Our seas are being overwhelmed with plastic rubbish and it is estimated that UK landfill sites will be full by 2022. Recycling: Is It a Con? s1e3, Channel 5 2019
Over half of our rubbish doesn’t go anywhere near a recycling plant. ibid.
You haven’t started the recycling programme. The park is a complete mess. Trailer Park Boys s3e2: Temporary Relief Assistant Trailer Park Supervisor, Barbara
How much do you know about what happens to the plastic in your cupboards? There’s a good chance you would have bought stuff with this logo on it. Terracycle, the company behind it, says it can recycle anything. But in the US the company has been accused of greenwashing. Panorama: Recycling: Where Does My Rubbish Go? BBC 2022
Recycling will never be enough. The Story of Stuff, 2007
How much of your rubbish is really being recycled? We reveal how millions of tons of waste left out for recycling ends up being incinerated. How burning wastes creates more carbon emissions than you think. And is the shift to incineration holding back recycling rates? Dispatches: The Dirty Truth About Your Rubbish, Channel 4 2021