The term mixed plastics covers all types of non-bottle plastic packaging from households. It includes rigid and flexible plastic packaging items of assorted polymer types and colours and does not include plastic bottles and non-packaging items.
Annually in the UK over 1 million tonnes of mixed plastics packaging from households are thrown away and the push to develop sustainable waste management options for mixed plastics packaging is picking up momentum.
The move towards bigger recycling levels is being encouraged by a number of factors including the increasing cost of waste disposal alongside rising public demand for more efficient and environmentally friendly ways of shifting waste from landfill.
A further subdivide of mixed plastics are rigid plastics (pots, tubs, trays) and films or flexible plastics.
In 2011/12 in the UK, 45% of local authorities provided kerbside collections of non-bottle rigid plastics (pots, tubs, trays) and 13% collected films (plastic) at the kerbside (in addition to those collecting carrier bags only).
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