UK Government Urged to End Plastic Waste Exports
The UK produces the world's second highest amount of plastic waste per person, with an estimated 1.7 billion items discarded weekly.
- Average of almost 90 billion items per person each year.
- More than half of this plastic waste is incinerated, rising from 46% in 2022 to 58% in 2024.
This practice disproportionately affects those living in deprived neighbourhoods in the UK and pollutes our land and water.
The UK's domestic infrastructure cannot cope with the escalating volumes of plastic consumed in the country, resulting in only 17% of plastic being recycled at home.
The UK's plastic problem extends beyond its borders, with plastic waste exports being a significant concern.
Author's Summary
UK must ban plastic waste exports to curb environmental harm.
More News
- World Series 2025: Fun facts about this year's Dodgers
- SA’s ongoing capture: Mkhwanazi’s accusations, countering charges merge with previous state sabotage
- GHS 78m NAFCO boss scandal, anti-LGBTQ+ bill and Konadu's death set for high-stakes debate on 'Prime Insight' today - MyJoyOnline
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia would be deported to Liberia under Trump administration plan
- West Ham in ‘negotiations’ to sign Real Madrid’s García
- Tory MPs complain to whips over Katie Lam’s call to deport legal immigrants in order to make UK ‘culturally coherent’
- US says it now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia as soon as Oct. 31