Member

“Simpler Recycling proposals do not give sufficient prominence to improving the quality of paper for recycling, with unmanaged commingling risking damaging the quality of recyclate collected, ultimately driving up reprocessing costs for industry and leading to consumer confusion. Whilst we agree with the ambition to mandate collections on certain materials, in order to meet recycling targets and achieve a more efficient, zero-waste circular economy, we need a system that will act to drive up the quality and quantity of recyclable materials. Moreover, the proposals seem not to address the current issues with the quality of materials produced from commingled recycling via Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), offering no prospect for reprocessors that contamination rates will improve”.