Up to a third of supermarket packaging is not recyclable, Which? finds | The Independent

‘The plastic pollution crisis makes it more crucial than ever that the Government, manufacturers and supermarkets do the best they can to banish plastic that cannot be recycled and promote the use of less damaging packaging’

Almost a third of plastic packaging used by UK supermarkets is either non-recyclable through kerbside or retailer collection schemes or difficult to recycle, a consumer group has found.

Which? is calling for the Government to make clear and simple recycling labelling compulsory after finding that up to 29 per cent of packaging is likely to go to landfill.

The watchdog’s investigation of 27 own-brand items at 10 major supermarkets found that Lidl had the lowest proportion of widely recyclable packaging at 71 per cent, followed by Iceland (73 per cent), Ocado (74 per cent) and Sainsbury’s (75 per cent).

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