Edie has posted two articles recently that have worrying implications. In the first it reports that the UK plastics recycling industry is facing an investigation into fraud and abuse. This comes after 6 plastic waste exporters had their licences suspended or cancelled in the last three months. It would appear that some operators are claiming for dealing with waste that does not exist; some waste is not being recycled but is just being allowed to rot and leach into the environment; illegal shipments are taking place; and serial offenders are continuing to export. All this comes on top of China banning UK waste and other countries looking as though they may do the same.
This latter issue has led to increased costs for local councils, which is the subject of Edie's second report. Some councils are claiming cost increases of the order of £0.5M per year.
The combined effect could be very bad news for plastic recycling in the UK.
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