The figures show that the UK reprocessed a total of 1,411,337 tonnes of packaging waste in the third quarter of 2004, 31,472 tonnes up on the second quarter of the year.
Initially, experts believe the figures show few major surprises, but confirm the state of the industry as shown by reprocessing figures in the second quarter of 2004 (see letsrecycle.com story).
This suggests that the UK will meet its overall recovery targets and material-specific recycling targets, but there could be a problem in meeting the plastic packaging waste target this year.
The data for the third quarter of 2004 was as follows:
Quarter 3 packaging waste reprocessing, 2004
| Domestic reprocessing | Exported for reprocessing | PRN/PERNs issued from 2004 waste received | Packaging received for recovery 3rd Quarter | |
| Paper | 494,451 | 147,351 | 514,223 | 641,802 | Glass | 208,233 | 41,144 | 219,962 | 249,377 | Aluminium | 6,502 | 1,581 | 7,710 | 8,083 | Steel | 37,263 | 41,500 | 68,002 | 78,763 | Plastic | 39,327 | 41,824 | 80,066 | 81,151 | Wood | 193,858 | 46 | 184,019 | 193,904 | Total Recycling | 979,634 | 273,446 | 1,073,982 | 1,253,080 | EfW | 158,257 | 75,686 | 158,257 | Total Recovery | 1,137,891 | 273,446 | 1,149,668 | 1,411,337 |
Source: Defra
Further analysis of the figures will be published by letsrecycle.com soon. Full packaging waste recovery data for the year up to November 15 is available on the Defra website.
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