"The UK produces more plastic waste per person than almost any other country in the world, and many of us spend time carefully sorting our recycling."
"The government claims that almost half of the UK’s plastic packaging gets recycled, but that simply isn’t true."
"The government claims that almost half of the UK’s plastic packaging gets recycled, but that simply isn’t true."
"Well over half of the household plastic packaging the government claims is recycled is sent abroad, most of it going to countries with very low recycling rates and a serious problem with plastic waste being dumped or burned illegally."
"Unbelievably, the amount UK sends abroad is the equivalent of three and a half Olympic swimming pools every single day."
"The government claims all of this exported plastic gets recycled, but truth is we have no idea what really happens to it because no one bothers to check."
"The government claims all of this exported plastic gets recycled, but truth is we have no idea what really happens to it because no one bothers to check."
"It’s actually illegal to export plastic waste unless it’s going to be recycled, but Greenpeace investigators have found British plastic dumped by the side of the road, abandoned in illegal dumps or even set on fire in Turkey and Malaysia."
"In Malaysia, CK Lee, a local solicitor who works with the Kuala Langat Environmental Association told us that local residents “were having breathing difficulties, having difficulty to sleep, feeling nausea, [and] feeling unwell” "
"...from breathing in the toxic fumes and smoke from plastic waste that had been dumped and burned in the open air."
"This is wrong. It’s unjust. And it has to stop." ⚠️☠️
"This is wrong. It’s unjust. And it has to stop." ⚠️☠️
"The government claims to be a global leader in tackling plastic pollution, but it is failing to address this crisis responsibly."
"Its small gestures towards stemming the plastic tide, like banning plastic cotton bud sticks, stirrers and straws have had a minimal impact. Meanwhile, more significant reforms like introducing a plastic bottle ‘deposit return scheme’ have been repeatedly delayed."
"WATCH ‘Wasteminster: A Downing Street Disaster’ – Greenpeace’s new film on the plastic crisis."
greenpeace.org.uk/news/wastemins…
greenpeace.org.uk/news/wastemins…
SIGN THE PETITION 👇
To: The UK Government
“Fix the UK’s plastic waste crisis:
1. Stop dumping our plastic waste on other countries
2. Cut the UK’s single use plastic by 50% by 2025
3. Roll out a Bottle Return Scheme to stop billions of bottles from being dumped”
To: The UK Government
“Fix the UK’s plastic waste crisis:
1. Stop dumping our plastic waste on other countries
2. Cut the UK’s single use plastic by 50% by 2025
3. Roll out a Bottle Return Scheme to stop billions of bottles from being dumped”
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