Reform 'Could Have Stopped Crisis'

摘要

The British Plastics Federation's Recycling Group (BPF RG) has reiterated that the packaging recovery note (PRN) system needs "urgent reform", before more UK recyclers fall victim to the current market failure affecting Closed Loop Recycling (CLR) for instance. Reductions in oil and commodity polymer prices, and strong demand from global low-cost economies for waste plastics have undermined confidence in the UK plastics recycling industry. BPF RG believes this could have been avoided if the government had taken decisive action and implemented the proposals published last year in its manifesto. The proposals focused on identifying drivers to achieve a sustainable future for the plastics recycling sector by introducing two fundamental changes in the PRN system.