UK households who have hand soap in their bathrooms issued urgent warning
A warning has been issued to UK households who have hand soap in their bathrooms. Only 45 per cent of our recycling actually gets recycled, and this has only increased by 3 per cent since 2010, according to Zero Waste Delivery's data and research.
It has thus issued a warning to anyone buying "shampoo, soap, washing up liquids, makeup and food." It said: "Now more than ever we need to support and help the environment and one way to do that is shop more sustainably and create zero waste.
"Despite efforts to recycle, a staggering amount of single-use plastic ends up in the oceans and as a result, poisons our planet as well as emitting carbon when manufactured . The world is facing a climate emergency and a plastic pollution disaster. We need to take steps to become more eco-friendly in the way that we live and shop.
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"Zero Waste Delivery is providing a solution: A zero waste refill company that delivers refill household products directly to your door, meaning you don’t need to throw away any single-use plastic packaging ever again, because you’re not buying any!"
Despite scientific evidence and mounting public pressure, UK supermarkets are putting more plastic on their shelves than ever: over 880,000 tonnes in 2017, up to over 900,000 tonnes in 2018. More than two million shoppers have already signed Greenpeace’s petition calling for supermarkets to ditch throwaway plastic.
Greenpeace said: "Ro put an end to plastic pollution, we need to eliminatesingle-use plastics. This is why Greenpeace is calling onretailers and the Government to set firm targets to at leasthalve usage of single-use plastics in supermarkets by 2025.
"But reducing plastic in one area can cause problems elsewhere. For example, shifting to pulp and paper packaging could further impact our disappearing forests. Similarly, swapping plastics for so-called bioplastics (which can be made from crops rather than oil) risks taking up more land to make packaging rather than feed the world’s growing population."