Post-industrial plastics recycling plant opened in UK's automotive heartlands

Cecilia Keating
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MBA Polymers general manager Paul Mayhew | Credit: MBA Polymers
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MBA Polymers general manager Paul Mayhew | Credit: MBA Polymers

MBA Polymers is aiming to recycle more plastics from new vehicles than any other recycler

MBA Polymers has opened a facility in central Birmingham that will enable car makers, electronics firms, and other manufacturers to "buy back" recycled plastic. The company, the plastics recycling arm...

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