Tesco and Recycling Technologies start plastics collection trial
April 7, 2019Tesco, the largest grocer in the UK, is to trial a programme covering collection of difficult-to-sort and otherwise unrecyclable plastics.
The collected plastics will be forwarded to Recycling Technologies. Based in Swindon, Wiltshire, the company specialises in chemical plastics recycling.
The Welwyn Garden City-based supermarket chain will install collection points at 10 of its stores in Swindon and Bristol.
Customers will be able to return any type of plastic, ranging from films used in pet food pouches and crisp packets, through to any plastic bags. These products are not commonly recycled by local councils.
Sarah Bradbury, director of quality for Tesco, said: “Our trial with Recycling Technologies will make even more of our packaging recyclable and help us reach our [recycling] target. This technology could be the final piece of the jigsaw for the UK plastic recycling industry.”
Recycling Technologies will process the plastics using a patented process which ultimately delivers the Plaxx product. Grades of this oil can be used to produce virgin polymer products.
