Have you ever wondered what happens to your rubbish after you throw it in the recycling bin?

This week on FYI, Scarlett heads to the Bywaters recycling facility in London to find out more about how our recycling is separated and sorted, and what happens to it next.

Around 78 million plastic bottles are processed at this recycling facility each year.

Although it’s possible to separate recycling in facilities like the one that Scarlett visits, it saves lots of energy if we can separate it at home first.

Around 275,000 tonnes of plastic are used in the UK each year. If it ends up in a landfill and isn’t recycled, it can take hundreds or even thousands of years to break down.