“Of the tracked soft plastic packaging waste collected for recycling at Sainsbury’s and Tesco stores, 70% of the soft plastic that reached a known destination was burnt, not recycled”
Everyday Plastic put trackers in 40 bundles dropped at Sainsbury’s and Tesco take-back bins. 70% of the ones with a known destination got burned. The rest got downcycled, mostly in Türkiye. Shoppers sorted their plastic for an incinerator.