sustainable economy
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
- Development of chemical recycling: https://recyclingtechnologies.co.uk/
- PRN Revenue by Material – The Environment Exchange: The Marketplace for PRNs, Quarterly Report 78, May 2018 www.t2e.co.uk
- 3rd largest employer out of UK manufacturing sector (see below A)
- 166,000 people employed. Source: Manufactures of plastic products – Source: Annual Business Survey (ABS). Relevant SIC Codes: 20.16 (Manufacture of plastics in primary forms) and 22.2 (Manufacture of plastic products). In addition other relevant but not wholly incorporated 28.96 (Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery), 27.33 (Manufacture of wiring devices), 33.20 (Installation of industrial machinery and equipment), 38.92 (Recovery of sorted materials) and 29320 (Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles). Plastics recyclers and traders – Source: BPF Recycling Group and BPF Recycling Group Annual Return Survey (https://www.bpf.co.uk/utility/mediahandler.ashx?id=2243)
- Top 10 UK exports. Plastics and Plastics Products one of UK Top 10 Exports: http://www.worldstopexports.com/united-kingdoms-top-exports/
- Value of Exports £8.2bn Sources: ITC calculations based on UN COMTRADE statistics/www.trademap.org, Product Code: 39, “Plastics and Articles Thereof” (3901-3915 raw material codes, 3916-3926 plastic products)
- Recycling rates of drinks containers. https://www.valpak.co.uk/docs/default-source/information-zone/databite-no-3---drinks-container-recycling-rates.pdf
- 78% recovery rate of plastic packaging. Conversion Report: Post-consumer Plastic Waste Management in European Countries (2016)
- National Packaging Waste Database. Available: https://npwd.environment-agency.gov.uk/
- Plastic packaging results in a 60% reduction in green house gas emissions: The impact of plastic packaging on life cycle energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in Europe: Executive Summary July 2011, Bernd Brandt and Harald Pilz
- Replacing plastics with alternative materials would quadruple the environmental cost: Trucost Plastics and Sustainability: A Valuation of Environmental Benefits, Costs and Opportunities for Continuous Improvement. Costs shown in US billion dollars.
- 99%of councils collect plastic bottles and 76% now collect pots, tubs and trays: Recoup, 2017 UK Household Plastics Collection Survey
- Over the lifetime of the average car, lightweight plastic parts save around 3,000 litres of petrol as a result – which would get you to and from New York almost five times: https://www.plasticsindustry.org/AboutPlastics/content.cfm?ItemNumber=788&navItemNumber=1280
