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| |  Chariy Dingle (Emma Atkins) and staff from JJ Plastic.
Release Date: 19th July 2002
Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) from Emmerdale lent her support to North West based plastic recycler, JJ Plastic and Leukaemia Research Fund’s ‘What a Waste’ Scheme - raising vital funds from recycled plastic.
Charity and Councillor Ron Hill (Chairman of Flintshire County Council) officially launched the scheme and also the opening of JJ Plastics’ new reprocessing facility in Flint, North Wales.
The objective of the scheme is to increase recycling levels of waste plastic, which currently ends up unnecessarily buried in landfill. For every tonne of waste plastic supplied, JJ Plastics will give Leukaemia Research £5.
Much fun was had at the Open Day launch, where guests learnt how easy it is to reprocess all waste plastic and turn them into useful products.
A full range of examples were on display, from fencing, flooring, bollards, signage, street furniture to cones etc.
For more information visit www.jj-plastics.co.uk or telephone 0161 202 6097.
 | JJ Plastics background |
Company formed in November 2000, with first plastic reprocessing facility operational in centre of Manchester, quickly gaining Environment Agency accreditation.
The waste plastic is supplied from varied channels being a mix of:
 | Domestic waste plastic from Local authorities |
| Industrial waste plastic direct or indirect from business |
| Clean plastic unused that has been manufactured or printed incorrectly |
| Plastic that needs shredding for confidential reasons |
JJ Plastics point of difference is that we will take all types of plastic, as most other reprocessors will only take specific types. This removes some of the current barriers to effective recycling of plastic. We have high demand from our clients for recycled plastic film, to enable them to manufacture particular types of plastic products, so we have reciprocal arrangements with other plastic recyclers who specialise in other types of plastic e.g. plastic vending cups.
JJ Plastics has invested heavily in the future growth of this market and to this end have set up a second operation in Flint, which will eventually have greater capacity than the Manchester operation. There are currently two reprocessing machines installed in the new facility with a third fully automated large machine in transit from Germany. We will be launching a new innovative fully recycled value added new product, in the third quarter of this year.
We envisage employing upwards of 12 members of staff from the Flint area, who will be comprehensively trained in all aspects of a team environment.
The target markets for the North Wales region are both Local Authorities and business, many of whom are currently allowing their waste plastic to go to landfill. As the regulations regarding waste relate to weight and due to plastic’s properties being very light, many are ignoring the sheer volumes being dumped! As we also supply recycled products to Local Authorities (to a different department) we are trying to close the loop.
JJ Plastic realise that a large part of their role is to educate the public and business and have therefore formed a close liaison with Leukaemia Research and are in the process of launching our ‘What a Waste’ scheme which will benefit LRF £5 a tonne. This scheme is particularly aimed at the distribution/retail trade where there is an abundance of packaging materials used for transporting products. Also they already have a network in place for delivering and returning goods via distribution centres.
We need everyone’s help to raise the profile of waste plastic and the problems associated in its disposal.
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