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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.

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.

UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2023 – Data Summary

Data summary for the 2023 Household Plastic Collection Survey.

UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2023

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.

ESA – Quality Standard for Recycled Plastic

The ESA, with support from RECOUP, the BPF and the Recycling Association, has produced a set of quality standards in 2022 for plastics being exported from the UK for recycling.

Plastics Management and Recycling at Household Waste Recycling Centres in the UK – Apr 2023

RECOUP has undertaken research to provide recommendations of interventions that would help enable plastic disposed of at HWRCs to fit into circular economy models, and further steps to build on this research.

UK Plastic Packaging Sorting & Reprocessing Infrastructure Report 2022

UK Plastic Packaging Sorting & Reprocessing Infrastructure Report 2022

UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2022

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.

Recycling of Coloured PET Oct 2020

Summary of the recycling and reprocessing of coloured PET opportunities within the UK

Covid-19 Impact Report Jul 2020

Understanding the immediate, and longer-term impacts of the global situation of Covid-19 on the UK’s plastic supply, use and waste management sectors.