{"id":503026,"date":"2026-03-30T07:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:11:08","slug":"corby-plastic-recycling-plant-to-be-one-of-uks-largest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503026\/","title":{"rendered":"Corby plastic recycling plant to be one of UK&#8217;s largest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">About half of the UK&#8217;s plastic packaging is recycled, but there are not enough domestic facilities to deal with all the waste produced. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">About 600,000 tonnes of plastic waste was exported in 2024, according to environmental analysts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.endsreport.com\/article\/1909165\/uk-plastic-waste-exports-increase-again-2024\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ENDS Report, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Plants have closed across the UK and Europe, as virgin and recycled packaging from Asia has proved cheaper for buyers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reconomy said the new 138,000 sq ft (12,821 sq m) centre in Corby would create more than 30 jobs and be fully operational in the second half of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mike Benton, recycle loop managing director, said: &#8220;This facility will play a major role in increasing domestic recycling capacity and reducing reliance on virgin plastic by keeping high-quality material in circulation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It will also benefit the local economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About half of the UK&#8217;s plastic packaging is recycled, but there are not enough domestic facilities to deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-503026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}