Figures from the National Packaging Waste Database showed that the UK recycled 1,613,000 tonnes of packaging glass – an increase of around 150,000 tonnes in twelve months. The result of this success is that the UK has successfully met the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive of 60%, says British Glass Manufacturers’ Confederation.
Commenting on these figures Rebecca Cocking, Recycling Manager for British Glass said, “The news is good for the UK as a whole, but the UK glass container sector saw a further decline in the amount of glass returned to remelt. This is, unfortunately, because quality and availability is deteriorating due to the nature in which glass is collected by Local Authorities and Waste Management Companies who are focusing on glass as a waste and not a resource.
The UK glass container industry could use double the amount of good quality recycled glass cullet if it was available. Of the 1,613,000 tonnes of glass recycled in the UK only 665,561 tonnes was returned to UK glass manufacturers for remelt – the worst performance since 2004.”
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