Comment on Rubbish and recycling in England: what’s changing and why it matters
florge@feddit.uk 5 days ago
So 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.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
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.