One-third of UK supermarket plastic is not easily recyclable, analysis shows
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#3V5G1)
Morrisons leads league table of supermarkets analysed for the proportion of their packaging that can be recycled
Almost a third of plastic packaging used by UK supermarkets is either non-recyclable through standard collection schemes or difficult to recycle, according to a new analysis by a consumer group.
Which? is urging the government to introduce compulsory "clear and simple" recycling labelling on all plastic packaging as its new research reveals "huge inconsistencies" involving myriad different schemes and with some items not labelled at all.
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