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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:27,040 OK. 2 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:31,560 A little bit more. 3 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,920 A little bit more. 4 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:36,520 Stop! 5 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,480 OK. 6 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,080 Every single minute of every single day, 7 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:05,240 a truckload of plastics is finding its way into the world's oceans. 8 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:10,400 And once it's there, it sticks around for hundreds of years. 9 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,080 We're just adding to an ever-thicker plastic soup. 10 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,920 That's it, that's it. 11 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:22,160 Kilos of plastic are being found in the stomachs of whales. 12 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:27,280 Sea birds are starving, as their bellies fill up with it. 13 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,840 Large bits of plastic are gradually breaking down 14 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,160 into tiny micro-plastics... 15 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,240 ..which enter marine creatures and pass on up the food chain. 16 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:50,040 These truckfuls...will not be adding to the problem. 17 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:55,440 But what I want to know is, how do we solve it? 18 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,320 When I first tackled the issue of waste four years ago... 19 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,800 Post your videos of stupid packaging that is driving you insane. 20 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,040 ..I discovered the power of people everywhere joining 21 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,040 a nationwide conversation. 22 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,120 Suddenly, coffee cups are front-page news. 23 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,560 Now, to take on the huge problem of plastics, 24 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,560 we need to step up our efforts again. 25 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,920 We are making 1.8 million tonnes of plastic in the UK. 26 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:28,440 And to help in this colossal task, I'm joined by Anita Rani. 27 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:29,480 Microphone, check. 28 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:30,840 List of names, check. 29 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,840 Rush hour, check. 30 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,400 We will try every tactic we can... 31 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,040 Thirsty, thirsty. 32 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:38,920 Thank you. Oh, my God. 33 00:02:38,920 --> 00:02:41,280 ..challenging some of the biggest companies. 34 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,000 I want to speak to the sustainability department? 35 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,600 And taking the true scale of the problem... 36 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,080 It's like some dystopian nightmare. 37 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:50,920 ..to those at the top. 38 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:53,240 The ball is really in your court now. 39 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:54,840 I understand. 40 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,600 We team up with a street in a bold experiment... 41 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,880 I am thinking about it - a lot. 42 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,480 ..to find out how we can all play a part in our war on plastics. 43 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,720 Are you up for it? ALL: Yes! 44 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,200 If we're going to find solutions to the problems plastics 45 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,840 are causing, Anita and I need to work out where to start. 46 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,960 I think we've become so reliant on it, because it's handy and cheap 47 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,120 to produce, that it's absolutely everywhere. 48 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,600 It's obviously a really useful material and it's what we do 49 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,960 with it that becomes problematic. 50 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,680 As Hugh and I start on this mammoth project, 51 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,800 it makes sense to begin by looking at the plastic in my own home. 52 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,600 Da da da! 53 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,640 The cupboard under the sink. 54 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,800 Plastic scouring pads. 55 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,400 All my cleaning products. 56 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,760 Food bags. I don't know what that is. 57 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,640 Why did I agree to do this? 58 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,600 OK, so I have a lot of plastic. 59 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,600 The question is, what's good and what's bad? 60 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:09,280 We know carrier bags are bad but Method Man and Mary J Blige? 61 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,280 I mean, that's some of the best plastic in the world right there. 62 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,960 Plastic is light, strong and incredibly durable. 63 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,120 For things we use over and over again, 64 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:21,480 it's a wonder material. 65 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,280 Have you seen enough? 66 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:27,280 But we often use it just once, to hold food, or for things 67 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:29,240 like toiletries. 68 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,520 These are so handy, but they're so bad. 69 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:36,640 We are using a material that lasts for centuries, for just a few 70 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,200 days or weeks. 71 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,680 And then, we throw it away. 72 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,280 This is the problem right here. 73 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:48,240 But how big a problem is this? 74 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,640 How much of this single-use plastic do we have in our homes, 75 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,920 right now, across the whole country? 