Biffa is a UK-based waste management and recycling company serving municipal, commercial and industrial customers. Its integrated operations cover waste collection, sorting, treatment and disposal, with activities that include materials recovery facilities, anaerobic digestion, landfill and energy-from-waste, aimed at maximizing resource recovery and diversion from landfill.
Within the chemicals and plastics value chain, Biffa’s polymers business processes post-consumer plastics into secondary raw materials, including food-grade recycled PET (rPET) and recycled HDPE (rHDPE) for bottle-to-bottle, tray and other packaging applications. The company supplies recycled pellets and flakes to packaging, fast-moving consumer goods and retail sectors, supporting closed-loop supply chains and higher recycled content in products placed on the UK market.
chemXplore tracks 4 projects involving Biffa.
Biffa's role on them: Owner, Investor / Financier, Operator, and Developer.
The new plant in Seaham recycles 57,000 tonnes of PET annually, creating 100 jobs. A £7m facility in Washington will handle 20,000 tonnes of plastic tubs and trays, adding 30 jobs.
A £15m plastics recycling plant in Seaham received planning approval. The facility will double recycling capacity, process 1 billion bottles annually, and start construction in Summer 2019.
The new rHDPE line will double food-grade plastic output to 20,000 tonnes annually, addressing market demand and reducing the need to send UK scrap plastic abroad for processing. Operational by early 2017.
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