Supermarkets "treading water" in the fight against plastic pollution, survey shows
Many of the UK’s leading supermarket chains are “treading water” in the fight against plastic pollution, new research reveals. The third annual plastics survey, conducted by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Greenpeace UK, shows that the 10 leading supermarkets collectively put almost 900,000 tonnes of plastic packaging on the market in 2019. However, while the 896,853 tonnes was a reduction of 1.6% on 2018, it equates to a 1.2% increase compared to 2017.