76 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:01,040 Hugh and I have an idea of how to find out. 77 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:09,600 We've chosen a normal British street of terraced houses in East Bristol. 78 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,160 Gather at the top of the street, an announcement 79 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:13,600 is about to be made. 80 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,720 There are families and couples, owners and renters, 81 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,360 newcomers and old-timers. 82 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:24,200 And it certainly feels a friendly street. 83 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,200 In fact, their annual street party is the perfect day 84 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,760 to launch our experiment. 85 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,560 Hugh is coming to knock on your doors. 86 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,800 I think we have a bit of a briefing at the top of the street 87 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,080 in a few minutes' time. 88 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,640 Are you up for that? 89 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:41,480 We want to try and get a snapshot of plastic use in the UK, 90 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,360 and your street has been chosen as the street to represent 91 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,320 Great Britain. 92 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,920 And what a great street you are! 93 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,720 We want you to bring out all the single-use plastic. 94 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,920 Here's some baskets for you all. Get going. 95 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,640 Together with a team of helpers, Hugh and I are going to count every 96 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:06,160 single item in the 22 houses that have agreed to take part. 97 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,640 The grand total will let us estimate how much single-use plastic 98 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,800 the whole country has at home. 99 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,960 Thank you for letting us gatecrash your street party. 100 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,800 That's fine. First of all. 101 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,960 The younger ones do most of the work. 102 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,680 I'm agoraphobic, so I don't leave the house. OK. 103 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,240 But are you all right with people coming to give you a hand? 104 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:28,720 And then bring it back? 105 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,360 We'll bring it all back when the job's done. 106 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,360 Wow, what an amazing house you've got. 107 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,200 Kay's lived on the street for over 40 years. 108 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,960 You might have a bit of a problem getting this stuff out. 109 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,320 All of these Coke bottles, we'd like to take. 110 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,240 Someone better bring them back, then. 111 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,600 Of course they will. I'm a Coke addict. 112 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,200 Coke bottles, kitchen. 113 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,800 We've asked everyone to divide their single-use plastics, 114 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,480 so we can count them in three sections. 115 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,200 First, items from the kitchen. 116 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:00,800 All the food, the carrots, cheese... 117 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,760 It's all in plastic, these days. Everything. 118 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:04,640 And the freezer. Full of it. 119 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:08,040 That's mostly glass. Oh, you missed that one. Plastic. 120 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,240 Right, we're doing well here, girls. 121 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,640 Then it's items from the bathroom. 122 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:14,960 Nick, is the bathroom free? 123 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:16,360 I say, come on up. 124 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,600 Yeah? Come on. 125 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,840 We might as well get to know each other. 126 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:22,880 Over here, all of this stuff, nice and wet. 127 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:24,200 It's been used. Of course. 128 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,760 At least we know you're clean. We're totally clean. 129 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,920 And finally, the stuff from anywhere else in the house. 130 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,520 You're wrecking my house. 131 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,480 I'm trying really hard not to. 132 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,280 You're wrecking my garden, now. 133 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,640 Over the next two hours, the residents carry out anything 134 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,360 and everything that's contained in single-use plastic. 135 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,840 Once you start digging, it kind of feels endless. 136 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,000 You've got wipes, you've got cleaning products. 137 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,240 Even organic carrots come in a plastic bag. 138 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,240 Crisps, nappies. 139 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,840 Oh! There's a football. 140 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,640 At least we can safely say that that is not single use. 141 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:14,720 And then, our team set to work calculating the grand total. 142 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:21,240 So the total number of kitchen items on your street... 143 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,920 ..7,145. 144 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,320 Right, bathroom items. 145 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,360 5,241. 146 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,480 From your bathrooms! 