RPC bpi recycled products has acquired leading rigid plastics recycler PLASgran Ltd, giving a boost to UK recycling and sustainability efforts.
The deal was signed on 13 August 2018. Together, the companies aim to spearhead the UK’s efforts to meet the surge in demand for packaging made from recycled plastics.
PLASGRAN, based in Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, was launched in 1999 and is run by a management team led by Mark Roberts. The company recycles nearly 50,000 tonnes of rigid plastics each year. RPC bpi recycled products is the largest polythene film recycler in Europe, with the scope and expertise to recycle over 120,000 tonnes of used plastic a year.
Gerry McGarry, Managing Director of RPC bpi recycled products, explained: “With PLASgran joining our RPC bpi recycled products group, we are now clearly the largest plastics recycler in the UK and one of the largest in Europe. This is great news not just for both our business and our customers, but for the wider society. We are in a unique new position to help the UK step up its efforts to meet evermore pressing sustainability goals and to help the environment.”
Mark Roberts, MD of PLASgran, commented: “We are both respected and well-established recyclers in our markets: RPC focuses on plastic films, whilst we have developed a major presence in the recycling of rigid plastics with expertise in creating our own recyclate blends. Our combined businesses have state-of-the-art recycling equipment, while both teams understand the issues facing users of plastic packaging who want to see their packaging recycled and remanufactured into new products.”
Mark will continue to run the PLASgran business, and will join the RPC bpi recycled products Business Unit Executive Team.
