrapping material
large fertilizer bags (1/2 ton)
silage clamp sheet
herbicide container
small animal feed bags
5. The Solway company is considering running a dangerous waste disposal
service. What kind of waste products from farms would be suitable
for this service?
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6. What products the company are able to produce by recycling the
plastic?
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7. In addition to Wales and England, in which other countries does the
company operate?
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8. Give the main reason why this company is important to farmers?
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