the latest investment further improves jayplas&39 uk infrastructure photo jayplasin an investment said to be worth &ldquoseveral million pounds,&rdquo major uk recycler jayplas corby, northamptonshire www.jayplas.com has installed a new extrusion and recycling plant at worksop and a new wash facility at loughborough, leicestershire, where the company in summer 2014 increased output of ldpe packaging resin recyclate by 20,000 ty. at the same time, it has created a new packaging division as part of a strategic investment in improving its national infrastructure.jayplas said the newly created packaging division is a &ldquodirect response&rdquo to the uk retail sector&rsquos increased demand for recycled plastics to reduce the carbon footprint. it added that this also will help keep valuable secondary materials such as backofstore film waste from retailers, postconsumer polyethylene and plastic films from agricultural and construction sources at home rather than being exported to asia for reprocessing.the new packaging division, the company said, will be able to offer a complete range of sizes and types of recycled plastic bags designed and produced in the uk to customer specifications, using a closedloop process. after segregating and reprocessing the waste, jayplas will convert it into pellets at three uk locations before extruding the pellets to film and converting the film into finished products.operations director michael maxwell said the familyrun business owned by j&a young leicestershire ltd is committed to investing in the uk&rsquos recycling infrastructure, and its closedloop solutions enable it to provide a much shorter, traceable supply chain to its customers. as jayplas controls the whole process from collection of waste from retail outlets to the distribution of recycled packaging products, it can meet &ldquorising demand for high quality, domestically recycled plastics and packaging.&rdquothe company that claims to be the uk&rsquos largest plastics recycler operates eight recycling and recycled product manufacturing sites across the country, each specialising in what it says is &ldquoa unique polymer type and process.&rdquo established in 1975 in loughborough, jayplas by its own account can process around 200,000 ty for more than 200 customers in commercial and industrial markets, including many major uk brand names. 
