In addition to the overarching goal of achieving a 70 per cent reuse and recycling rate by 2035, the roadmap envisions 23 per cent of total plastic waste being mechanically recycled within the UK, ...
As Table 1 shows, 3.2 million tonnes of packaging was put into recycling bins, while 2.3 million ended up in residual, or ‘black’ bins, and 70,000 tonnes were mistakenly put into food waste. This ...