By 2027 all local authorities will be required to collect flexible plastic packaging from households. But collecting this material is only the beginning of the journey. Understanding and optimising collection, sorting and recycling is key to reducing the environmental impact of flexible plastic packaging, and learning how to achieve this efficiently and effectively is the aim of the FPF FlexCollect project.
By 2027 all local authorities will be required to collect flexible plastic packaging from households. But collecting this material is only the beginning of the journey. Understanding and optimising collection, sorting and recycling is key to reducing the environmental impact of flexible plastic packaging, and learning how to achieve this efficiently and effectively is the aim of the FPF FlexCollect project.