The RECOUP Survey is a specialist research-based report for those across the plastic supply and recycling chains who have responsibilities or interests in developing sustainable plastics recycling. Supported by LARAC, the questions are distributed online to all involved in waste collection in the UK, and as such provides a comprehensive review of the collection of household plastics for recycling in the UK. It covers the core data information such as service provision, current plastics packaging collection levels and recycling rates, but provides comment on the current situation behind UK household plastics collections, the challenges and barriers to plastics recycling and the issues Local Authorities face on a daily basis.
2015 Survey Content
The 2015 Survey includes a range of other content. There has been dialogue with LARAC to provide insight about alignment of both recycling collection services and consumer communications. Consumer communications is covered in an update on the progress of the national plastics recycling initiative, Pledge 4 Plastics, and how aligning with Recycle Now will provide consistency and maximise the impact it can have. There is also an overview of the On Pack Recycling Labelling (OPRL) scheme, which talks about some of their challenges and plans for the future. The increasing importance of plastic packaging product design for recycling is getting more coverage, and using one of RECOUP’s flagship documents, Recyclability by Design, best practice to improve the recyclability of plastic packaging.
