{"id":6584,"date":"2024-04-25T13:57:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T12:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/?p=6584"},"modified":"2024-05-09T14:41:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:41:40","slug":"who-took-part-in-the-big-plastic-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/2024\/04\/25\/who-took-part-in-the-big-plastic-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Who took part in The Big Plastic Count?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six Members of Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists took part in The Plastic Big Count over one week (11-17 March). This was the UK&#8217;s biggest ever investigation into household plastic waste. Intended to raise awareness about single-use plastic and to inspire people to reduce their own plastic consumption.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/05\/Big-Plastic-Count-2024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6588 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/05\/Big-Plastic-Count-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a>You had to keep a tally of food and drink, cleaning and household items and anything else plastic. Each of us counted up and registered on-line.\u00a0 Each household taking part then received a digital footprint.<\/p>\n<p>The number of pieces of plastic per household ranged from 14 items (single occupant) to 73 (two persons). Most items related to food and drink.<\/p>\n<p>225,000 participants took part in The Big Plastic Count 2024. The data has been analyzed to work out the true scale of the plastic waste crisis in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/05\/What-was-counted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6590 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/05\/What-was-counted.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/05\/What-was-counted.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/05\/What-was-counted-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a>It showed that :-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The UK throws away 1.7 billion pieces of plastic packaging every week. It is leaking into our oceans, polluting our air, devastating our climate and human health.<\/li>\n<li>58% of it is burnt in incinerators, releasing greenhouse gases, and contributing to air pollution.<\/li>\n<li>The rest is sent to other countries or dumped in landfill, with only 17% recycled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We cannot recycle our way out of this crisis. We need to cut plastic production instead.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/05\/What-happens-to-the-waste.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6589 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/05\/What-happens-to-the-waste.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/05\/What-happens-to-the-waste.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/medway-maidstone\/files\/2024\/05\/What-happens-to-the-waste-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is time for Governments and Big Brands to take action. Governments have now started UN negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty which will set a global target to reduce plastic. This year we have a huge opportunity. 175 countries are coming together to agree a Global Plastics Treaty which could set a global target that requires all states to cut plastic production. We need to contact our MPs to ensure they support this treaty.<\/p>\n<p>They have produced a video see https:\/\/youtu.be\/a_gzSDySh5s?si=OBbolS9v7_t2_khm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Members of Medway and Maidstone Soroptimists took part in The Plastic Big Count over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":6592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[492,495,176,493,494,491],"class_list":["post-6584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-cut-plastic-production","tag-global-plastics-treaty","tag-medway-and-maidstone-soroptimists","tag-plastic-waste-crisis","tag-reduce-plastic-consumption","tag-the-big-plastic-count"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who took part in The Big Plastic Count? | News | Blog | Events | SI Medway and Maidstone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Medway and Maidstone : Blog &amp; News : Who took part in The Big Plastic Count? : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Medway and Maidstone . 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