Eunomia report highlights lack of transparency in current system says ESA

London, 06 March 2018: The Environmental Services Association (ESA), the voice for the UK’s resource and waste management industry, today highlighted the lack of transparency in the current system when it comes to measuring recycling figures.

ESA’s Recycling Policy Advisor, Jakob Rindegren said:

“Ensuring accurate figures underpin the PRN system is unfortunately an area not given enough attention in the reform debate. And Eunomia’s report is also helpful in putting spotlight on how we measure and report on recycling. As we seek to ensure that more of our waste is recycled in the UK this clearly needs to be informed by robust data, both for the industry and for policy makers thinking about supportive policies as part of the Resources & Waste Strategy.

However, the figures in the report are just another estimate, for example the compositional figures from 2010/11 need updating. And unsubstantiated claims about the average amount of contamination in exported plastics are unhelpful and don’t meet the objective of ensuring that the recycling debate is based on robust data.”

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