An innovative supply chain project, funded by the Welsh Government in partnership with WRAP Cymru, has taken many difficult to recycle items and successfully transformed them into new items, including turning single-use coffee cups into waterproof building materials and decking. The unique two-year trial brought together several companies, including sustainability experts Nextek and the UK’s leading composite decking manufacturer Ecodek. Together they created a revolutionary new product: the world’s first composite decking made from single-use coffee cups combined with metallised films, such as those used for crisp packets. The radical…
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