FlexCollect, the UK’s largest collaborative project to support the collection and recycling of flexible plastic packaging, has launched with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) support. The multi-million-pound project was announced on 19 May 2022, will pilot household collections of flexible plastic packaging waste, to significantly increase recovery and recycling rates. The project is co-funded by: the Flexible Plastic Fund UKRI’s Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge (SSPP), which is providing £700,000 Defra. In addition, further in-kind support is being provided from industry stakeholders including: Ecosurety, RECOUP, SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK…
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