FlexCollect pilots prove flexible plastics collection is possible

On Monday, 1 September 2025, the Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) launched its FlexCollect report, which includes a blueprint for future collections and recycling of flexible plastic packaging (FPP).
Founded by Ecosurety, the FPF brings together a unique coalition of retailers, recyclers and manufacturers and intends to improve post-consumer flexible plastic collection and recycling to reduce plastic pollution.
Over the past three years, the FPF has been running the FlexCollect trials; trialling kerbside collection of flexible plastic across 10 pilot local authorities and 160,000 households. The project was the largest of its kind in the UK, collecting over 400 tonnes of FPP - the equivalent of over 50 million bread bags.
The FlexCollect report consolidates findings from three years of collections and sets out a clear blueprint for adding FPP to existing household recycling - showing that FPP can be effectively collected across all service types, sorted through existing facilities and achieve high recovery rates with end markets for the recycled material.

The FPF partners - representatives from renowned UK consumer goods’ manufacturers supporting the FlexCollect project
Why is the report important?
This landmark project provides essential data insights and practical guidance ahead of the roll out of mandatory flexible plastic collections from 2027. The report is essential reading for government, local authorities, the waste management and recycling industries, and plastic reprocessors.
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