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Plastic pollution in the UK may finally be falling with recycling on the rise and less litter dropped at the seaside.
Just 385 items of litter were found per stretch of beach this year – down from 558 in 2019 – according to national litter-picking event The Great British Beach Clean.
And plastic recycling rose 4 per cent last year, according to a survey by sustainability charity Recoup.
It is a major victory for the Daily Mail which has long campaigned to quash plastic pollution.
Just 385 items of litter were found per stretch of beach this year – down from 558 in 2019 – according to national litter-picking event The Great British Beach Clean
This includes championing calls for a deposit return scheme and to introduce charges on single-use plastic bags.
However, despite the drop, charities warned that the UK still has a long
