Every year the average UK household uses 480 plastic bottles but only 270 are recycled, research shows RICHARD POHLE/THE TIMESUp to 16 million plastic bottles are not recycled by British households every day and will end up in landfills. The figure not being recycled is nearly half the total number of plastic bottles that are used and discarded daily, which is close to 36 million. Every year the average UK household uses 480 plastic bottles but only 270 are recycled, according to research by Recycle Now, a campaign group funded by the government’s waste advisory group Wrap. Alice Harlock, a spokeswoman for the group, told The Guardian: “The number of plastic bottles not being recycled is staggering and will…

Source: The Times October 16, 2016 23:01 UTC