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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.