FPF FlexCollect report 2025
The Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) released the final FPF FlexCollect report on 1 September 2025.
The report consolidates over three years of learnings from the FPF FlexCollect trials, which have taken place across 10 UK local authorities. With over 400 tonnes of flexible plastic packaging collected from 160,000 households, the project is the largest of its kind in the UK.
The report includes a blueprint, a comprehensive guide to integrating flexible plastic packaging into existing kerbside recycling collections. It also provides essential data insights and practical guidance for local authorities, government, the waste management and recycling industry and plastic reprocessors preparing for mandatory flexible plastic collections under Simpler Recycling from 2027.
Download the FPF FlexCollect 2025 report
Choose to download the full report, an executive summary or our shareable highlights.
Read the full 191-page report, authored by project delivery managers SUEZ recycling and recovery UK.
For a concise overview of the key results and findings, read this 10-page summary.
Download our highlights overview to share on your social media channels or website.
The story the the Flexible Plastic Fund FlexCollect project
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Join our events - discover the findings
Join the UK’s leading ‘Flexperts’ from Ecosurety, SUEZ, LARAC, RECOUP and WRAP at a series of industry events and webinars. In these sessions, they will unpack the key findings of the FPF FlexCollect project.