Biffa Polymers – Redcar

Biffa constructed the world’s first commercially available rHDPE food grade production plant in 2008. The facility has been designed to process 50k tonnes of material through its three business processes. This ground-breaking plant creates rHDPE from recycled milk bottles. The UK dairy sector targets inclusion of 50% recycled materials in milk bottles in 2020 - currently this is between 15% and 20%.

In 2011, Biffa Polymers achieved another world first by opening a mixed plastics plant producing polymer grades from rigid post-consumer packaging. To date, our polymers facility has reprocessed over 3 billion plastic bottles.

To find out more about the processes at our facility in Redcar, watch the video below.

Biffa Polymers – Seaham

Biffa opened its new PET plastic bottle recycling facility in 2020, using technology that makes it one of the most advanced in the world.

The facility converts PET from baled raw materials back into high-purity plastic pellets to be sold to drinks makers and other manufacturers for a range of applications, from food and beverage packaging to clothing.

Click play below to see the new PET plastic recycling process in action, as well as a time-lapse of the build at the Seaham site.

Seaham Facility time-lapse

Biffa believes the plant will play an important role in reducing plastic pollution in the UK by improving the country’s ability to recycle through sustainable closed loop systems.