Thread by @GreenpeaceUK

What’s the UK government’s plastic policy? Dump it on other countries! Less than 10% of our plastic recycling is actually recycled in the UK.
The rest is sent overseas where it’s often burned or dumped, fuelling health and wildlife emergencies.

RT to expose. #Wasteminster 1/5

Plastic isn’t just a problem for wildlife and our oceans, it’s a problem for people too. Local communities near where UK plastic is dumped and burned are developing serious health issues. This isn’t building back better, this is more rich countries exploiting poorer ones. 2/5

According to the UN, plastic waste kills up to 1 million seabirds, 100,000 sea mammals, marine turtles and countless fish each year. As the 2nd biggest producer of plastic per person in the world, the UK must take real steps to cut plastic production. 3/5

What you see in the video is the amount of plastic we dump on other countries every single day. That’s on average, 1.8million kilograms a day - or 688,000 tonnes a year of our plastic waste that is fuelling health and wildlife emergencies around the world.

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Thanks to @mattforde (Boris Johnson), @jonculshaw (Michael Gove), @StudioBirthplce and @ParkV_Studio their amazing, creative and hilarious work in helping to bring this issue to light. #Wasteminster 5/5