Plastics Recycling Update Magazine: Wide world of plastic recycling

Plastics Recycling Update Magazine: Wide world of plastic recycling

Wide world of plastics recycling By Editorial Staff, Plastics Recycling Update September 16, 2015 Finland will start providing separate drop-off receptacles for plastics recycling, and the U.K. is facing pressure to make big changes to its recycling system. In 2016, Finland will start offering recycling drop-off receptacles around the country that accept plastics, according to Plastics and Rubber Weekly. The industry-funded effort will allow consumers to separate their plastic packaging, a material they currently deposit into mixed-materials bins. A study commissioned by hauler Suez recommends the U.K. switch to monthly trash collection under a pay-as-you-throw system. The recommendations come as the U.K. aims to increase its recovery of household materials, including many plastics, to above 50 percent by 2020. The U.K.’s current recovery rate sits at 45 percent. Chinese enterprises have set up a plastic container recovery operation in Northern Egypt, and at least some of that material comes back in the form of lingerie, which is sold by the Chinese in the deeply conservative area. Plastics News summarizes the effort.

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Plastics Recycling Update Magazine: Wide world of plastic recycling
Wide world of plastics recycling By Editorial Staff, Plastics Recycling Update September 16, 2015 Finland will start providing separate drop-off receptacles for plastics recycling, and the U.K. is facing pressure to make big changes to its recycling system. In 2016, Finland will start offering recycling drop-off receptacles around the country that accept plastics, according to Plastics and Rubber Weekly. The industry-funded effort will allow consumers to separate their plastic packaging, a material they currently deposit into mixed-materials bins. A study commissioned by hauler Suez recommends the U.K. switch to monthly trash collection under a pay-as-you-throw system. The recommendations come as the U.K. aims to increase its recovery of household materials, including many plastics, to above 50 percent by 2020. The U.K.’s current recovery rate sits at 45 percent. Chinese enterprises have set up a plastic container recovery operation in Northern Egypt, and at least some of that material comes back in the form of lingerie, which is sold by the Chinese in the deeply conservative area. Plastics News summarizes the effort. To return to the Plastics Recycling Update newsletter, click here.