Walkers crisp packet recycling claims need 'a pinch of salt'

Recycling of 500,000 bags is small fraction of 11m made daily, campaigners say

Claims by the crisp producer Walkers that it has recycled half a million empty crisp packets in three months should be taken with "a pinch of salt" because they represent 0.01% of plastic waste from the number made and sold annually, analysis has found.

The campaign organisation 38 Degrees said Walkers' production of 11 million crisp packets a day meant its new recycling scheme had only led to a tiny fraction being recycled since its launch.