In 2022, the most common type of plastic packaging waste thrown out by households in the United Kingdom were from fruit and vegetables. Of the 97,948 households surveyed, some 1.02 million pieces of fruit and vegetable plastic packaging, such as salad bags, trays, and pots, were counted. Snack bags, packets, and wrappers amounted to around 1.01 million item. It was estimated that almost 100 billion items of plastic packaging waste are thrown out each year by households in the United Kingdom.
Most common items of plastic packaging waste thrown out by households in the United Kingdom in 2022
(in 1,000s)
A total of 6.4 million pieces of plastic packaging waste were counted during a week in May 2022*
Supplementary notes
*During one week in May 2022, 97,948 households in the UK counted how many plastic packaging items they threw away. In total, 6.44 million pieces of plastic packaging waste were counted.
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