The rubbish is being compacted into plastic wrapping, capable of holding about half a tonne.
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Some worry about the environmental impact of so much plastic wrapping.
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It's made by wrapping plastic from recycled bottles around a polyester fiber and swaddling it all in cotton.
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Eventually, though, wrapping companies created special plastic that adhered on just one side and sealed bags snugly.
Mr Cockburn said that some items which seem like ideal candidates for recycling, like wrapping paper or cards backed with foil or plastic, simply will not be accepted.
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Some confused the wrapping machines for mailboxes and inserted letters in the slit that the plastic came out of.
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