The UK’s 10 largest supermarkets put the plastic equivalent to the weight of 90 Eiffel Towers onto the market last year, a report has found. In its third annual Checking Out On Plastics report, the charity revealed almost 900,000 tonnes of plastic packaging had passed through the tills of the biggest retailers. The study, which was conducted in partnership with the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), found 2019 saw a dip of.
Plastic equivalent to the weight of almost 90 Eiffel Towers is being sold by British supermarkets.
This represents a plastic footprint which has grown significantly since 2017, according to a new report by two environmental charities.
In its third annual
Checking Out On Plastics report, Greenpeace UK and the Environmental Investigation Agency found that the 10 leading supermarkets collectively put almost 900,000 tonnes of plastic packaging through the tills in 2019.
It also found that 2.5 billion plastic water bottles were sold or given away.
While 2019 saw a dip of 1.6 per cent in plastic waste from the previous year, overall waste levels increased by 1.2 per cent from 2017’s figure.