UK plastics capacity falls while councils are being asked to recycle more

Britain risks collecting more plastic for recycling than it can process domestically unless urgent action is taken to rebuild UK recycling infrastructure, according to a new independent report published by resource recovery and recycling specialist Viridor.
The research, carried out by Ceres Waste, Renewables & Environment, warns that the UK’s plastics recycling capacity is under pressure at the same time as new policy reforms are set to increase the amount of plastic collected by coun