Mr Rick Hindley CEO of Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organization said that the aluminium packaging sector is on course to meet its 2012 recycling targets but if the government’s ambitious 2017 targets are to be reached the packaging waste recovery note system should be reformed to cover all recycled aluminium.
Mr Rick Hindley said that “Recently released data for Q3 shows that there is underlying growth of around two per cent overall compared to last year with the 100% packaging category up by around five per cent.”
Mr Hindley warned that under the 2017 objectives which state that from 2013 aluminium recycling rates must increase by 3% YoY there was a real chance that the packaging sector might miss its target unless the PRN system which requires companies to purchase certificates of recycling evidence is updated to cover all recycled material including aluminium ash.
He went on to claim that though the government’s targets serve to move recycling on success will also depend on improved kerbside collection as well as official recognition of aluminium packaging recovered by energy from waste plants and other treatment technologies. This could potentially see thousands of tonnes of extra aluminium being counted towards the target.
Mr Hindley said that “We estimate that to reach the new targets a further 19,000 tonnes of aluminium packaging will need to be recovered. Our business plan shows that the majority of this material will have to come from improving capture rates from kerbside collections and by officially recognizing the aluminium that is recovered from incinerator bottom ash.”
He said that “To achieve this we are working on establishing a new protocol to formally account for the aluminium packaging that is already being recovered and will continue to be recovered, as new waste treatment plants come on stream. It is essential that we are able to officially account material towards the targets, as they do in every other country in Europe.”
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