Wales had the highest collection rate of household plastics packaging across the United Kingdom in 2023, at ** percent. In comparison, the collection rate in Scotland was just ** percent – the lowest in the UK. That year, about ** percent of household plastic bottles placed on the market in the UK were collected for recycling. Meanwhile, the collection rate for plastic films and flexibles remained low in all UK countries. It was estimated that roughly *** thousand metric tons of plastics packaging were collected for recycling from UK households in 2023.
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