The PackFlow 2023 reports provide government, industry, and stakeholders with robust evidence on UK packaging flows, recycling performance, and compliance risks. Produced to support Defra and the Devolved Administrations, the project updates the baseline year to 2022 for packaging placed on the market (POM), collections, recycling, and end markets.
Phase 2 develops scenarios up to 2028 and assesses risks against packaging recycling targets. This report focuses on UK steel packaging, offering detailed POM estimates, recycling quantities in the UK and abroad, and insights into steel recycling end markets. Error margins and data robustness assessments ensure reliability for policy and planning.
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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