Calls For Government To Support Cardboard Recycling

The Recycling Association has urged the UK government to support increased investment in the paper and cardboard recycling sector.

9, a:1:{i:0;s:8:”defaults”;}, waste management rotary screening, Calls For Government To Support Cardboard Recycling, The Recycling Association has urged the UK government to support increased investment in the paper and cardboard recycling sector., Leading from China and Indonesia’s recent announcements on the ban of waste imports, the Recycling Association has urged the UK government to support increased investment in the paper and cardboard recycling sector.

According to Chemical Engineer, China has confirmed that it will introduce the ban on importing recovered fibre grades by the end of the year. In 2017, China announced a ban on waste imports that included mixed paper waste.

To further the country’s anti-pollution effort, it will ban the imports of all solid waste by the end of 2020. In May this year, Indonesia confirmed there will be a 2 per cent contamination limit on the import of paper and plastic waste.

Recycling contamination is when non-recyclable materials or the incorrect materials for a particular recycling stream end up in the system.

According to the CEO of the Recycling Association, Simon Ellin, Indonesia has plans to reduce the limit even further, down to 0.5 per cent, which will directly affect the UK’s ability to export recyclable waste.

Ellin explained that of the 8 million tons of waste produced by the UK, half of it is exported as the UK lacks the capacity to reprocess it. Previously, 3 million tonnes of waste would be shipped to China, but that will be no longer an option given the new waste import bans and reduced import quotas.

He noted that exports to Asia will continue, but the market is narrowing now that some countries have placed restrictions on imports.

The Recycling Association has highlighted the import bans from China and Indonesia to urge the UK government to support further investment for cardboard and paper recycling to achieve the UK’s circular economy hopes.

Ellin said that the investment should focus on the development of infrastructure suitable to meet the demands of the UK’s Resource and Waste Strategy to minimise waste and promote resource efficiency.

The Recycling Association would like to see the government explore options such as a pulp mill to allow the export of recycled paper pulp to UK, EU, and other global manufacturing operations. Ellin explained that when manufactured goods are purchased from Asian countries, the UK needs to return the cardboard packaging materials as pulp so that it can be repurposed.

Ellin also suggests that the UK needs to invest in the paper and cardboard manufacturing sectors to allow finished cardboard and paper products to be sold all around the world.

The Recycling Association is calling for the government to work with them to develop a feasibility study on the economics and benefits of an improved recycling infrastructure for paper and cardboard.

“The export market for paper and cardboard is, and will remain, essential to the UK economy. But we have to recognise that in a market of ever-decreasing circles, we have to find the most economically and environmentally sustainable solution for all of the paper and cardboard we consume that is manufactured outside of these shores,” said Ellin.

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A time served Mechanical engineer Matt’s background includes many high-profile projects within the Automotive Industry: The Rolls Royce Phantom, Rolls Royce Cullinan, Spyker Le-Mans racing teams, Bentley, Aston Martin, and Airbus A380. This history and knowledge of complex manufacturing and engineering projects have been transferred and further developed into the bulk material handling sector. Matt has work in Europe, North America, Indonesia, and China

He joined the bulk solids and bulk handling industry in 2019 as Managing Director of Hoverdale UK Ltd and subsequently completed a Management buyout in July 2020. The business has grown yearly, increased employment, its customer base, and worldwide reputation, and disrupted the market with groundbreaking innovative technology. Since Matt took over Hoverdale, the company has filed four patents for innovation; one was granted in 2023 for a design to improve bulk handling. The success had been driven by delivering tailored solutions to the waste recycling sectors that keep material flowing out and money flowing in.

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  • 2024- MHEA Engineer of the year
  • 2021 – MHEA Innovation of the year
  • 2021- IMechE Innovation award

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  • Group Chairman Hoverdale UK Ltd
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  • Vice Chairman: IMechE Bulk Material Handling Committee
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Matt has been happily married to Julie for 22 years and has 4 children, 3 of which are involved within the Hoverdale group of companies. He is an RFU level 2 qualified coach and referee having been in several head coaching roles at various age groups from under 6’s to adults for his local team Nuneaton RFC. He believes in the core values that rugby teaches of Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline, Sportsmanship and try’s to carry this through in his day to day business activities. He is passionate at brining the next generation of young, diverse engineers into the sector through promotion of apprenticeship scheme and further education routes.

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David joined Hoverdale’s Senior Management Team in 2023 to seek a fresh challenge in a completely different industry sector. He has applied his approach to Process Improvement, Efficiency, Customer Service and Teamwork to great effect during Hoverdale’s sustained growth.

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Ben is a time serviced field service engineer in the busy waste and recycling sector, who’s career moved into to managing service teams and beyond. Originally beginning his career with a HGV repair and maintenance apprenticeship with IVECO, from there travelling and working in multiple countries moving towards waste processing shredders.

Ben joined the Hoverdale team in September 2024 seeking to apply his extensive knowledge to a new area. His values and ethics fit perfectly within the Hoverdale ethos.

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