COVER STORY
THE ‘LOVE RECYCLING’ REPORT
The face of commercial recycling in the UK is changing, says Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP). The country is now placing an increasing level of importance on the implementation of recycling practices, but also a need for more information, education and governmental support.
Rubbermaid Commercial Products’ Love Recycling initiative has published its UK-specific report into the state of commercial recycling. Following on from continental findings released earlier this year, the regional report delivers specific insights derived from one of the largest commercially funded quantitative studies into business recycling and waste management ever conducted in Europe.
The study was performed with the aim of providing a detailed breakdown of how companies of different sizes are undertaking waste management and recycling processes, what can be improved within existing processes and what impediments there are to greater adoption of sustainable practices. Country specific data, augmented with in-depth interviews of commercial waste management buyers in the UK, show an increasing level of importance placed on the implementation of recycling practices, but also, a need for more information, education and governmental support to bridge the gap between intention and action.
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These are revealed in a number of key findings:
• Across Europe, recycling is one of the top-three issues for businesses, but in the UK, it ranks fifth.
• Almost every (99%) UK business surveyed expects the government to provide increased education for businesses, incentives to drive adoption and sanctions for companies that don’t do more.
• Two-thirds of UK businesses stated a lack of government incentives as a factor in not doing more, while 53% say they get minimal or no government support at all.
• Nearly half of UK companies cite a lack of shareholder engagement as an impediment to doing more.
• The UK report reveals the same phenomenon identified in the initial continental report. Businesses across the UK have a desire to go further with their recycling initiatives but are held back either by cost, bureaucracy or both.
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