Plastic Bottle Recycling & Packaging Facts Infographic

2 MILLION PLASTIC BOTTLES ARE USED IN THE UK EVERY DAY..." 600,000 TONNES OF PLASTIC EVERY YEAR... MORE THAN THE REST 50% RECYCLED GOES TO LANDFILL" UK LANDFILL SITES FULL BY 70% 2017 OF BOTTLES ARE SHIPPED TO ASIA (6) ONLY 30% OF BOTTLES GO TO UK RECYCLING PLANTS 7) 100% SUGARCANE plantastic PLANT BOTTLE 100% RICTGANE RECYCLED PLASTIC PLANT-ASTIC ECOVER INTRODUCED A GREEN PLASTIC MADE FROM SUGARCANE, WHICH IS 100% RENEWABLE, REUSABLE & RECYCLABLE. BY RECYCLING & RECOVERING PACKAGING MATERIAL, FEWER RAW MATERIALS ARE USED, REDUCING WASTE SENT TO LANDFILL & THE PLANT-ASTIC SINCE 2011 ECOVER HAVE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. 9) SAVED 120 TONNES OF Co?, COMPARED TO REGULAR PLASTIC. (6) RECYCLED PLASTIC PLANT-ASTIC REDUCES THE NEED FOR FOSSIL 1 TONNE OF PLASTIC BOTTLES BEING FUELS, WHICH ARE NON-RENEWABLE AND RECYCLED SAVES 1.5 TONNES OF OIL FREE CARBON BEING RELEASED INTO SEA PLASTIC A SCARCE RESOURCE. THE ATMOSPHERE. (10) SEA PLASTIC WASTE FREE OCEANS ARE WORKING WITH FISHERMAN TO OUR SEAS AND BEACHES ARE INCREASINGLY POLLUTED BY FISH FOR PLASTIC 1) PLASTIC CAUSED BY LITTERING, INDUSTRY AND WASTE FROM LANDFILL. WE ASPIRE TO INCLUDE PLASTIC WASTE FROM THE SEA IN OUR BOTTLES IN 2014. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MILLIONS OF SQUARE KILOMETRES OF OCEAN SURFACE IS COVERED WITH FLOATING PLASTIC WASTE OUR PLEDGE CLOSING THE LOOP OUR AIM IS TO CREATE A FULLY SUSTAINABLE AND RECYCLABLE PLASTIC THAT WILL FURTHER MINIMISE THE USE OF RAW MATERIALS IN OUR BOTTLES. THE CLEVER MIX OF PLANT-ASTIC, RECYCLED PLASTIC AND PLASTIC RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA WILL SET NEW STANDARDS IN PACKAGING, CLOSING THE LOOP IN EVERYDAY RECYCLING; MAKING IT THE EASY CHOICE TO MAKE. FIND OUT MORE WWW.THE-SPLASH.CO.UK/MESSAGE MESSAGE IN OUR 2BOTTLE Sources (1) Closed Loop Recycling (5) The Guardian (8) Ecover (11) Waste Free Oceans (2,3,4) Recoup - sourced by Closed Loop Recycling (6,7,10) Closed Loop Recycling (9) DEFRA