147 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,760 And other items - DIY, pets, garden stuff, 148 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:44,160 3,388 single-use items have come out of your street. 149 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,320 So your total for this street - 150 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,760 15,774. 151 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,120 That's not cool. Not cool? 152 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,840 This is one example of one street, and you can see there are 20 streets 153 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,240 on this side. 154 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,920 What about all the other streets in the whole of the rest of the UK? 155 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,160 That's just off of that one street. 156 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,240 So there are 27 million households in Britain. 157 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,440 And if we use your figure, let's scale that up to see... 158 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:14,040 So that's... 159 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:19,920 19, five, two noughts. Yep. And another three noughts. Yep. 160 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,720 And another three noughts. 161 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,200 There you go. 162 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:31,000 19.5 billion bits of single-use plastic in houses 163 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,480 up and down the country today. 164 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,640 I want to see whether you go along this journey with me 165 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:38,080 a little bit further. 166 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,280 Can we continue to work with you as a street, 167 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,840 get to know how you live, get involved in your lives? 168 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,800 Are you up for showing the rest of the United Kingdom how to get rid 169 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,960 of single-use plastics from our lives? 170 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:50,920 Are you up for it? ALL: Yes! 171 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:52,720 Yes, indeed, yes. 172 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,240 I think that was a yes, Anita. 173 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,320 I think that might have been a resounding yes. 174 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,360 We've challenged this typical UK street to see how much 175 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:06,440 they can reduce their single-use plastic over the next four months, 176 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,880 before we count it again. 177 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,400 As you might expect, there's quite a range of opinions. 178 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,640 My bottom line is, there isn't a choice. 179 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:20,400 Kay lives with her husband, Paul, and their cat, Mork. 180 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,160 When you buy stuff, you've got to buy what's available. 181 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:24,800 It's all in plastic, in any case. 182 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,400 Anna lives with her partner, Nick, and is an actor and teacher. 183 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,680 It's my responsibility now to go away and look at the other 184 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:36,360 possibilities and take stock of everything and think, 185 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,120 "What can I do here to actually make a difference?" 186 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:40,520 Here we go. 187 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,360 Carlene has a two-year-old son, Jackson. 188 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:44,640 I'm just constantly busy. 189 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,240 To be super-organised and go shopping with a toddler, 190 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,840 actually, I'm just going to go to Aldi, because it's easy, 191 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,000 because I know where everything is, do you know what I mean? 192 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:58,720 Plastic pollution is predicted to increase three times by 2025. 193 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,720 But, if these residents can prove it's possible to significantly 194 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:07,240 reduce our single-use plastics, they offer real hope 195 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,320 for a different future. 196 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,640 Over the next four months, I'm going to be following 197 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:26,480 the residents to discover the easy fixes and what just feels too hard. 198 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,320 Hello, Kay. 199 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,000 Morning, how are you? Lovely, thank you. 200 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,840 The priority has to be tackling the part of the house 201 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,400 with the highest plastic tally - the kitchen. 202 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,560 What I normally do is put this up here. 203 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:43,440 Kay's online grocery shop has just been delivered. 204 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,240 And then we'll do a double act? 205 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,400 Yeah, let's do it. I'm going to pass it to you. 206 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,800 So I'm going to go like that and I'm going to put those... 207 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,240 I'm going to put one forward, because of the date. 208 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,320 And, straight away, I spot a simple target. 209 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,280 This is what we're talking about. 210 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:01,240 Each individually wrapped, single use, and then even that's in plastic. 211 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:05,160 I buy it because it's convenient, it's just in measures I want to eat. 212 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:07,760 And you use what you want, you don't waste any. 213 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,320 You're not chucking anything out at all. 214 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,360 But if we were to say, "Let's try and get rid of single-use plastic," 215 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,200 maybe the cheese is the first thing to go, maybe we start saying, 216 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,000 "Buy a block, don't buy a big block." 