Breakdown of plastic packaging waste thrown out in the UK 2022, by type

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Bruna Alves,
Oct 18, 2024
Food and drink packaging accounted for the largest share of plastic packaging waste thrown out by households in the United Kingdom in 2022, at 83 percent. In 2021, approximately 2.5 million metric tons of plastic packaging waste was generated in the UK, of which just 44 percent was recycled.

Distribution of plastic packaging waste types thrown out by households in the United Kingdom in 2022

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Release date

July 2022

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

May 2022

Number of respondents

97,948 households

Supplementary notes

Over the course of one week in May 2022, 97,948 UK households counted the number of plastic packaging items they threw out.

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