If you like numbers, keep reading … it was incredible to see what we managed to collect in just one hour this morning: 14 glass bottles, 97 plastic bottles, and 116 cans. What’s also impressive is that we’re still adding new brands to the list, even after a year of cleaning. I’ll be posting an end-of-the-year review soon, but here’s a peek at what emerged from Monkton Park today:
Alcohol (15% of total)
- Blackthorn Cider
- Budweiser
- Bulmer Cider
- Carling
- Carlsberg
- Kronenbourg 1664
- Corona Extra
- Dark and Handsome Ale
- Foster’s
- Greenall’s Dry Gin
- Grolsch
- Kingstone Press Cider
- Pimm’s
- Shandy Bass
- Staropramen
- *** Stella Artois *** (most popular alcohol find: 8 cans)
- Strongbow
- Strongbow Dark Fruit
- Thatcher’s Cider
Energy Drinks (24% of total)
- Emerge
- Freeway Up Energy Drink
- KX
- *** Monster *** (17 cans)
- Red Bull
- Relentless
- Rockstar
- Sainsbury’s Blue Bolt
- Spartan Energy Drink
Fruit Drinks (7% of total)
- Frugo Fruit Drink
- Innocent Juice
- *** J20 *** (3 bottles)
- *** Oasis *** (3 bottles)
- Ribena
- Robinson’s Fruit Shoot
- Tropicana Orange Juice
- Vimto
Sodas (29% of total)
- 7-Up
- *** Coca Cola ***
- *** Coke Zero ***
- *** Diet Coke ***
(when all Coke types are added up, it’s 36% of the category and 11% of the total recycling found) - Dr Pepper
- Fanta
- Irn-Bru
- Ka Black Grape Drink
- Ka Pineapple Drink
- Lilt
- Mountain Dew
- Pepsi
- Pepsi Max
- Pepsi Max Cherry
- San Pellegrino
- Sprite
- Tango
- Ting Caribbean Fruit Fizz
- Tesco Lemon & Lime Zero
Sports Drinks (9% of total)
- Gatorade
- *** Lucozade Sport ***
- *** Lucozade Energy ***
(when combined, Lucozade is 95% of the sports drinks category, and 8% of the total found)
Water (7% of total)
- Agros Mineral Water
- Ballygowan Natural Mineral Water
- Buxton Water
- Drench Juicy Spring Water
- Evian
- Glaceau Smart Water
- Morrison’s Sparking Lemon & Lime Flavoured Water
- *** Nestle Pure Life Still Spring Water *** (5 bottles)
- Sainsbury’s Still Scottish Mountain Water
- Volvic Touch of Fruit
Milk (2% of total)
- *** Frijj *** (3 bottles)
- Snickers
- Yazoo Milk Drink
Unknown (7% of total)