if there s nothing to indicate, guys, there might be some quite significant restrictions on this, then it is potentially misleading. so, is terracycle all it aspires to be? you know, my hope at the end, one day we re all going to die and my hope is that, when that happens, that the world misses me. i ve come to treyarnon beach, in cornwall, for the monthly local clean up. we re all looking for the same thing. the majority of the plastic will be on the high tide point or the car park we know there s litter up there and the sand dunes. four years ago, emily and herfriend lawrence found something that shows just how long plastic pollution can last. i found this crisp packet when i was ten years old. i looked at it, and was, like, this is not a crisp packet you would see today. i ve never seen this design on a walkers crisp packet. so i think i gave it to emily, and she said, that looks like something from a long time ago. the packet dates back to the 1980s much, much
and two teachers died in a mass shooting at an elementary school. the coffin of ten year old ameriejo garza was borne into the sacred heart catholic church, across the road from her school. those are the main headlines. now on bbc news it s time for panorama. how much do you know about what happens to the plastic in your cupboards? we built plastic as the perfect material. it s durable, but that s exactly why it s become such a problem, because it doesn t degrade. there s a good chance you ll have bought stuff with this logo on it. behind it, a company, terracycle, that says it can recycle anything. ever looked at a crisp packet and thought it would make a nice chair? but the company s been accused of greenwashing in the us. when you describe terracycle s business model to people, i often get a kind of really? look off them. if there s nothing to indicate, guys, there might be some quite significant restrictions on this, then it is potentially misleading. so, is terracyc
we decided to take a closer look. first, we wanted to know how easy it is to recycle through terracycle. you can help us at kp snacks by going to terracycle. there are several ways you can get your waste to terracycle. we re going to look at recycling schemes sponsored by big brands. most use community collection points, in places like schools, front gardens and community centres. they re run by volunteers who can be rewarded with money for charity. but some people have complained on social media that there aren t enough collection points. yourfood pouch recycling drop offs are a million miles away and we live in central london. our nearest @terracycleuk is more than two hours away. i m on my way to meet
first, we wanted to know how easy it is to recycle first, we wanted to know, how easy it is, to recycle through terra cycle. you can help us at kp snacks by going to terracycle. there are several ways you can get your waste to terracycle. we re going to look at recycling schemes sponsored by big brands. most use community collection points, in places like schools, front gardens and community centres. they re run by volunteers who can be rewarded with money for charity. but some people have complained on social media that there aren t enough collection points. yourfood pouch recycling drop offs are a million miles away and we live in central london. our nearest @terracycle uk is more than two hours away.