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My closing statement read: "There is only one real effective and incentive method to encourage environmentally sound collecting of beverage one-way containers and it is deposit in combination with High-Tech R&D resulted Reverse Vending Machines!"

By Anthony Clark
Closed Loop calls for bottle recycling rethink

The PETrecycling.cz assessment based on R&D up-to-day results is, that it should be made clear, that all beverage containers, e.g. PET bottles, ALU cans and glass bottles, that are commercially imported into Czech Republic or sold here should be included in return systems with deposits - to encourage the consumers to take the bottles back

The UK waste industry’s practice of shipping plastic bottles overseas for recycling is a threat to the future
of the UK’s infant recycling industry and Britain’s wider green economy, according to Closed Loop Recycling, a UK producer of food grade rPET and rHDPE.

Every year, UK consumers throw away thousands of tonnes of waste plastic bottles – but only 39% are collected for recycling. Of these, a vast amount is then shipped overseas which Chris Dow believes sends out the wrong message to consumers and investors alike. The UK plastic recycling industry has the potential to create thousands of low carbon jobs, given
the right investment and incentives.