Veserr@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoRubbish and recycling in England: what’s changing and why it matterswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkRubbish and recycling in England: what’s changing and why it matterswww.theguardian.comVeserr@sh.itjust.works to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareflorge@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSo half doesn’t get recycled Roughly half of recycled plastic collected in the UK is exported overseas, mostly to Turkey, the Netherlands and Malaysia. Exports of plastic waste to developing countries rose sharply last year.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWorldwide 90% of plastics are not actually recycled. Those recycling symbols aren’t even regulated, they are just there to make consumers feel better. Most UK plastic ends up burned in Poland.
So half doesn’t get recycled
Worldwide 90% of plastics are not actually recycled. Those recycling symbols aren’t even regulated, they are just there to make consumers feel better.
Most UK plastic ends up burned in Poland.