217 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,440 I'm going to say no. 218 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,680 There ain't no ifs or buts, I want my cheese like that. 219 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:25,720 Because that's how I enjoy my cheese. 220 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,720 Finished, no waste. But there is plastic waste. 221 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,920 There's no food waste, but there's plastic waste. 222 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,800 Someone's got to convince me that to go without my cheese 223 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,840 is sufficient enough to go without plastic, 224 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,240 I've got to go without that cheese, it's going to be a hard argument. 225 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,840 I think Kay represents lots of people. 226 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,160 I'm not shocked by what she's got in her fridge. 227 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:50,240 She likes to buy cheese and every argument that she's got makes sense. 228 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:51,880 But Kay's going to be a challenge. 229 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,840 I'm cutting some chicken up for the cat. 230 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:55,360 You carry on, Kay. 231 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,240 I'm doing some cheese research here. 232 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,040 8.12 a kilo. 233 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:00,960 Look, you can buy... 234 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:02,960 They've got mature cheddar. 235 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:07,080 It's cheaper than your mini six-pack. 236 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:08,720 And you can buy as much as you want. 237 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,880 Yeah, but, having said that, if I cut a piece off the block, 238 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:14,680 it can go off. 239 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:16,160 It won't go off, it doesn't go off. 240 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,040 Just buy 100g. 241 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,680 That's 81p you've spent. 242 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:24,200 Just buy 100g, you'll eat it in a week. 243 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,680 That's it, a piece a day. 244 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:28,240 20g a day, that's five days. 245 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:29,560 You like to eat one a day. 246 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:31,720 That's five days, done. 247 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:33,560 Yeah, OK. 248 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:35,400 Your argument is good. 249 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:36,760 I know it's good. 250 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,360 I'll give you ten out of ten for that one. 251 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:47,600 In the UK, we are using 2.2 million tonnes of plastic 252 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,120 packaging every year. 253 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,640 While Anita and the street focus on what they're putting 254 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:57,160 in the fridge, I want to explore the plastic we grab to keep us 255 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:58,960 going when we're on the go. 256 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,440 There's one plastic-packed product we love so much, 257 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:08,000 that last year in the UK, we bought nearly 8 billion of them. 258 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,680 Why are we so obsessed with bottled water? 259 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:13,640 What do we think is in it? 260 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:15,480 What do we think it's doing for us? 261 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,520 Why are we prepared to pay so much money for it? 262 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,840 This is what I want to get to the bottom of. 263 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,640 And in order to do that, I've hatched a little plan. 264 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,280 I think it's time to give good old tap water 265 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,440 the bottled water makeover. 266 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,640 I'm planning a slick marketing launch in Central London. 267 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,000 But to pull that off, I reckon it's not just the water 268 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,080 that'll need an image reboot. 269 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:48,240 I'm thinking probably the right persona for selling this lovely 270 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,880 new bottled water is a sort of hipster-y thing. 271 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,960 I mean, obviously, I'm going to need a beard. 272 00:14:55,960 --> 00:15:00,000 I'm putting myself in the hands of make-up artist Ella Jones. 273 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,560 OK. Well, we've got a beard here. 274 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,920 I'll put some paint through it and try and match it 275 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,640 up to your own hair a bit more. 276 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,520 When you say paint, you mean grey? 277 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,800 You're going to salt-and-pepper the beard? 278 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,680 Just a few flecks of different colours, 279 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,240 I think, to break it up a bit. 280 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,960 How about a neck tattoo? 281 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,400 Oh, a neck tattoo, do you think? 282 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:18,480 That's a bit scary. 283 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,640 I think it would be quite cool for your hipster... 284 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,800 Is it hipster? Is it hipster to have a neck tattoo? 285 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,600 I would say it's hipster. 286 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,200 Who wants to try the coolest new water in London? 287 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,160 Those in the know, drink Tapineau. 288 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,360 Come and try some water. 289 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:41,560 Have a taste. 