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The U.K.’s plastics industry is hoping to jump-start the conversation about plastics collection and processing with the Plastics 2020 Challenge Recycling Debate. The Plastics 2020 challenge is an industry-funded organization aiming to double the amount of plastics recycled by 2020, from 27 percent in 2007. As part of the debate’s launch, survey results were released, finding that less than one-third of those 55 and older would stop recycling if curbside pick-up was eliminated, while more than half of families (with more than three children) surveyed would stop recycling altogether.
“We can’t just rely on the older generation to get Britain’s recycling rates up,” says Barry Turner of the Plastics 2020 Challenge. “We need to ensure that better infrastructure is in place to make it as easy as possible for all kinds of householders, including those in high-density housing and student accommodation, to get involved. One council has already stopped curbside collection of plastic bottles to reduce its council budget. This is worrying when the opposite is needed to reach Government recycling targets. ”
The plastics division of Greenstar UK, Greenstar Waste Exchange Services, received $76,000 ($US) in grant funding from the One North East regional development agency, as part of a upgrade effort at the firm’s Redcar, England processing facility. According to a story on letsrecycle.com, this is in addition to the $1.8 million Greenstar WES received from the Waste & Resources Action Programme, as part of a push to boost mixed plastics recycling.
Cited from Plastics Recycling Update
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