In the UK, plastic recyclate has been unsuitable for the hygiene-intensive world of food packaging, but all that is set to change with the opening of Closed Loop's behemoth London plant.rnThe drizzly docks of Dagenham, on the cusp between east London proper and the start of the Thames estuary, could never be described as one of the capital's beauty spots. But visitors would be wrong to assume that the grey industrial units that characterise the area, once best known as the location of car manufacturer Ford's UK factory, are just churning out greenhouse gases to spoil the city's environment.rnIn fact, one of the leading lights of plastic packaging's eco-revolution has made Dagenham docks its home. In one of those newly built units, Closed Loop London will, any day now, start up a production line that will recycle plastic bottles into material that can be used again in food packaging. It's a huge leap forward - until now, plastic recyclate produced in this country has only been suitable for less hygiene-intensive uses such as in construction or nonfood packaging.
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