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UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2025 – Data Summary

Data summary for the 2025 Household Plastic Collection Survey. The UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey is a research-driven report published annually that gathers data and insights from local authorities, county councils, and waste partnerships across the UK to better understand the quantities, challenges, and opportunities linked to household plastic recycling. It offers key insights for stakeholders and decision-makers within the household plastics value chain, helping to inform sustainable strategies for plastic collection and recycling across the UK.

UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2025

The UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey is a research-driven report published annually that gathers data and insights from local authorities, county councils, and waste partnerships across the UK to better understand the quantities, challenges, and opportunities linked to household plastic recycling. It offers key insights for stakeholders and decision-makers within the household plastics value chain, helping to inform sustainable strategies for plastic collection and recycling across the UK.

UK Plastic Packaging Recycling Infrastructure: Recommendations for Circularity

Download the report from the Ecosurety website by clicking here

Buy-Use-Return: Reusable Packaging Collection Pathways

New report by RECOUP explores collection pathways for reusable packaging to identify the most viable options and suggest directions for future research and collaboration. It evaluates collection pathways based on six key criteria: operational cost, initial investment, environmental impact, behaviour change, social impact, and policy changes.

The report highlights how Kerbside collection and Reverse Vending Machines can help optimise the environmental impacts and financial efficiency of returnable systems. The Kerbside and Deposit Return systems offer unique advantages and can complement each other for different sectors and packaging formats.

UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2024

Posted: 03/12/2024

UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2024

The UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey is an annual report produced by RECOUP which provides a comprehensive review of the collection of household plastics for recycling in the UK.

UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2024 – Data Summary

Data summary for the 2024 Household Plastic Collection Survey.

More Effective Plastic Packaging Tax

RECOUP believes the Plastic Packaging Tax, under its current operation, needs to be more effective to increase recycled content in plastic packaging. There are opportunities to make the tax more effective, reduce the risk of false claims of recycled content and support the aims of what the tax set out to achieve.

RECOUP is therefore putting forward strategic considerations to HMRC to maximise the overall environmental impact of the tax and avoid unintended and negative environmental outcomes.

Exporting our Resources – Developing a UK Plastic Packaging Circular Economy. Summary Document

This report summarises the “Exporting our Resources – Developing a UK Plastic Packaging Circular Economy” report, which was produced with support and input from the four UK enforcement bodies (EA, NRW, SEPA and DAERA). The report details the volumes of plastic packaging that have been exported for recycling since 2017. It includes a breakdown by nation, enforcement activities and the policy implications of systems such as Packaging Recovery Notes (PRN) and Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERN), as well as the RECOUP position statement on export of plastic packaging.

Exporting our Resources – Developing a UK Plastic Packaging Circular Economy.

This report, which was produced with support and input from the four UK enforcement bodies (EA, NRW, SEPA and DAERA). The report details the volumes of plastic packaging that have been exported for recycling since 2017. It includes a breakdown by nation, enforcement activities and the policy implications of systems such as Packaging Recovery Notes (PRN) and Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERN), as well as the RECOUP position statement on export of plastic packaging.

UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2023 – Data Summary

Data summary for the 2023 Household Plastic Collection Survey.