The PackFlow Covid-19 reports analyse the impact of lockdown and recession on UK packaging flows, recycling, and compliance risks. Produced for Defra, governments, and industry, they deliver evidence on how the pandemic reshaped packaging markets and recycling performance.
Phase I updates the baseline year to 2019, while Phase II models the Covid-19 impacts with scenarios running to 2022. This report focuses on UK plastic packaging, providing robust estimates of POM, recycling in the UK and abroad, and insights into end markets for recycled plastic. Error margins and robustness assessments ensure the data is as accurate as possible.
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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