There is approximately 220,000 tonnes of plastic packaging making up 25% of all packaging. Plastic bottles only account for 20% of total plastic packaging. However it is very visible and very valuable
Plastic bottles recycling rates increase 5 fold over last five years
Now increasingly valuable raw material
1 tonnes of plastic bottles recycled saves c30 barrels of crude oil
Plastic bottles recycling rates at 34% up from under under 3% in 2002
Good growth up from 1100 tonnes in 2002 to nearly 15,000 in 2007 – increased 15 fold
Plastic bottles are ideally collected through kerbside green bin/bag systems – 64% recovered through kerbsides
Plastic bottles collection infrastructure increasing –nearly a million kerbside now collect plastic bottles
xxx Dublin green bins now taking plastic bottles. – the last kerbside to accept plastic bottles
Plastic Bottles are not just fizzy drink bottles – also are Milk bottles, Shampoo and toiletries bottles, detergents bottles, etc
Plans for two plastic bottle washing and chipping plants are in the pipe line for plastic bottles.
Plastic not a bad material a lot of on Island opportunities in plastic recycling in Ireland.
More Plastic Bottles are being recycled in Ireland than ever
Repak Plastic Bottle Recovery rates
Repak have grown plastic bottle recycling up from 1,096 tonnes in 2002 to over 15,000 tonnes by year end in 2007 or nearly 40% of all plastic bottles. These are not just beverage bottles but all plastic bottles.
Plastic Beverage bottles are less than 10% of all plastic packaging and represent only circa 15-20,000 tonnes which is less than 2.2% of all packaging waste.
People are very good at recycling their Fizzy drink plastic bottles and milk bottles, however there are other plastic bottles like Shampoo/Detergent bottles etc
Commentary “Plastic bottle recycling rates are low relative to other material types (like glass and cardboard at over 70%) but plastic bottles recycling rates are growing rapidly up 15 fold in 5 years. Plastic is a relatively new packaging material type and recycling rates are as such slower to catch up. Plastic bottle recycling in Ireland has a great future as unlike other materials which need plants of many hundreds of thousand to be viable plastic recycling plants can be viable and profitable at much smaller scales of 10 -20,000 tonnes. Indeed we already have a number of end plastic users who would be ideal outlets for collected plastic bottles. Such as Wellman in Cavan, JFC in Tuam, Carberry etc.”
Plastic Beverage bottles are less than 10% of all plastic packaging and represent only circa 15-20,000 tonnes which is less than 2.2% of all packaging waste.
People are very good at recycling their Fizzy drink plastic bottles and milk bottles, however there are other plastic bottles like Shampoo/Detergent bottles etc
Commentary “Plastic bottle recycling rates are low relative to other material types (like glass and cardboard at over 70%) but plastic bottles recycling rates are growing rapidly up 15 fold in 5 years. Plastic is a relatively new packaging material type and recycling rates are as such slower to catch up. Plastic bottle recycling in Ireland has a great future as unlike other materials which need plants of many hundreds of thousand to be viable plastic recycling plants can be viable and profitable at much smaller scales of 10 -20,000 tonnes. Indeed we already have a number of end plastic users who would be ideal outlets for collected plastic bottles. Such as Wellman in Cavan, JFC in Tuam, Carberry etc.”
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