In total it manages over eight million tons of recyclables and waste materials for customers from all sectors across the country.īut is incineration the answer? At the CRUK conference, the need to achieve a much higher percentage of reuse – particularly of valuable textile fibres – in addition to recycling into second life products, was emphasised.ĬRUK’s 80+ members managed to divert 21.4% of the 400,000 tons of carpet waste produced in the UK in 2012 and are on course to hit a target of 25% by 2015. “Having invested around £20 million in recycling infrastructure and capacity, we now have to bring new products into the mix,” he said, speaking at the recent Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK) conference in Birmingham.Įach year, Viridor transforms over two million tons of materials into high quality recyclate, and yet more into over 760 gigawatt hours of renewable energy.
Sustainable, Industrial, Transport/Aerospace, Interiors, Medical/Hygiene It’s for this reason that difficult to handle technical textile-containing products such as carpets and mattresses are now being examined more closely for their potential. Yet according to Bill Griffiths of Viridor – a leading recycling, renewable energy and waste management company – the country’s recycling rates have actually fallen consistently since 2007. Reuse, recycle or sometimes simply burn? Adrian WilsonĪccording to figures from the UK government-funded WRAP organisation, the country’s recycling industry is now worth an annual £3 billion and employs 40,000 people.
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