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ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE COVER STORY RECYCLED IS THE FUTURE!


Plastic recycling has been a hot topic in the news recently with disturbing reports on how single-use plastics are polluting the world’s oceans. Jim Hardisty, managing director of Goplasticpallets.com examines the UK’s response so far to curbing plastic waste and urges businesses to consider the use of sustainable plastic pallets and boxes in their supply chains


Over 90 per cent of the plastic pallets and boxes supplied by Goplasticpallets.com are made from recycled materials


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t’s impossible to turn on the news lately without hearing reports or seeing


images of the devastating effect single- use plastics are having, both polluting our oceans and littering our beaches. In March the British Science Association together with the charity The Plastic Tide published an interactive map to coincide with British Science Week, which highlighted the most common and unusual plastic pollution of the coastline. Bottles, straws, food wrappers, fishing nets and carrier bags were among the top 10 plastic items found. The charity is using aerial photos of UK beaches and drone technology to survey our shores from west Cornwall to the Isle of Mull in Scotland. Scientists involved are also asking the public to help them chart the plastic pollution by tagging items captured by drone. UK businesses responsible for generating a significant proportion of supermarket plastic packaging waste are also taking strides to eliminate single- use plastics. More than 40 companies, including Asda, Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble have signed up with the government, trade associations and campaigners to form the UK Plastics Pact. By 2025, they aim to withdraw single-use plastic packaging by way of better design and make 100 per cent of plastic packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable. At least 30 per cent of that packaging must include recycled material to meet the pledge target and the signatories must make sure 70 per cent of plastic packaging is recycled or composted. Furthermore, the government has spoken about introducing a proposal to make consumers pay a deposit on drinks bottles and cans, and banning plastic


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straws and cotton buds in an effort to curb plastic waste. Just last month a private school in East Sussex also threatened to punish pupils and teachers that take plastic water bottles, straws and non-biodegradable cups onto the premises, in much the same way as if they were caught smoking. The catalyst for this increased


Jim Hardisty, MD of Goplasticpallets.com


motivation to boost recycling and eliminate plastic waste is a result of the Blue Planet II documentary series which aired earlier this year, showing alarming footage of wildlife eating plastic. Few of us can say we can’t improve our


habits in relation to single-use plastics but it is worrying that people might feel that their efforts to recycle other less avoidable plastics are not doing any good. The UK has a plastic packaging recycling target of 57 per cent by 2020 and while innovators look to make wider use of recycled plastics, it’s clear that the greatest incentive to improve recycling rates comes from showing where our efforts are making an impact. Over 90 per cent of the plastic pallets and boxes that we supply are made from recycled materials. They come from exactly the things that we recycle at home – a mix of detergent and shampoo bottles, plastic lids and other household plastics, along with business waste such as drinks crates, recycled plastic pallets,


A selection of the plastics waste used to manufacture recycled plastic pallets


vegetable crates and rubbish bins. These recycled plastic pallets and boxes provide safe, strong and hygienic storage and transportation for goods including medicines, car parts, food and drink and are commonly seen in supermarkets, warehouses and throughout supply chains. The durability of the recycled material and the fact it cannot absorb contaminants provides a sustainable use for plastics redirected from waste. A recycled plastic pallet or box does not


rely on new plastic made as a bi-product of oil refinery and can be used over years – decades even. At the end of its long working life, the plastic can then be reground to produce new, reusable plastic pallets and boxes. We can provide reassurance that


recycling is part of a joined up approach to waste, and one which works to protect the environment. This goes for preventing an over-reliance on cardboard and paper, too, and the trees used to make short-life paper and cardboard packaging. In fact we have taken our


environmental commitment one step further by becoming an Accredited Exporter of plastic waste. We can help businesses that have plastic pallets or boxes that they no longer need to make sure they are recycled in a sustainable way and not end up in landfill. We ship redundant plastic pallets and boxes to CABKA_IPS’s plant in Belgium – a specialist facility for making products from plastic packaging waste. Here they will be reground and mixed with regrind material produced from other plastic waste, providing a new raw material that by means of intelligent design will be made into new sustainable plastic pallets and boxes.


Goplasticpallets.com T: 01323 744057 E: sales@goplasticpallets.com www.goplasticpallets.com


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