New Kerbside Mixed Dry Recycling Scheme is Proposed

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In efforts to increase recycling in the Horsham District up to almost 50% of all household waste, a new kerbside mixed dry recycling scheme is being proposed.

Not everyone is keen on mixed recycling, recently PaperChain, a lobby group working in the paper recycling industry, raised concerns about the quality of paper being sent for recycling from mixed (or co-mingled sources).

PaperChain Chairman Martin Green said:

?UK paper reprocessors are seeing some very poor quality recovered paper coming onto the market, and are unwilling to take the risk of using this material because of the negative impacts on the paper making process. The bottom line is that a paper mill cannot recycle tin cans, food, and plastics into new paper products. Poor quality is not sustainable recycling; it is unnecessary and avoidable waste. PaperChain has serious doubts as to the long term sustainability of recycling in the UK if the lack of focus on quality continues.?


 

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