Projects Wholly or Partially Funded by the BPF or Where the BPF Have Taken a Leading Role
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www.plasticsrecyclingfacts.org The BPF, in conjunction with the Environmental Services Association, has been running a public-focused PR campaign focused on improving knowledge about plastic recycling for those keen to do the right thing, with fun facts and key information hosted on the campaign website and distributed on various social media channels. The campaign also involved showing social media influencers around a recycling facility, so they could explain how recycling works – and the important things to remember when sorting your household waste – to their own audiences. |
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The Flexible Plastics Fund The Flexible Plastic Fund wants to incentivise flexible plastic recycling as quickly as possible. In 2020, the UK produced over 309,000 tonnes of flexible plastic packaging, which is about 22% of all UK consumer plastic waste. Only 8% of flexible plastic is currently collected from home for recycling and the Fund wants this to significantly improve. |
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Kent Live Lab The BPF supported, along with other organisations including Kent County Council, a project run by RECOUP to understand recycling communications and behaviors. Across Kent the councils all collect the same material so the campaign could test which communications messages were most effective and understand what influences the behavior of the public. The project connected with 1900 parish councilors, 700 schools, 17,500 school children, 18 resident/advisory groups, 16 high street locations, delivered 678,000 household leaflets, distributed 170,000 community magazines, gained a social media reach of over 680,000 on organic posts and collated over 3,000 citizen insights surveys. |
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Plastic Free Mersey The Plastic Free Mersey project is a flagship collaborative approach created to tackle plastic pollution in the Mersey River catchment in north-western England. It brings together businesses in the plastics supply chain with others who are interested in protecting rivers, ranging from communities and NGOs to academics |
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EPS Recycling Trial A new trial was launched with the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) on 8 November 2021. It was attended by representatives from the NLWA, the BPF, NLWA-owned LondonEnergy Ltd, and Greenbank Recycling Solutions, which provided the onsite compactors being used in the trial and is also managing the processing of the material. |
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Leeds by Example
The BPF, along with other partners, supported an initiative run by Hubbub in conjunction with Ecosurety and Leeds City Council to tackle recycling and litter on-the-go in Leeds. The campaign added additional recycling points including bubble-blowing bins and recycling reward machines on streets, in shopping centres, transport hubs and offices. There was also a huge art installation and a ‘Re-Cycler’ recycling collection bikes. It also trailed an app by OPRL which helped members of the public find their nearest recycling bin. More Information |
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Neat Streets
The BPF, along with other partners, supported Hubbub’s initiative #Neat Streets which was initially run in Villiers Street in London before being rolled out to other cities. It used innovative interventions to reduce litter which were designed to be fun and create a sense of community. This included interactive bins and cigarette ballot bins. The campaign reduced litter in Villiers Street by 26%. More Information |
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RecoMed RecoMed is a PVC take-back scheme currently being implemented at 36 different NHS hospitals across Britain (as of November 2019). The scheme involves the collection of used PVC medical devices including nasal cannulas; oxygen tubes; anaesthetic masks and oxygen masks. More Information |
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For Fish’s Sake #FFSLDN |
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Waste Free Oceans Waste Free Oceans collects and transforms ocean plastic into new, innovative products they partner with recyclers, converters and brands to make optimal use of available resources and raise awareness of plastic pollution. Based in Brussels, we also operate in the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. |
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Plastian The Little Fish Plastian the Little Fish is a children’s book designed to educate children aged five to ten about the impacts of waste in our oceans and to find new and creative ways to reduce floating debris in a colourful, user-friendly way. Nicole Intemann, the author of the book wanted to raise awareness on the issue of marine litter and to educate children on the problem and its solutions. |
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Marine Litter Action Network |
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Plastics Information Pack for Educators Thought-provoking facts and ideas to stimulate students during lessons to make better use of plastic and reduce its environmental impact. It is also interesting for those who would simply like to find out more as part of taking action to reduce plastic waste. This pack was put together for the Education for Sustainable Development Platform (ESDP) for UN World Environment Day 2018 by Waste Busters with content contribution and advise from BPF, PlasticsEurope, Dow and RECOUP. |
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Bincentives The British Plastics Federation and PlasticsEurope have been working with Marine Conservation Society to address litter in schools. The CSI: LItter challenge was launched as a project to sue problem-based learning to teach the students about litter through a hands on litter survey and a series of webinars to explore why litter occurs and the impacts it has.
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