28 OCTOBER 2011letsrecycle
Packaging recycling resilient despite market fears
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
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Packaging recycling and recovery rates appear to have remained resilient over the summer despite a recent slowdown in the export market and ongoing fears of a double-dip recession.
The Environment Agency of UK has published data for the third quarter of 2011 on its National Packaging Waste Database showing that 1.809 million tonnes of packaging waste was sent for recycling or energy recovery between July and September. Although slightly down when compared to the 1.937 million tonnes achieved for the same period in 2010, this is broadly consistent with performance over the last couple of years and some large reprocessors are still to report their figures.
Strong performance in the third quarter was particularly seen the case of aluminium, where an unprecedented 20,249 tonnes was reprocessed or exported. This means that only 2,636 tonnes of material needs to be recycled in the final quarter of 2011 for the 62,689 tonne business target to be met.
The Environment Agency of UK has published data for the third quarter of 2011 on its National Packaging Waste Database showing that 1.809 million tonnes of packaging waste was sent for recycling or energy recovery between July and September. Although slightly down when compared to the 1.937 million tonnes achieved for the same period in 2010, this is broadly consistent with performance over the last couple of years and some large reprocessors are still to report their figures.
Strong performance in the third quarter was particularly seen the case of aluminium, where an unprecedented 20,249 tonnes was reprocessed or exported. This means that only 2,636 tonnes of material needs to be recycled in the final quarter of 2011 for the 62,689 tonne business target to be met.
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