The Quality Protocol for the Manufacture of Secondary Raw Materials from Waste Non-Packaging Plastics
12th December 2016
Using this guide plastic converters or manufacturers who buy Quality Protocol compliant material may benefit from a reduction in their material costs; and will have the assurance they are purchasing a fit-for-purpose and consistent non-waste product.
Key points
This Good Practice Guide provides suggestions for meeting the project aims – to stop materials being sent to landfill unnecessarily and to promote the use of waste as a valuable resource
Non-packaging plastics are recyclable and can be reprocessed to manufacture a diverse range of products with a whole range of potential end uses.
Overview
Overview
The Waste Protocols Project is a joint Environment Agency and WRAP initiative in collaboration with industry, funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) as a business resource efficiency activity.
In this Good Practice Guide, the Waste Protocols Project aims to set out the environmental legislation that collectors must comply with, and give advice on what measures producers should consider adopting to ensure that waste is handled and stored in such a way that it can be recycled.
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Chapter
Chapter
General information for collectors of all non-packaging plastics >>
Non-packaging plastics from agriculture >>
Non-packaging plastics from construction & demolition >>
Non-packaging plastics from end of life vehicles (ELVs) >>
Non-packaging plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) >>
Related
Related
To find information related to this report, please use the following links:
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 >>