strong government support is important to help increasing investors&rsquo confidence in the wastetoresource sector and create the infrastructure that is required to fulfil the revised target of 57 plastic packaging recycling by 2017. axion director keith freegard emphasizes that thorough monitoring and control of the economic drivers will also be required to assure the investment in reprocessing plants and new sorting capacity matches increasing quantity from domestic authority kerbside collections. he further mentioned that the uk infrastructure is adapting to deal with the larger mix of plastic kinds from householders, but what is required is a solid and wellthought out expansion plan across the entire waste packaging supply chain to retain this positive momentum. his remarks follow the publication of wrap&rsquos guide for domestic authorities on collecting and recycling stiff plastic packaging like pots, tubs, and trays, which was produced with backing from axion and amec, which is an engineering and environmental consultancy. this guide intends to explain the challenges and opportunities related with targeting these materials at the kerbside, generally that is along with plastic bottles, and provides information on how they are treated within prfs plastic recovery facilities and mrfs materials recovery facilities, and the key communications and export market considerations. around 90, which is over a million tonnes, of rigid plastic packaging is not currently recycled. this situation exists even though studies showing a keenness among householders to recycle this material. the guide also contains case studies on companies and local authorities that have invented ways to make sure the material is positively recycled, which relies on downstream infrastructure being modified to handle this kind of material. there remain challenges related with black plastic packaging and films, which are the aim of other wrapfunded work. axion&rsquos research has revealed that where bottles and other mixed plastics are accepted, an upper overall capture rate is achieved for kerbside separated plastics. however, concerns still linger over how to boost collection methods in order to reduce crosscontamination from other polymers, thereby eventually maximizing the worth of packaging streams collected for the purpose of recycling. source of information httpwww.axionconsulting.co.ukhelloworld
