This statistic shows the results of a 2018 survey on the recyclability of supermarkets' own brand plastic packaging in the United Kingdom. Co-op had the largest share of single-use plastic packaging, which was recyclable at 79 percent.
Share of supermarkets' own brand single-use recycled plastic packaging in the United Kingdom in 2018
* 11 leading UK supermarkets and seven grocery retail chains with over 1,000 stores
** The source remarked that recyclability for Aldi plastic packaging was somewhere above 60 percent.
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The Environmental Investigation Agency. (April 16, 2018). Share of supermarkets' own brand single-use recycled plastic packaging in the United Kingdom in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/858871/plastic-recyclability-supermarket-own-brand-packaging-uk/
The Environmental Investigation Agency. "Share of supermarkets' own brand single-use recycled plastic packaging in the United Kingdom in 2018." Chart. April 16, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/858871/plastic-recyclability-supermarket-own-brand-packaging-uk/
The Environmental Investigation Agency. (2018). Share of supermarkets' own brand single-use recycled plastic packaging in the United Kingdom in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/858871/plastic-recyclability-supermarket-own-brand-packaging-uk/
The Environmental Investigation Agency. "Share of Supermarkets' Own Brand Single-use Recycled Plastic Packaging in The United Kingdom in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/858871/plastic-recyclability-supermarket-own-brand-packaging-uk/
The Environmental Investigation Agency, Share of supermarkets' own brand single-use recycled plastic packaging in the United Kingdom in 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/858871/plastic-recyclability-supermarket-own-brand-packaging-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of supermarkets' own brand single-use recycled plastic packaging in the United Kingdom in 2018 [Graph], The Environmental Investigation Agency, April 16, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/858871/plastic-recyclability-supermarket-own-brand-packaging-uk/
