New legal analysis by environmental law charity ClientEarth suggests that recycling claims on packaging can be misleading, leaving consumers with a false sense of environmental impact reduction. Its latest reports showed that inaccurate messaging on packaging regarding recycling capabilities could soon be legally challenged by consumer protection authorities. The legal analysis accompanies a report that examines plastic packaging waste collection rates in the UK. Out of 40 soft plastic packaging waste collected at Sainsbury’s and Tesco stores across England, 70% of those that reached a final destination were incinerated, either as fuel pellets or for energy recovery.