290 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,480 It's good and cold. 291 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:45,320 Do you buy bottled water? Yes. 292 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:46,720 Do you? Yes. 293 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,120 How often? Every day. Every day. 294 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,240 Three out of five of you have bottled water. 295 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,880 I'd really love you to try MY water. 296 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,160 This will be available everywhere in England. 297 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,520 It's good. Am I on to something? 298 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,920 Gorgeous water. Is it? Yes. 299 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,120 Thirsty, thirsty? 300 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,880 What I like is smart water, because it's ionised, 301 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,760 you know, electrolysed. 302 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,160 Is that good for your health? 303 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:11,960 Yeah, that's what I'm told. 304 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,560 Where do you think it comes from? Can you tell by the taste? 305 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:15,920 From the mountain? 306 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:21,400 The clue's in the name. The water is in fact from the tap. 307 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:22,800 Really? 308 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:24,760 Oh, it's tap water? Tap. 309 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:26,240 Oh, yeah, fantastic. 310 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,280 Oh, seriously? 311 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,480 But you must process it, you're not just... 312 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:33,880 Tapping the tap water. 313 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:35,800 No, I am. No, I am. Really? 314 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,280 That's exactly what I'm doing. 315 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:40,080 I'm giving it away, so that people understand just how good 316 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,280 tap water is. Oh, my gosh. 317 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:43,880 Thank you. Do you like it? Yes. 318 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,800 We're in the know, we drink Tapineau! 319 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,040 Tapineau might have passed the taste test, but it also shows how much 320 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,240 we believe the bottled water marketing hype. 321 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:57,440 Live young! 322 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:58,800 Pure life. 323 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,120 "I'm 100% natural," printed on the plastic. 324 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,640 I'm at the University of the West of England with 325 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,960 Professor of Health and Environment, Darren Reynolds. 326 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:12,320 He's been running tests on the UK's top-six leading brands to see 327 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:17,000 if they offer any health benefits over what comes out of our taps. 328 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,080 What are the key minerals in mineral water that people reckon 329 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:21,360 are good for them? 330 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:23,400 OK, so we test for a whole range of minerals, 331 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,760 but the two I think people will be most familiar with 332 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,560 are calcium and magnesium. 333 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,000 And we need both those things. We need both of those things. 334 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,080 They're in our foods and in the water we drink. 335 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,440 Give me some scores, Darren. 336 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,960 Give me some mineral levels for these waters. 337 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,880 OK, if we look at Highland Spring, 338 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:43,840 we get about 35mg per litre of calcium. 339 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,200 Buxton, about 58 or so. 340 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,160 Volvic here, between 12 or 15. 341 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,640 Evian, 80 or so. 342 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,520 Smartwater, it's about 60. 343 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,800 And then we've got Nestle Pure Life, about 28. 344 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,360 So you can see we've got lots and lots of variation 345 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:04,840 in the mineral content of all of those waters. 346 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,360 They've all got calcium in. 347 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:08,160 Where does the tap water come in? 348 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,920 Well, the tap water, if we draw the line here, 349 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:15,600 we're looking at about 75 or so milligrams per litre 350 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,120 of calcium present in tap water. 351 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,640 It's a similar picture for magnesium. 352 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,680 Mineral levels in tap water do vary around the country, 353 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,760 but, generally, they are in a similar range 354 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,160 to those in bottled water. 355 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:35,760 Would you say categorically that anybody who buys bottled water, 356 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,160 thinking that it's better for their health than tap water, 357 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,480 is wrong? 358 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,080 Yes. 359 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,000 There's no evidence anywhere in the world of science 360 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:50,800 that any of these waters do anything for you physically 361 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:52,360 that tap water doesn't do? 362 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:54,400 No, there is no evidence whatsoever. 363 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,960 That water you get from your tap is perfectly safe. 364 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,240 And you don't get a load of plastic with it, either. 