PackFlow Refresh 2023 Paper and Card

The PackFlow 2023 reports provide comprehensive insights into UK packaging flows, recycling, and compliance risks to support Defra, government, and industry stakeholders. This edition updates the baseline year to 2022 for packaging placed on the market (POM), collections, recycling, and end markets.

Phase 2 develops scenarios to 2028 and assesses compliance against packaging recycling targets. This report focuses on UK paper and card packaging, offering robust estimates of POM and recycling, both in the UK and abroad. With error margins and detailed end-market analysis, it delivers reliable evidence to guide future packaging strategy and policy.

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2026
Plastic PackFlow 2025 – Methodology Review

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.

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WoodFlow 2020

Commissioned 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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