Unilever, P&G and Kraft Heinz criticised for recycling label failures

Companies say the task has been made difficult by differences in recycling rules in different parts of the UK and Europe

Three of the world's biggest consumer goods brands, Unilever, P&G and Kraft Heinz, have been criticised by recycling campaigners after failing to use a recycling label on all their products.

An estimated 2.26m tonnes of plastic packaging is produced every year in the UK, of which three-fifths (61%) ends up being dumped. Plastic bottles are one of the worst culprits, with 15m being binned every day. Meanwhile, the recycling rate for plastic film is just 3%.