The Government's recently announced Resource Security Action Plan should be extended to include plastics, according to Closed Loop Recycling's CEO Chris Dow.
There is a multi-million pound opportunity in the massive amount of valuable raw materials lost each year in the UK because of how we deal now with the products people no longer want, claimed Dow.
He believes the recent decision to increase recycling targets to 57% goes some way to help generate resource security and industry growth, but that more can be done to ensure the industry continues to develop, and with it, bring thousands of green jobs and thus increased UK prosperity.
“The Resource Security Action Plan is designed to make sure UK businesses are more resilient to any changes in the supply and price of scarce, valuable materials such as metals, and can make the most of new opportunities,” said Dow.
“This is exactly the case in the plastics recycling industry and we want to play our part. We support the objective of seeing British businesses taking advantage of this golden opportunity to boost growth and jobs through how we design products, while re-using, recycling or substituting valuable materials.”