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Recycling

Volume 714: debated on Wednesday 4 November 2009

Questions

Asked by

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have access to or maintain a register of locations in the United Kingdom at which plastics are recycled. [HL5951]

To ask Her Majesty's Government where in the United Kingdom there are plants that recycle plastics other than drinks bottles; what assessment they have made of whether the technology used at such plants is proven; and whether they plan to assist with the introduction of such technology across the country. [HL5952]

The table below shows the companies that the Environment Agency has accredited for the reprocessing (recycling) of plastic in England and Wales. Separate data are not held for the recycling of plastics other than drinks bottles. This table and further information can be found on the Environment Agency’s website.

Aintree Cartons Ltd

Liverpool

Merseyside

L9 6DX

Alfaplas Ltd

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR2 6LR

Alpha Polymers Ltd

Liverpool

Merseyside

L20 8QJ

Anson Packaging Ltd

Ely

Cambridgeshire

CB6 2QE

Aurora Manufacturing Ltd

Leigh

Lancashire

WN7 4HB

AWS Eco Plastics Ltd.

Gainsborough

Lincolnshire

DN21 5TU

Axion Recycling Ltd

Salford

Greater Manchester

M6 6HQ

B & J Parr

Mansfield Woodhouse

Nottinghamshire

NG19 8BZ

Birmingham Plastic Recycling

Birmingham

West Midlands

B66 2BJ

British Polythene Limited

Tredegar

Caerphilly

NP22 5PY

British Polythene Limited

Heanor

Derbyshire

DE75 7RG

British Polythene Limited

Stroud

Gloucestershire

GL5 3QF

Britton Merlin Limited

Louth

Lincolnshire

LN11 0AX

Britton Taco

Winsford

Cheshire

CW7 3RD

C Plumb & Sons (Hatfield) Ltd

Rotherham

South Yorkshire

S66 8HR

Centriforce Products Ltd

Liverpool

Merseyside

L20 8EE

Chase Plastics Ltd

Brandon

Suffolk

IP27 0NE

Closed Loop Recycling Ltd

Dagenham

Essex

RM9 6LF

Colin Smith T/A Polymers 1st

Leigh

Lancashire

WN7 4HB

Delta (Container) Recycling Ltd

Manchester

Manchester

M18 8DB

Elite Plastics Limited

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR26JR

Extrusion & Moulding Compounds Ltd

Nr pontypool

Gwent

NP4 8UW

F P International (UK) Limited

Brackley

Northamptonshire

NN13 7ES

Flogen Ltd

Frome

Somerset

BA11 4BG

Frank Mercer & Sons Ltd

Bolton

Greater Manchester

BL5 3JF

Gelpack Industrial Ltd

Madley

Herefordshire

HR2 9NQ

Globally Greener Solutions Limited

Swansea

West Glamorgan

SA54DJ

ITW Ltd

Swansea

SA5 4ED

J & A Young (Leicester) Ltd

Leicestershire

LE15 8AE

Jason Plastics Ltd

Bury

Lancashire

BL9 7HZ

JFC Plastics Ltd

Stratford upon Avon

Warks

CV37 7NB

JFC PLASTICS LTD (Runcorn)

Runcorn

Cheshire

WA7 1PH

Linpac Packaging Ltd

Castleford

West Yorkshire

WF10 2AL

Luxus Ltd

Louth

Lincolnshire

LN11 0LQ

Lynwood Products Ltd

Halifax

West Yorks

HX1 3TT

Moorgreen Flexible Packaging Ltd

Alfreton

Derbyshire

DE55 7EZ

NDC Polythenes Ltd

Cradley heath

West Midlands

B64 5RE

Norpol Recycling Limited

Nelson

Lancashire

BB9 7YG

Petlon Polymers Ltd

Lydney

Gloucestershire

GL15 5EL

Precision Polymers & Reclaim (Stroud) Ltd

Stroud

Gloucestershire

GL5 3QF

Preston Plastics Ltd

Preston

Lancashire

PR3 6BN

Recycled Plastics UK Ltd

Birmingham

West Midlands

B25 8HT

Roydon Granulation Ltd

St. Helens

Merseyside

WA9 3NA

Roydon Polythene Ltd

Rochdale

Lancashire

OL12 0AB

Schutz UK Ltd

Worksop

Nottinghamshire

S81 7BE

Sharp Interpack Limited

Bridgwater

Somerset

TA6 5LT

Skymark Packaging Solutions Ltd

Ilkeston

Derbyshire

DE7 8EF

Vencel Resil Ltd

Belvedere

Kent

DA17 6BG

Viridor Polymer Recycling Ltd

Skelmersdale

Lancashire

WN8 9SU

Waste Exchange Services Ltd

Redcar

Cleveland

TS10 4RG

West Midlands Recycling Ltd

Birmingham

West Midlands

B11 1BU

The data come from the National Waste Packaging database.

The Defra-funded Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has been investigating the options for recycling plastics other than plastic bottles. In June, WRAP held a conference on these issues and discussed the outcomes from its research. These included technical and economic assessments of the various alternatives for recycling mixed plastics. All the information from this conference, along with background information on WRAP’s mixed plastics programme, is available on its website.

WRAP also launched a capital competition in June, offering a £2,000,000 grant to help stimulate the development of waste management infrastructure for the recycling of mixed plastics, and to boost recycling capacity by at least 40,000 tonnes per year by 2011.