Policy & Infrastructure Reports
Policy & Infrastructure Reports
River and Ocean Plastics Collection and Recycling Programmes Report – Apr 2023
RECOUP undertook initial research into the operations of ocean and river programmes., enabling recommendations for future research, as well as interventions to increase transparency in ocean and river programmes and reduce confusion around their operations.
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Plastics Management and Recycling at Household Waste Recycling Centres in the UK – Apr 2023
RECOUP has undertaken research to provide recommendations of interventions that would help enable plastic disposed of at HWRCs to fit into circular economy models, and further steps to build on this research.
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Recycled Content Verification Systems Dec 2022
This report outlines the role that a RCVS could play in supporting the keeping of accounts as required by HMRC and the tax commissioner and providing confidence to customers that recycled content has been independently checked.
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UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey 2022
The UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey is an annual report produced by RECOUP which provides a comprehensive review of the collection of household plastics for recycling in the UK.
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UK Plastic Packaging Sorting & Reprocessing Infrastructure Report 2022
Explores the household and commercial capacities, and the UK’s potential ability to handle its own waste domestically with new policy and legislation and an absence of export markets, whilst still meeting its recycling targets.
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Quality Standard Recycled Plastics – UK Bale Specification Sep 2022
The ESA, with support from RECOUP, the BPF and the Recycling Association, has produced a set of quality standards in 2022 for plastics being exported from the UK for recycling.
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UK Household Plastics Collection Survey 2021
The UK Household Plastics Collection Survey is an annual report produced by RECOUP which provides a comprehensive review of the collection of household plastics for recycling in the UK.
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UK Household Plastics Collection Survey 2021 Data Summary
Data Summary to accompany the full UK Household Plastics Collection Survey 2021 report.
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Recycling of Coloured PET Oct 2020
Summary of the recycling and reprocessing of coloured PET opportunities within the UK
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Covid-19 Impact Report Jul 2020
Understanding the immediate, and longer-term impacts of the global situation of Covid-19 on the UK’s plastic supply, use and waste management sectors.
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Drinks Recycling On-the-Go Report Feb 2019
This report has been produced to support Defra in its understanding of the current levels of on-the-go single use drinks containers that are placed on the market, consumed, recycled or disposed of in the UK Developed with WRAP and Valpak..
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Deposit Return Schemes Jul 2018
Consumer insight research into current ‘On The Go’ behaviour and initial thoughts about the potential of the introduction of Deposit Return Schemes. Conducted: 2018.
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