Dive summary:

• Veolia has opened its first plastic sorting facility today in Essex, England; the facility is intended to encourage local authorities to adopt mixed plastic collection services.
• The $8 million plant can separate nine different grades of plastics and up to 55,000 tons a year.
• The facility has the capability to adapt to sorting new types of plastic so Veolia can increase its range of intake in the future.

From the article:

Veolia Environmental Services has today (November 1) opened its first waste plastics sorting facility in Rainham, Essex.

Also known as the ‘Parrot’ POLY-mer separation facility, the £5 million plant is designed to separate up to nine different grades of plastics ranging from bottles, yoghurt tubs and food trays. It has the capacity to sort up to 50,000 tonnes of plastics per year.

The facility is intended to support local authorities across the UK in adopting mixed plastics collection services to residents. ...