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Non-packaging plastics – Good Practice Guide 10Non-packaging plastics from wasteelectrical and electronic equipment(WEEE)The main sources of non-packaging plastics from waste electricaland electronic equipment (WEEE) are:n single polymer streams from manual dismantling systems; andn mixed polymer streams from bulk shredding of WEEE.There are a number of potential problems with recyclingnon-packaging plastics that are recovered from WEEE. The WasteElectrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006, set outby the Waste Management Licensing for England and Wales (asamended), require that potentially hazardous brominated flameretardant (BFR), used as additives in some plastic products, beremoved before recycling.Important note:It is difficult to identify materials containing BFR as they are rarelymarked and specialist analytical equipment is required. It is thereforevital that the collector takes measures to identify whether or notit contains BFR and identify an end market for the material beforecollection. BFR is mainly found in WEEE plastics but may also bepresent in non-packaging plastics used in buildings and vehicles.Collectors should take the following measures to prevent theprocessing of polymers containing BFRs:n determine whether the non-packaging plastic contains BFR.If so, the waste must be treated to remove the BFR before it canbe recycled;nnnon-packaging plastics containing BFR are classified as hazardouswaste and therefore the Hazardous Waste Regulations Directive2005 will apply; andcollectors of WEEE non-packaging plastics should identify anend market (such as a plastics reprocessor or a companyoperating a polymer separation facility) before undertaking thecollection.At present much of the non-packaging plastics recovered fromWEEE are produced by large scale, bulk shredding facilities, resultingin a mixed stream of polymers. These can be highly contaminatedwith non-plastic materials including dust, metal and glass and oftenneed to be pre-treated to remove these materials before processing.Cleaner, single stream polymers are produced by manual dismantlingsystems but this is labour intensive.Sensible managementof non-packaging plasticwaste leads to positiveenvironmental andeconomic impacts.
11 Non-packaging plastics – Good Practice GuideAppendix: Sources of furtherinformationGeneral guidance on recycling non-packaging plasticsRecoup at www.recoup.org. Recoup has a searchabledatabase of UK plastics reprocessors that can be found atwww.recoup.org/business/default.aspTel 01733 390 021WRAP at www.wrap.org.ukTel 01295 819900The British Plastics Federation at www.bpf.co.ukTel 020 7457 5000Envirowise at www.envirowise.org.ukTel 0800 585 794Identifying plastics reprocessing companiesRecoup at www.recoup.org/business/default.aspLets Recycle Directory at www.letsrecycle.com/go/directory/The Waste Directory for all Businesses atwww.wasterecycling.org.uk/Index.aspxNon-packaging plastics from agricultureGood Practice Information, Agricultural Waste Plastics Collectionand Recovery Programme, (October 2007). Can be accessed atwww.agwasteplastics.org.uk/media_files/Programme_docs/awpgoodpracticeinfo_4pager.pdfWaste Plastics Recycling and Good Practices Guide by and forlocal and regional authorities, Association of Cities and Regionsfor Recycling, www.ecvm.org/img/db/ACRRReport.pdf(accessed April 2008). Non-packaging plastics from construction& demolition Recycling rigid & flexible PVC (sorting guide),Recovinyl, www.recovinyl.com/docs/english/sortingguide.pdfHow to segregate, reuse and recycle plastics, WRAP, www.wrap.org.uk/downloads/CD_HowTo_2_Plastics_low-res1.3e0d8b7c.pdf(accessed April 2008). Non-packaging plastics from endof life vehicles Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association website atwww.mvda.org.uk/recycling.aspxFurther information on the definitionof packaging can be found in TheAgencies’ Interpretation of ‘Packaging’2nd Edition at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/static/documents/Business/pr_edn2_518816.pdfFurther information on the ELVRegulations can be found on theNetRegs website at www.netregs.gov.uk/netregs/63011.aspx and at theEnvironment Agency website atwww.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/regulation/31887.aspxFurther information on the WEEERegulations can be found on theNetRegs website at www.netregs.gov.uk/netregs/topics/WEEE/default.aspxand at the Environment Agency websiteat www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/regulation/31975.aspxNon-packaging plastics from waste electrical and electronicequipmentWaste plastics Separation Technologies, Defra Waste and ResourcesEvidence Programme (July 2007) www.defra.gov.uk/science/Project_Data/DocumentLibrary/WR0202/WR0202_6320_FRP.pdfIndustry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling (ICER),www.icer.org.uk/index.htmThey also have a directory of WEEE recyclers and refurbishers atwww.icer.org.uk/direct.htm
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