The organisers of Britain's biggest ever survey of household plastic waste have called for immediate action to tackle what they say are "jaw-dropping" findings.
The Big Plastic Count
was run across a week in May and its results show that the average participating household threw away 66 pieces of plastic in a week.
Using those figures the organisers, Greenpeace and Everyday Plastic, estimate that the UK throws out nearly 100 billion pieces of plastic a year.
The survey involved nearly 100,000 households meticulously documenting the type and amount of plastic they dispose of for seven days.
Its organisers say the results prove that recycling alone is not a solution for reducing how much plastic ends up as waste.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62126757
Erm...couple of things there chaps.
1 - Having spent so long GETTING people to recycle DON'T be fucking idiots and suggest it doesn't help.
2 - What kind of experts are you to assume ANYONE EVER THOUGHT recycling alone would solve the issue you soft in the head nutsacks of a cockwomble.
3 - Given we now pay more for recycling, get Council's to actually recycle instead of sending it abroad on the quiet.
4 - Oh and this is a biggie - brace yourselves. Get companies to stop using plastic where it's NOT needed.
5 - Can I have your overpaid jobs you utter children - what next, don't wank down a toilet to reduce semen in the waterways?
6 - I think the heat is getting to me, as Question Time isn't on.