Dive summary:
- Resource minister Lord de Mauley along with a Quality Action Plan has released a new Code of Practice for recycling facilities in England and Whales this weekend.
- The Code will require all recycling facilities over a certain size to measure and track the quality of their inputs and outputs.
- The information will be available to local councils, companies interested in purchasing or merging with a recycling company, or those who supply materials to the recycling facilities.
From the article:
Speaking today at an official launch event at Veolia Environmental Services’ MRF in Southwark, Lord de Mauley said he believed there was “a strong businesses and environmental case for driving up quality.”
He continued: “It is in all our interests to obtain the maximum economic value from our recyclates, whatever the material. The right levels of quality unlock and deliver value to the whole supply chain. Get the quality right, and this consultation will help do that, I hope, and manufacturers that use recyclates will want access to greater quantities."
The minister also commented that improving the quality of recyclables will help on the export market, particularly with regard to China where plastics expects were "potentially under threat from China’s tightening import regulations." ...
