| Title | Post-consumer plastic packaging waste in England: Assessing the yield of multiple collection-recycling schemes |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 21312 |
| Authors | Hahladakis, JN; Purnell, P; Iacovidou, E; Velis, CA; Atseyinku, M |
| Title | Post-consumer plastic packaging waste in England: Assessing the yield of multiple collection-recycling schemes |
| Year | 2018 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | The European Commission (EC) recently introduced a 'Circular Economy Package', setting ambitious recycling targets and identifying waste plastics as a priority sector where major improvements are necessary. Here, the authors explain how different collection modalities affect the quantity and quality of recycling, using recent empirical data on household (HH) post-consumer plastic packaging waste (PCPP) collected for recycling in the devolved administration of England over the quarterly period July-September 2014. Three main collection schemes, as currently implemented in England, were taken into account: (i) kerbside collection (KS), (ii) household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) (also known as 'civic amenity sites'), and (iii) bring sites/banks (BSs). The results indicated that: (a) the contribution of KS collection scheme in recovering packaging plastics is higher than HWRCs and BBs, with respective percentages by weight (wt %) 90%, 9% and 1%; (b) alternate weekly collection (AWC) of plastic recyclables in wheeled bins, when collected commingled, demonstrated higher yield in KS collection; (c) only a small percentage (16%) of the total amount of post-consumer plastics collected in the examined period (141 kt) was finally sent to reprocessors (22 kt); (c) nearly a third of Local Authorities (LAs) reported insufficient or poor data; and (d) the most abundant fractions of plastics that finally reached the reprocessors were mixed plastic bottles and mixed plastics. Crown Copyright (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2018.02.009 |
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