365 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,920 How much more expensive is bottled water? 366 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,840 I think if you took a very conservative estimate, 367 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,720 it would be about 500 times more expensive. 368 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,280 So if I were to take you for a pint, that would be the equivalent 369 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:17,720 of spending £2,000 to £2,500 for a pint. 370 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,800 And who would be mad enough to do that? Not me. 371 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,840 I think it would be your round, I think! 372 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,480 I certainly feel like I've seen and heard enough to be convinced 373 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,600 that bottled water doesn't taste any better than tap water, 374 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,760 it isn't any better for you than tap water. 375 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,840 But there is another reason, I think, why so many of us 376 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,640 keep on buying it. 377 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,600 Because it's so convenient. 378 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,400 And it's that convenience I'll need to tackle next. 379 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:57,840 It's a week after the big plastic count on the street in East Bristol. 380 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,000 The realities of the challenge of reducing their plastic 381 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,480 are dawning on the residents, especially in one key area. 382 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:08,320 Single-use plastic. 383 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,600 I've been getting very frustrated. 384 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:18,680 All three meals of my day involved buying something wrapped in plastic. 385 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,400 Lots of plastic. 386 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,920 In a shell, in a packet. 387 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,640 Some people on the street are trying out alternatives, 388 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,720 where they can find them. 389 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:36,320 Just come out of the deli, which does have a reasonable selection. 390 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:40,040 However, the prices are just not going to work. 391 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,120 But it's not only Carlene in the organic deli who have seen 392 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:45,240 the hike in price. 393 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,800 Plastic-free, £1.60 for four. 394 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:53,280 Whereas the ones in plastic, you could get six for 78p. 395 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:58,000 Along with Saskie, several others mention the challenge of buying 396 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,360 loose products in the supermarket on a budget. 397 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:04,160 I want to dig a bit deeper, so I've asked Carlene 398 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,760 if she can help me out with a bit of research. 399 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:13,760 She's taking reusable packaging, Tupperware and old plastic bags 400 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,280 to a large supermarket. 401 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,240 Morning. 402 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,800 Are you ready for your shopping trip? 403 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:25,160 Bigger stores have a wider selection of loose fruit and veg and now often 404 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,520 let you fill your own reusable containers at the counters. 405 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,560 Along with her friend Sara, Carlene's buying the ingredients 406 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:36,360 for a spaghetti bolognese without single-use plastic. 407 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:39,040 Remember, it's no bags. 408 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,000 That's the natural reaction, isn't it? 409 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:46,520 While I'm buying the packaged versions of the same ingredients. 410 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,800 I can't wait to compare our spag bol hauls back at Carlene's. 411 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,680 Let's see how much we paid. OK. 412 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:58,320 Tomatoes. All right, brilliant. 413 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,040 So, you reused a bag. 414 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,640 How satisfying is it, reusing it? It was good, it was. 415 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,840 You'll get another go out of that, as well. 416 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,200 Go on, how much did you spend? 417 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,400 £1.66. 418 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:12,120 Oh, God. I spent 69p. 419 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:13,640 OK, carrots. 420 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,840 53p. 421 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,200 Again, I've beaten you. 43p. 422 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,520 Have a look at cheese. 423 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:23,480 When Carlene asked for cheddar from the deli counter 424 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,600 without packaging, she was told it had already been cut 425 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,960 and wrapped and, again, it was more expensive than mine. 426 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,840 It doesn't make sense, does it? It doesn't, no. 427 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,120 Why don't you tell me what yours is and I'll tell you 428 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:38,240 what my shopping came to. OK. 429 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,880 £13.03. 430 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,000 Oh, God. Mine was £8.77. 431 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 That's a big difference, isn't it? 432 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,280 And this is just one meal. 433 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,200 Imagine what that's like for a weekly shop, 434 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,840 if you've got two or three kids. 435 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,560 That's a big difference. 436 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,440 I'm amazed by this huge price difference. 