Ahmed Detta, chief executive of Enviroo, said: “The Government is trying to increase plastics recycling, and packaging manufacturers need to be prepared for the upcoming plastics tax legislation. This facility will provide the recycled PET they need in their products, while reducing the amount of virgin plastics we create.”
The proposed facility will be at the Plastic Park at Protos, which will cluster together plastics recycling and recovery technologies to create value from plastics waste. It is expected that a decision on the recycling facility will be made early next year. If approved, the facility will be operational by early 2022.
This will become increasingly important from April 2022, when a new law will see any packaging that contains less than 30 per cent recycled PET taxed. Some manufacturers have gone further, pledging to include up to 50 per cent recycled material in their packaging under the UK Plastics Pact. The facility will therefore help to meet growing UK demand for recycled PET.
