Seventy per cent of soft plastic collected in supermarket recycling schemes and tracked after
ended up being burned, an investigation by campaigners has found. By placing trackers inside
of soft plastic that were collected by Sainsbury’s and Tesco in July 2023 and February 2024, campaigners found that most of them ended up being incinerated rather than
. Everyday Plastic, which carried out the investigation alongside the Environmental Investigation
, tracked parcels of soft plastic that the supermarkets collected from customers with the
they would be recycled. Of 40 packages of plastic, the trackers reached end
in 17 cases. Of these, 12 packages were used as fuel pellets or burned for energy, the investigation found.
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Seventy per cent of soft plastic collected in supermarket recycling schemes and tracked after collection ended up being burned, an investigation by campaigners has found.
By placing trackers inside packages of soft plastic that were collected by Sainsbury’s and Tesco in July 2023 and February 2024, campaigners found that most of them ended up being incinerated rather than recycled.
Everyday Plastic, which carried out the investigation alongside the Environmental Investigation Agency, tracked parcels of soft plastic that the supermarkets collected from customers with the promise they would be recycled. Of 40 packages of plastic, the trackers reached end destinations in 17 cases. Of these, 12 packages were used as fuel pellets or burned for energy, the investigation found.
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