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AMA Research
have just published a comprehensive review of the 'UK Plastics
Recycling Market.' Incorporating original input and primary research,
the report provides a comprehensive and informative review of this
developing market.
Key
areas covered in the report include:
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UK
Plastics Recycling Market - size, recent trends and key
influences, impact of recent legislation, forecasts and future trends.
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Analysis
of Recycled Plastics by Polymer Type and Origin - detailed
analysis of product mix and market trends.
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Market
Structure - review of market structure, breakdown of market
sectors with major players, company profiles and market shares.
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End Use
Application Areas - analysis of end-use application areas for
recycled plastics, with potential opportunities.
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Legislation
- comprehensive review of legislation - recent and future, impact on
market size and product mix.
The report
contains a detailed assessment of the Plastics Recycling Market, with
interpretation of recent and future developments, key influencing
factors, product trends and opportunities.
Of
particular interest:
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Complex
market structure, with some companies, principally larger players,
active on several levels.
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Market
growth in recent years has been significantly influenced by
legislation. Future Directives, such as those relating to Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and End of Life Vehicles (ELV),
will impact on the market size and product mix.
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Development
of additional End Use Application Areas for Recycled Plastics will
depend in part upon establishing confidence in product quality,
favouring the development of industry quality standards.
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Developments
and trends are likely to favour larger players, driving a greater
number of mergers and acquisitions as the market matures.
Key
areas of coverage in the report include:
PLASTICS
RECYCLING MARKET
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Plastics
Recycling Market Size by volume and value, with forecasts through to
2007.
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Factors
influencing market growth - legislation, trends in the overall
plastics market, influence of industry initiatives, available markets
for recycled polymer, effect of development of re-usable and
degradable products.
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Market
Segmentation by Polymer type - product types and applications, product
mix, trends and influences.
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Market
Segmentation by Origin - product mix, review of sources, influence of
trends in overall plastics market and product lifecycle, trends and
influences.
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Plastic
Waste Arisings by volume, percentage of recycling achieved.
MARKET
STRUCTURE
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Structure
of the Market covering all aspects of the recycling process from
collection of waste plastics through to the manufacture of end-use
products using recyclate.
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Plastic
Waste Collection - methods of collection in the industrial, commercial
and domestic sectors, key players, trends.
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The
recycling process - methods of recycling, types of recyclate.
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Recycling
Companies - major players, market shares and company profiles.
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End Use
Application Areas - analysis by sector, products, trends and
opportunities.
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End Use
Manufacturers - analysis of companies specialising in using recyclate.
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Key trends
- changing market structure, growth of larger companies operating on
more than one level, likelihood of growing number of mergers and
acquisitions, opportunity for merchants to overcome current
inconsistencies of supply.
KEY
MARKET INFLUENCES
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Current
Legislation - background to EU Directives and UK Government
Legislation, review of recent legislation and its impact on the
Plastics Recycling Market.
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Impending
legislation including Directives relating to Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment, as well as End of Life Vehicles, likely impact
on overall market and product mix.
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UK
Plastics Market - market growth, product mix, trends, impact on
plastic waste arisings.
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Marking
systems for plastics - impact on recycling costs.
FUTURE
PROSPECTS
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Factors
influencing future market growth - legislation, trends in overall
plastics market, macro-economic factors.
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Development
of End Use Application Areas - growing acceptance of modern recyclate,
advantage of introduction of industry quality standards, effect of
Producer Responsibility legislation.
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Changing
market structure - likelihood of increasing number of mergers and
acquisitions as the market matures
The
report contains over 115 pages and 25 tables and charts of original
research on the UK Plastics Recycling Market, providing an incisive and
thought provoking review on this rapidly developing market. |
