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Sustainable packaging: UK's HDPE milk bottle recycling rate increases to 72%

LONDON, UK: A new HDPE plastic milk bottle recycling study from Recoup1 (RECycling Of Used Plastics Limited) identifies that 72% of HDPE milk bottles consumed and collected in the UK during 2009 were recycled - a significant increase on the previous year's figure of 57%.

18 Oct 2010

It is estimated that 119 000 tons of HDPE plastic milk bottles were consumed in the UK in 2009. Of this total, 86 790 tons were collected for recycling - reflecting the growth in kerbside collections which, it is estimated, now accounts for 4 out of 5 of every bottle collected for recycling.

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