The Big Plastic Count have released their results. Grayling 1 took part during May counting all the plasstic the class used from snack time to lunchtime.
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.
Of the plastic surveyed, 83% was from food and drink packaging waste, with the most common items being fruit and vegetable packaging.
“Recycling doesn’t work, we all know it,” Everyday Plastic founder Daniel Webb told BBC News, “If we think things are being recycled we can carry on the way we are. We need to address things further up the chain. By reducing the amount we produce it will reduce the amount that is thrown away.”
Youi can read more here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62126757
