The BPF's EPS Packaging Group is actively seeking new sources of used EPS packaging to increase supplies of the material to the UK's EPS recyclers.
"Today we have several recyclers of EPS looking for new sources of used packaging to recycle and we want to help them by alerting business consumers of EPS packaging to the situation," says Andrew Barnetson, Environmental Affairs Manager of the EPS Packaging Group.
The EPS packaging industry, which already boasts one of the highest rates for plastics recycling in the UK, wants to encourage more holders of used EPS to send their waste material to be recycled rather than into landfill. There are two types of arrangement that can be made with recyclers.
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If you have an IT refit, and EPS packaging has been used to protect your high value equipment in transit, you can arrange a one-off collection to have it picked up and recycled.
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If you regularly have electrical components or fresh fish delivered in EPS packaging and have large amounts of material, you can set up a contract with a recycler to take your used EPS packaging. You may be provided with a machine to compact the material, which makes it more convenient to store until collection, and makes the transporting of it economically and environmentally viable.
"The demand for EPS packaging material for recycling is good news for the environment," comments Andrew Barnetson.
"It gives businesses an economic incentive to put the effort into setting up a recycling scheme. "Instead of paying for material to go into landfill, it can be collected at no cost and I’d like to remind manufacturers with large amounts of compacted material; they may be able to sell their compacted waste to a recycler.
The combination of saving landfill costs and payment for material can make good economic sense."
If you would like to discuss the best way to recycle your used EPS packaging please contact Andrew Barnetson on 020 7457 5014 or email info@eps.co.uk
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