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(plasteurope) -- Thanks to an investment of GBP 4.5m
(EUR 5.4m) in a state-of-the-art waste wash plant, PE film producer British
Polythene Industries (BPI, Greenock, Scotland) has increased recycling capacity
at its Rhymney / South Wales plant by 25,000 t/y. The new plant will be used, in
particular, to recycle waste film from the agriculture and horticulture markets.
It will enable bpi.recycled products to strengthen its range of 100% recycled PE
products.
In addition to being one of the largest facilities of its kind
in Europe, the wash plant will also be one of the most environmentally friendly.
It employs features such as low energy, high output motors, energy-saving
lighting and rainwater harvesting to replace water lost each day.
BPI is
Europe’s largest recycler of waste PE, now capable of reprocessing up to 95,000
t/y annually from a network of strategically located, approved sites across the
UK. Waste farm plastic is a continuing problem for UK farmers and growers. An
estimated 80,000 t is generated annually, much of it heavily contaminated with
soil, sand and other contaminants.
As a result, a large percentage of it
is exported to countries such as Vietnam and Malaysia, where it is often
recycled using primitive, manual techniques. A high volume of the UK's waste
farm polythene is also still being sent to landfill or illegally burnt. |
