Closed Loop London, a partnership between London Remade and Australian company Visy Closed Loop, is set to build a 36,000 tonne-capacity plant to recycle PET bottles on the Dagenham Docks. The plant, which is to make food-grade plastics from the bottles, is scheduled to be built by the end of 2006.
” We will hope to use the publicity of the new plant and these companies to increase collections of all materials from offices in the city. “
– Hugh Carr-Harris, Closed Loop London
The company's chief executive, Hugh Carr-Harris, has told letsrecycle.com that a second plant is scheduled to be built.
He said: “At this point in time we are concentrating on finalising the planning permission and equity funding for the London plant, we hope to have this tied up by the end of the year. But a second plant is planned, probably in the North of England. We have also had some interest from abroad.”
HDPE
Mr Carr-Harris, former chief executive of London Remade, said Closed Loop London would be collecting both HDPE plastic and PET plastic and sorting the bottles on the Dagenham site. But, the company will then sell on its HDPE plastic to another reprocessor.
“We have been approached to recycle the HDPE on site as well, but for the moment we want to concentrate on the PET bottles,” he said.
Closed Loop London is hoping that some of the bottles for the new plant will come from offices in London. “There are lots of collectors around London,” Mr Carr-Harris said. “We will hope to use the publicity of the new plant and these companies to increase collections of all materials from offices in the city. We would then hope to get hold of the plastic.”
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