Recent figures show that recycling of packaging glass in the UK increased by around 150,000/t over the past year, resulting in the UK successfully meeting its 60% target under the EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive. However, there was a further decline in the amount of glass returned to remelt in the UK glass container sector due to deteriorating quality and availability of the glass collected by local authorities and waste management companies. British Glass Recycling Officer, Rebecca Cocking said, "The UK glass container industry could use double the amount of good quality recycled cullet if it was available." "Of the 1.613,000/t recycled in the UK, only 665,561/t was returned to UK glass manufacturers for remelt - the worst performance since 2004."
