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Doubling of plastic bottle recycling in the UK
There has been a 100% increase in plastic bottle recycling in the UK over the last two years, according to research funded by WRAP, the Waste & Resources Action Programme (www.wrap.org.uk) and carried out by Recoup (www.recoup.org). The 2005 survey reveals that collections are now performing at an annualised rate of 48,397 t. This equates to 10.5% of bottles in the household waste stream, with two-thirds received through kerbside collection and one-third by user-return schemes. 73% of all UK local authorities now offer collection facilities for plastic bottles.
13.06.2005 Plasteurope.com [10993]
Published on 13.06.2005