Sustainable End-of-Life Options for Plastics in New Zealand

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There was a dramatic increase in the recorded amount of EPS recovered over the years, from 1t in 2002, to 101t in 2003, and then 218t in 2004 14 , (and the amount recovered is expected to increase over the next few years). Finally, ‘other’ plastic material had a trend-line that fluctuated. Tonnage for this remaining mixture of plastic materials dropped between 2000 and 2002, increased in 2003, and showed slightly less recovered in 2004 (but still more than in 2002). It was assumed that in 2003 some of the ‘LDPE (Incl. Film)’ data was accounted for in the ‘other’ category, resulting in counterbalancing trend-lines. Overall, the materials with the greatest tonnages 15 from 2000-2004 were LDPE (including film), HDPE and PET. Total tonnages over the four-year period for each were 49,751t, 36,292t, and 30,353t respectively. Figure 8: Annual total tonnage trends for each of the main recovered plastic material types (Source: PNZ Recycling Survey, 2005) 14. This data was collected from commercial recyclers. Future surveys will endeavour to include all EPS recyclers. 15. Refer to Appendix 1 for a table of total tonnages of plastic material recovered from 2000-2004. 17 Sustainable End-of-Life Options for Plastics in New Zealand
2.5 Breakdown of Colours and Product Types 2.5.1 PET In 2004, 8,016t of PET material was recovered, and 99.8% of the recovered products were bottles. More specifically, 52.9% (4,230t) of the bottles were non-coloured, 38.0% (3047t) were green, 8.9% (714t) were amber, and 0.2% (16t) were other colours. Most of the bottles were beverage packaging for soft-drink, juice and water. It is expected that in the next few years, the proportion of blue-coloured PET recovered (currently recorded in the ‘Other colours’ category) will increase. The remaining 0.2% of PET was made up of non-coloured containers. Figure 9: Breakdown (by product type) of total recovered PET material (Source: PNZ Recycling Survey, 2005) Figure 10: Further breakdown of colours from the total amount of PET (Source: PNZ Recycling Survey, 2005) Statistical Analysis of Plastic Material Types 18
Page 1 and 2: Research Project Report Sustainable
Page 3 and 4: Executive Summary The purpose of th
Page 5 and 6: Acknowledgements Special thanks are
Page 7 and 8: 4.2.5 Measure of Degradability ....
Page 9 and 10: Introduction In 2003 the New Zealan
Page 11 and 12: Results 1. Plastic Material in NZ 1
Page 13 and 14: From the 2005 PNZ Mass Balance Surv
Page 15 and 16: 2. Statistical Analysis of Plastic
Page 17: 2.3 Breakdown of Recovered Plastic
Page 21 and 22: 2.5.4 PVC Approximately 2,412t of P
Page 23 and 24: 3. Assessment of the Current NZ Inf
Page 25 and 26: Figure 16: Implementation of kerbsi
Page 27 and 28: Figure 18: Other material recovered
Page 29 and 30: 3.3.3 Forms of End-Market Material
Page 31 and 32: 4.2.4 Cons • The cost of deriving
Page 33 and 34: 4.2.8 Viability of Composting Plast
Page 35 and 36: Strict regulations have been set in
Page 37 and 38: 5. Factors Influencing Recovery 5.1
Page 39 and 40: Commercial recyclers operating unde
Page 41 and 42: 5.9 Key Points Voluntary industry a
Page 43 and 44: Recommendations R.1 Improve Informa
Page 45 and 46: Appendices Appendix 1: Supplementar
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