A behind the scenes look at Philip Boucher Hayes visiting Thorntons Recycling's Mixed Dry Recycling facility to learn about what goes into your Green Recycling bin.

Our Environmental, Health & Safety manager David Duff shows Philip around the facility for the RTE programme What Are You Eating!

Some extra facts on waste in Ireland ….

• In one day we throw away one million nappies
• In one day we throw away 500,000 disposable coffee cups
• In one day we throw away food waste to the value of over €3 million
• In one day we use over 1.5 million aluminium cans
• In one day 220,000 plastic bottles of water are consumed
• In one day we wash 700,000 machine loads of clothes
• In one day we spend €360,000 on house-hold cleaning products
• In one day we use 519, 000 toilet rolls