The PackFlow Covid-19 reports examine the impact of the pandemic and recession on UK packaging flows, collections, recycling, and compliance risks. Produced to support Defra, governments, and industry, they provide evidence on how Covid-19 affected packaging recycling performance and end markets.
Phase I updates the baseline year to 2019, while Phase II explores the effects of lockdown, projecting packaging flows and recycling scenarios through to 2022. This report focuses on UK glass packaging, providing robust POM estimates, recycling levels in the UK and abroad, and insights into glass end markets. Error margins and robustness checks are included.
Valpak’s Plastic PackFlow 2025 Methodology Review strengthens the methodologies used to estimate UK plastic packaging placed on the market, introducing updated 2024 baseline data, improved robustness assessments, and evidence to support packaging policy, regulatory development, and informed industry decision-making.
Read MoreValpak partnered with Zero Waste Scotland to deliver the Textiles Flow Into and Within Scotland research, offering a clearer picture of national textile flows and future policy considerations. Download the full reports and explore how strong data supports effective stewardship.
Read MoreCommissioned by WRAP and delivered by Valpak Consulting with expert support, this report reviews the quantity of wood packaging placed on the UK market (POM) and recycled in 2014. It also projects future POM figures and recycling rates through to 2020.
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