Using Recycled Polymers in New Products: A Business Opportunity
29th November 2016
This report details the opportunities in end-markets for recovered recycled plastics and is of particular interest to those re-selling recycled plastics or producing products or packaging with virgin plastics.
Key points:
The UK produced 2.5 million tonnes of plastics in 2012
Around 40% of this is for single use packaging and films
Overview
Overview
The UK processes more than four million tonnes of plastics per annum. Approximately 40 per cent of plastics are used for single-use disposable applications, such as packaging, agricultural films and disposable consumer items, between 20 and 25% for long-term infrastructure such as pipes, cable coatings and structural materials such as windows and 6% for automotive use.
WRAP has identified a number of business opportunities for increasing the use of recycled polymers in the UK. This document presents the business case for recycled plastics and is designed to highlight commercial opportunities in the UK.
To find out more about the current use of recycled plastic ploymers and how an increase in their adoption could cut costs to business and local authorities, please download the full report:
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Contents
Contents
Introduction >>
Case studies >>
Commercial opportunities >>
How plastics recycling works >>
Next steps >>
Related
Related
To find information related to this guide, please use the following links:
Plastics recycling business opportunities report >>
Optimisation of pallet wrapping film use >>
Resources to enable recycling of household plastic films >>
End markets for recycled household plastic film >>
Analysis of retailers' front of store plastic film collection >>
Prices for recovered plastic film >>
Commercial scale trials >>