Closed Loop Environmental Solutions was established in Australia in October 2001 and, trading as Visy Closed Loop, it has grown to be a world leader in environmental packaging and recycling solutions.

Visy Closed Loop operates closed loop packaging recycling programs for companies and organisations such as Qantas, Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust (MOPT), and the Australian Grand Prix.

An investigation of the UK market showing huge amounts of packaging used by consumers in retail outlets but a complete lack of recycling infrastructure, led to the establishment, in March 2004, of Closed Loop Recycling (London).

This was just the first step towards creating an integrated recycling programme in the UK.

Following an approach from the London Development Agency, an investigation into the possibility of installing ‘Closed Loop’ programmes in London quickly revealed that a major ‘step’ in the ‘Closed Loop’ programme was missing - a food-grade plastics recycling plant.

Through public and private equity secured through Foresight Venture Partners and the Allied Irish Bank, the UK’s first food-grade plastic recycling plant has been built in Dagenham, Essex.

London can now ’Close the Loop’ by having much more of its once landfill-bound plastic recycled through the new plant and made into brand new food packaging.

For more information about Closed Loop Recycling contact info@closedlooprecycling.co.uk