Did you know?
- Plastics manufactured in the UK equates to 3.7 million tonnes split between packaging for consumers, packaging for commercial & industrial, agriculture and construction & demolition and non-packaging
- Overall 32% of plastic is recycled and 70% recovered
- The recycling rate for plastic packaging is 46%
- Plastic packaging recovery is 78%
- The plastic drink bottle recycling rate is 74%
- RECOUP calculate the overall collection of plastic bottles as 59% and pots, tubs and trays as 33%
- 99% of local authorities collect plastic bottles and 79% pots, tubs and trays
- 20 times more plastic is made and used today than it was 50 years ago
- It takes as little as 25 2L plastic bottles to make one adult sized fleece.
- It takes around 5 plastic bottles to make an extra-large t-shirt or filling for a ski jacket