Resource Management Minister Rory Stewart said the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan (PIRAP) “reflects a lot of hard work […] across the supply chain”.
He continued: “We are recycling more than ever before and have doubled the recycling of plastic packaging over the last 12 years […] That’s why it is so encouraging to see [the] industry working together to develop this plan which help[s] us to protect the environment and grow the economy”.
PIRAP was launched earlier this week by the Plastics 2020 consortium, which is made up of the British Plastics Federation (BPF), the Packaging & Films Association (PAFA) and Plastics Europe, in conjunction with WRAP, Resource Magazine reported. The plan is designed as a road map for the plastic packaging supply chain, guiding them towards achieving the UK government’s target of 57 percent plastic packaging recycling by 2017 for obligated users.
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Plastics 2020 says the action plan will offer “solutions for all parts of the supply chain […] from designing for recycling and influencing recycling habits to developing end-markets and sorting contaminated materials’.
Kim Christiansen, Regional Director North, Plastics Europe, said “We believe that the plan will promote best practice and cooperation between all the relevant stakeholders to help delivering a sustainable recycling business sector in the UK, producing high-quality products and additional jobs.”