This week is National Recycle Week, and councils, retailers and businesses from across the UK will be highlighting the plight of the plastic bottle.
Since its introduction around 65 years ago, a breathtaking 15 million plastic bottles are used every day in the UK, but less than 50% make it to the recycling bin. Technology now allows for all shapes and sizes of plastic bottles to be recycled. All you have to do is "wash 'em and squash 'em." It doesn't just apply to plastic bottles in the kitchen either, remember to check out the bathroom, the garage and garden shed too!
By simply recycling all of our plastic bottles, whether at home, at work or while out and about, we can all do our bit to improve collection rates.
If you would like to get involved, find out what's happening near you or use the range of Recycle Week resources to set up your own activity, click here for more details: http://cedr.ec/9s.
