The UK ’ s Plastic Packaging Tax is the right way to start getting businesses to push sustainability up the agenda , but it needs to go further .
can ensure compliance with the complex legislation involved in the reprocessing of these materials , and Veolia ’ s own Sustainable Packaging Academy .
The British retail and manufacturing businesses who had made changes to their plastic packaging reported :
• Two thirds ( 66 %) have reduced the amount of unnecessary or avoidable plastic packaging
• Over half ( 58 %) now use recycled content
• 54 % have changed the packaging design to make it more recyclable
• 39 % have chosen alternative materials to plastic for their packaging
Working from three dedicated sites in London , Essex and the Midlands , Veolia operates a full process to recycle plastic materials from homes and businesses , and turn them back into plastic pellets ready to be used to manufacture new plastic items . This can process over 100 different grades of plastic from consumer , commercial and industrial sources , and pass these materials back into the supply chain for reuse . Backing the operations is the support team that
Globally Veolia aims to recycle 610,000 tonnes of plastic waste a year by 2023 , equivalent to 16,944 million 4 pint milk bottles . Veolia is part of the international cross value chain Alliance to End Plastic Waste ( AEPW ), currently made up of nearly thirty member companies , and this has committed over $ 1.0 billion to develop large scale solutions that will minimise and manage plastic waste and promote solutions for used plastics .
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77 % of British retailers and manufacturers are still unaware of the imminent Plastic Packaging Tax
In 2022 , Veolia commissioned a survey to find out what British retailers and manufacturers understand about the new Plastic Packaging Tax . UK producers or importers of plastic packaging will be charged £ 200 per tonne if it does not include 30 % recycled content .
50 %
63 %
of decision-makers support increasing the 30 % recycled content gradually .
also support a gradual increase in the £ 200 per tonne charge over time .
Source : 507 senior decision-makers across British retail and manufacturing businesses . The survey was conducted by YouGov Plc in 2022 on behalf of Veolia . Fieldwork was undertaken between 21st - 27th February 2022 . The survey was carried out online .
If all packaging in the UK had 30 % recycled content save the it would equivalent of
million
2.89 tonnes
of carbon emissions every year .
50 % would save the equivalent of million
5 tonnes
of carbon emissions every year .
Only
22 % said they currently include recycled content .
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