Big Plastic Count begins: Public invited to help tally the true scale of UK 'plastic crisis'

Stuart Stone
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Almost 90,000 Brits, including nearly 13,000 school classes and 39 MPs, are to count plastic waste this week as part of Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic's national survey

Some 88,000 Brits are taking part in a national plastic waste survey organised by Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic this week in an effort to quantify the true scale of the UK's plastic waste mountain...

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