Peel NRE, part of Peel L&P, is looking to build a Plastic Park in the North West to process some of the 4.9 million tonnes of plastic waste produced in the UK each year.
The £165m Plastic Park will be located at Protos, near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire.

Two facilities at the Plastic Park have already received planning consent, the UK’s first waste plastic to hydrogen facility and a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) recycling plant that will take food and beverage packaging, such as plastic bottles, and recycle them for use in making new packaging products.

Richard Barker, Development Director at Peel NRE, part of Peel L&P, said: “The Plastic Park is an innovative way of managing our plastic waste. It will be a single location where mixed materials can be sorted and processed, maximising the amount that can be recycled. We’ll be able to take almost all types of plastic, providing a simple solution for local councils. We envision multiple Plastic Parks throughout the country which will help manage waste plastic on our own shores. This will allow us to create a circular economy, starting in the North West.”

Peel NRE is seeking planning approval for a number of further facilities which would provide capacity for up to 367,500 tonnes of mixed recyclables and plastic and save 170,000 tonnes of CO2 every year, while creating over 130 jobs.

Ahead of submitting a planning application to Cheshire West & Chester Council in the summer, Peel NRE is undertaking consultation on its plans.