EPS Packaging Seminar calls for support for users of recycled material On 15 June 2000 the Expanded Polystyrene Packaging Group and the All-Parliamentary Sustainable Waste Group hosted a successful seminar in the Jubilee Room in the House of Commons, entitled 'Building on Our Success — Increasing the Recycling of Expanded Polystyrene Packaging'.
"Businesses need a financial incentive to use EPS recyclate — earning good behaviour points is simply not enough. I suggest that a company who buys recycled EPS material should have an equivalent amount taken off their legal obligation to recycle or their PRN liability," said Connor. The meeting was opened by Bill O'Brien MP, co-Chairman of the Sustainable Waste Group. After Peter Connor’s presentation David Imlach, Facilities Manager for the Dixons Group and Ray Prior, of Epson Telford detailed how they recycle EPS packaging. Both speakers placed much emphasis on partnership and co-operation with their recycler partners and the importance of working on a long-term relationship to ensure that the logistic and administration difficulties can be worked on and solved. David Imlach had good news to report: "It makes good economic sense for Dixons to recycle its waste. Our landfill costs are reduced by £263,000 a year, we have improved our own local environment and this year we expect to earn £150,000 income from recycling around 400 tonnes of EPS and 2,500 tonnes of cardboard." The EPS Packaging Group hopes the seminar will lead to new developments and partnerships in the recycling of EPS Packaging. The Group is confident that with industry co-operation and support from Government EPS packaging recycling rates can be substantially increased.
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Peter Connor, Managing Director of the UK's leading expanded polystyrene (EPS) recycling company, Flo-Pak (UK) Ltd, gave a detailed presentation about his EPS recycling business: "EPS packaging is a great material to recycle. It can be made into a variety of products, loose-fill packaging, video cassette cases and an excellent quality wood replacement material. But the industry needs a boost to really get the recycling going.
