Plastic is a big part of the west of all waste. The figures for 2002 show the United Kingdom, plastic materials have been 7% of total household waste and, if you exclude garden waste on the full value amounted to over 10%. It is certainly increased in proportion since 2002. Assessments are underway, the United Kingdom generates more than 3 million tons of plastic waste per year. A penalty is it a being recycled.
Why not?

Well, although it is very brief question needs a very long answer.

First, there is the problem of species. There are about 50 different chemicals polymers used in the budget of products and packaging, and it takes an expert to tell some of them separately. Secondly, there is the problem of logistics. The descent is relatively small amounts to millions of households. Finally, there is the issue of food security. More than half of plastic waste initially, we produce packaging for food. There are strict rules to follow in food packaging. Even if polymers are properly stored, and anyway was again in the company, whose initial budget element, it would still be a problem. The company may not use the waste has been able to return to an application with food, because it can not guarantee that some harmful contamination have not yet done so.

Indeed, almost all recycled plastics rather than in developed countries in the world of waste is created on the site of origin of their use; cut off, ill bars, excess production capacity are commonly used in the process of generated in the first place. It is relatively easy, given that the identity and specification of the substance is known with certainty.

Two developments are needed before the mass recycled plastic can happen. First, there must be a way for household waste from the plastics industry, low cost. This could be a community gathering, or agreement of supermarkets to accept waste plastics of their customers for recycling their home provider. Secondly, it is necessary to create industrial automatic sorting of the magnitude of polymer equipment. These two trends appear today (June 2008), are removed.