Growing support for ‘Close the glass loop’ initiative

Growing support for ‘Close the glass loop’ initiative

One of the UK’s leading providers of recycling and resource recovery solutions, Enva, has joined the European glass packaging industry in calling to ‘Close the glass loop’ and improve the quality and quantity of glass collected. Enva - a major processor of glass - has warned of the dangers of removing dedicated bulk collections (bring banks) in favour of co-mingled kerbside collections, which can result in less material being of high enough quality to reuse in the manufacture of new glass bottles or jars.

As a result, it is more likely to be destined for use as an aggregate in landscaping, road building or construction. According to Enva, the ultimate consequence is the loss of this material forever and any future value that would have been realised from its ability to be continually recycled, failing on the ideal of a circular economy.

www.enva.com

Published: 
16/01/2020

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