Industry ‘exaggerates plastics recycling success’

The packaging industry in England has been accused of exaggerating the amount of its plastic that gets recycled. Waste consultancy Eunomia estimates official figures over-state the quantity of plastic packaging sent for recycling by about a third. Much of what does go into the waste stream may be of such poor quality it cannot be re-used, its report said. An industry spokesman said he was "very confident" of the accuracy of the data from packaging firms. But Eunomia argues that the industry's figures simply do not tally with the amount of plastic actually in the waste stream.

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