Since China closed its doors on importing used plastics Greenpeace have unearthed where some of our plastics end up.

The UK exports around twice as much plastic packaging for recycling as it processes domestically - mostly to Asia.

Between January and August 2018, the UK exported over 88,000 tonnes of plastic scrap to Malaysia - more than a quarter of the UK's total plastic scrap exports. Over the same period, the country has been inundated with plastic scrap from around the world: in the first six months of this year, Malaysia received over 150,000 tonnes from the US.