#BigPlasticCount: the results are in of my plastic profile. ‘In one week your household used 112 bits of plastic. Over a year that’s 5824 pieces of plastic’ Gulp! 92% is food and drink, and that’s with a plastic free veg box #timeforachange #plasticfreefuture
Results page 1 of 2 showing 9% recycled and 10% exported
Results page 2 of 2 showing 10% going to landfill and 71% incinerated
Well that's disappointing.
Only 9% of my plastic recycling is actually recycled in the UK, 10% exported, 71% incinerated and 10% in landfill.
I hoped it would have improved since the last #BigPlasticCount
Today is the last day of the #BigPlasticCount.
As I was handing over passport and having a #FacialRecognition scan for a financial platform this morning (allegedly to help reduce money laundering), I realised we need to do a #BigIDCount and all spend a week logging every time we have to hand […]
The Big Plastic Count is underway! ♻️ 🗑️
From 9-15 March, over 35,000 people will be counting all the plastic packaging they throw away.
Environment APPG Chair @fleuranderson.bsky.social is joining other MPs to support the Count.
#BigPlasticCount #PlasticPollution
Printed sheet of paper for recording results of the Big Plastic Count, 9 to 15 March, fixed to fridge door with a magnet in the shape of a highland cow.
All set for the #BigPlasticCount this week.
I do try to avoid unnecessary plastic packaging but have a horrible feeling I won't be throwing away much less than I did this time last year 🙄
There's still time to sign up here thebigplasticcount.com
From pipette tips to flasks, plastic has become essential to modern #science, but this reliance comes with a cost. The #BigPlasticCount uses real data to push the UK toward urgent action.
See what that means for you below!
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#PlasticWaste #Sustainability
The #BigPlasticCount starts on Monday. You can sign up here and help to provide evidence on just how much plastic still invades our daily lives. A small but important step to help persuade the government to tackle #PlasticWaste
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🌍♻️ The Big Plastic Count is back next week!
From 9–15 March, thousands across the UK will be counting their plastic waste in the biggest people-powered investigation into household plastic use.
👉 thebigplasticcount.com
#BigPlasticCount #PlasticPollution #TakeAction
Illustration includes biscuit wrappers, crisp wrappers and sweet wrappers. A logo for The Big Plastic Count taking place between the 9th and 15th of March.
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This is quite telling and should prompt involvement in the #BigPlasticCount again this year to resist the #greenwash, helping to provide a true picture of plastic in our lives and its impacts www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I just took part in the #BigPlasticCount UK’s biggest investigation into household plastic waste
I found that 87% of my plastic is food waste
I already refill toiletries & cleaners
Over to you @BorisJohnson @Morrisons @Tesco @Jochurchill_MP @pow_rebecca
#ClimateEmergency
I just took part in the #BigPlasticCount, UK’s biggest investigation into household plastic waste. Here’s what I found really happens to my plastic waste:
♻️9% recycled
🌍13% sent abroad
🔥51% burnt
⛰️27% sent to landfill
This is shocking, right?! @Jochurchill_MP @pow_rebecca
I just took part in the #BigPlasticCount, UK’s biggest investigation into household plastic waste. Here’s what I found really happens to my plastic waste:
♻️10% recycled
🌍14% sent abroad
🔥49% burnt
⛰️27% sent to landfill
This is shocking, right?! @Jochurchill_MP @pow_rebecca
Will you invite your MP to join The Big Plastic Count, the UK's biggest ever investigation into plastic waste?
Politicians have the power to solve the plastic crisis!
👉 #BigPlasticCount @PlasticEveryday
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