Less than 10% of plastic produced globally comes from recycled materials

Campaigner Sian Sutherland, co-founder of A Plastic Planet and Plastic Health Council, said: “We’ve long known that recycling is a myth, but corporations keep pushing to play it as their get-out-of-jail-free card.

“We are led to believe that there’s a future for plastic if we just sort it into the right bin. The facts tell a different story.”