Global Recycling Day

 

How much do you know about recycling attitudes and behaviours in the UK right now?

 

Did you know that…

  • 88% of UK households consider recycling an established norm. 9% admit to only recycling occasionally, and 3% say they do not recycle at all.
  • 52% of us recycle more than we did a year ago.
  • 18-34s are more likely to recycle than any other age group.
  • Households with younger children aged 0-12 recycle more than those with older children.
  • 55% of British households place items that could be recycled, such as foil, aerosols, and plastic detergent bottles, into their general rubbish bins.
  • 85% of us contaminate our recycling bins with items such as drinking glasses, toothpaste tubes, and plastic film lids.
  • On average, we dispose of 6.1 items incorrectly when sorting our household waste, putting non-recyclables in our recycling bins and recyclables in our rubbish bins.
  • While three-quarters of us admit to checking recycling information on product packaging, research shows that up to 76% of us misunderstand what recycling labels mean

Source: wrap.org.uk

 

We are currently working with some fantastic companies who are heavily involved in recycling and sustainability…

 

Jayplas

Since 1975, Jayplas has been the UK Market-Leader in post-consumer recycling.

 

Their core business comprises of:

  • Collecting, sorting and processing industrial quantities of a whole variety of used plastics into feed stocks for packaging companies
  • Manufacturing a diverse range of plastic bags using specialist plant located at a number of our sites

 

Jayplas provide their customers with the opportunity to ‘close the loop’ by taking businesses’ waste plastic material and returning it to them in a re-usable form. This practice:

  • Helps maximise returns by treating customers waste as a resource
  • Enhances ‘zero-waste to land fill’ drives
  • Reduces carbon footprints

 

See all of our roles at Jayplas here: https://www.essentialrecruitment.co.uk/company/jayplas/

 


Ward Recycling

Ward’s sustainability road map to 2030 is called The Ward Way. They say that it’s their global responsibility to take positive steps to protect our environment and play their part to reverse the damaging effects of climate change.

 

As metal recycling and waste management specialists, their aim is to achieve zero to landfill wherever possible. Ward is a family business and they place great value on the importance of operating a way which is socially, environmentally, and economically resilient. They aim to deliver long-lasting social and economic development for future generations and the communities that they are a part of.

 

By 2030, Ward has pledged to eliminate its contribution to climate change with an interim science-based target to reduce emissions by 47%.

 

Ward aims to:

  • Biannually, ensure 100% of employees receive an environmental awareness session
  • Endeavour to look for opportunities to increase planting around their sites, working towards zero net loss of biodiversity.
  • To segregate and recycle all office and site waste materials
  • Work towards achieving ISO 50001 Energy Management accreditation including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, using 100% renewable energy and increasing our electric vehicle fleet.
  • Have 30% of plant across their business to be electric by 2030.
  • Ensure all cars and light goods vehicles used for company business will meet the criteria of Ultra Low Emission Vehicle by 2030
  • Use their purchasing power to specify and procure materials and products that strike a responsible balance between social, economic, and environmental factors and generate benefits to society and the economy.
  • Support our local community by encouraging a local work force. Their target is for 70% of Ward employees to live within a 20 mile radius of their place of work.

 

See all of our roles at WARD here: https://www.essentialrecruitment.co.uk/company/ward/

 


Berry BPI

This company believe that it is essential that every product that we place onto the market is capable of being recovered and recycled into second life products, and ensuring that valuable resources are captured and retained within a circular economy, in line with principles of initiatives such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, of which Berry Global are a member.

 

Consequently, Berry bpi packaging solutions target all products to be recyclable by 2023.

 

Berry BPI’s other sustainability goals are:

  • To have zero accidents amongst all of our staff, our contractors and visitors to our sites and premises
  • To reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 25% by 2025 (vs 2016/17 baseline)
  • To reduce energy and water consumption by 1% per annum
  • Achieve zero waste to landfill across our operations

 

See all of our roles at Berry BPI here: https://www.essentialrecruitment.co.uk/company/berry-bpi/

 


Still reading? Here’s some more recycling facts!

  • We recycle over 2.5 billion cans in the UK every year
  • Over 2.8 billion parcels were sent throughout the UK last year
  • We only recycle around 67% of our glass items each year in the UK
  • Sadly, we recycle just 43.8% of plastic packaging waste.
  • 57.4 million tonnes of Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment was expected to be produced in the UK last year.