The UK consumes 5 million tonnes of plastic per annum and less than 1/2 million tonnes is recycled each year this includes material exported and recycled overseas.
Waste collection authorities are coming under increasing government pressure to recycle their waste. Some authorities have instituted limited collections of “clean” recyclable materials from households, large quantities of plastic materials are still put into the general waste stream.
With the increasing cost of landfill and the need to recycle, the collection of waste plastics is becoming a high priority for local councils. With future legislation involving waste electronic items and scrap vehicles, plastics recycling is becoming paramount.
Situated in Rainham, Essex our two acre site will have the annual capability to process 60,000 tonnes of waste plastics.
