Figures are based on reports made to the Environment Agency from registered companies and do not include the 180,000 tonnes of PRNs carried over from 2001.
Click here for the full reprocessing figures for the UK, reported for January to June 2002.
Based on the data received for the first two quarters of the year, Chris Grove of the Environment Agency's producer responsibility unit said that the UK is on course to surpass the 50% target set by the European Commission for 2001.
Speaking at a gathering of packaging waste companies at Agra Europe's 7th annual conference on UK packaging regulations, Mr Grove presented the industry with tables comparing 2002 with 2001's figures:
2002 vs 2001 UK recovery
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| 1,086,291 | 2,137,907 | ||
| 1,271, 904 | 2,462,508 | ||
| +185,613 | 324,601 |
source: The Environment Agency
These showed that there has been an extra 324,601 tonnes recovery compared with the same period last year. Mr Grove went on to show that because of this, the UK will only need an extra 31,221 tonnes of reprocessing in the 4th quarter compared with last year's figure, and can afford 34,252 tonnes less reprocessing in the 3rd quarter and still meet 50% recovery. Figures in brackets in the table below denote projected requirement for the 3rd and 4th quarters:
2002 vs 2001 UK recovery
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| 1,179,217 | 2,137,907 | ||
| (1,147, 996) | (2,295,992) |
Source: The Environment Agency
“On this basis it looks like we might be on target to achieve our 50% recovery target, we should be on track to meet all the reprocessing needed,” Mr Grove said.
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