437 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,520 But perhaps the ingredients for spag bol are a freak result. 438 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:11,080 So, we've taken the research into the two largest supermarket chains, 439 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,320 Tesco's and Sainsbury's, one step further. 440 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:18,240 The government have a basket of products that we all buy 441 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,120 that they use to measure inflation. 442 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:24,280 So what we did, compared the prices of the things you can buy loose 443 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,920 to their direct comparison packaged. 444 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,960 So, tomatoes, for instance, we bought packaged tomatoes 445 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,600 and then we bought the cheapest loose tomatoes available. 446 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:40,160 So Tesco's, our shop came to £59.91. 447 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:45,200 The same products packaged came to £42.08. 448 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,880 Think about that. 449 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,800 It is nearly 42% more expensive to buy them loose. 450 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,880 It doesn't make sense, does it? 451 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:54,880 So then we moved on to Sainsbury's. 452 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,600 Almost 19% difference. 453 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,320 It's crazy. 454 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:03,480 I think the only way to understand this is to talk to the supermarkets. 455 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,640 Dear Tesco... 456 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,560 Dear Sainsbury's... 457 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:15,480 I am very interested to learn about how the supermarket 458 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:20,560 is addressing the issue of single-use plastic packaging. 459 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:33,000 Some plastic food packaging does serve a purpose beyond convenience. 460 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,880 For example, helping preserve foods through long 461 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,160 supermarket supply chains. 462 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:42,200 And that seems reasonable, if the plastic gets recycled. 463 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,680 But how well is our recycling system working? 464 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,320 If we're going to find the right solutions to the plastic problem, 465 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,920 that's something I need to find out. 466 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:03,600 Almost half of us admit to arguing at home about which plastics 467 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,720 can be recycled. 468 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:10,440 So how confident are we about what's meant to go in the recycling bin 469 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,160 and what should be consigned to the black bin? 470 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:18,520 Hi, there. 471 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,200 A little quiz for you today. 472 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,480 Everything I'm going to give you is plastic, 473 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,920 but you've got to decide whether it is recyclable or not. 474 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,040 Oh, no. 475 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,600 Here's your starter for ten. 476 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:38,440 What about this? 477 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,160 Plastic. 478 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:42,480 Yeah, I'd recycle that. 479 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:43,520 Definitely. 480 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,800 Plastic bottles are collected for recycling everywhere. 481 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,040 Time to up the ante with round two. 482 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,080 What about that one? 483 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,880 Flash. 484 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,280 I'd go general. No, plastic. Really? 485 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,080 OK, this one is a bugger. 486 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,680 Take the top off, because that's too many mixed things. 487 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,360 Actually, trigger bottles for household cleaners 488 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:11,680 can be recycled after a quick rinse, and with the trigger on. 489 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,400 It's got that sort of high-pitched crinkle. 490 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,160 I wouldn't recycle that, though. 491 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,680 I haven't got a clue. 492 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,480 Got to make a decision. 493 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,120 Well, OK, if it comes down to it, it's plastic, it's going in. 494 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:27,400 Unlucky. 495 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,560 Though the crinkle factor is relevant. 496 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,760 Plastic bags that don't stretch, and sound crinkly, are made 497 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,480 of laminated polypropylene, which is not recyclable. 498 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,480 Oh, I don't know. Does it say on the packaging? 499 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,760 Do you ever look? No. 500 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,520 Lid foil on tub, check locally. Probably Birmingham... 501 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,440 Doesn't give me enough information, so... 502 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,560 I don't know now, you're putting me under pressure. 503 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,720 Go on, put it in. It's probably wrong. 504 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,080 Even your quizmaster is out of clear answers. 505 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,240 77% of councils, including here in Birmingham, 506 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,720 do encourage us to recycle pots, tubs and trays. 507 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,200 But others don't want them. 508 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,720 A lot of it depends where you live. 509 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,400 It's the same with other types of plastic. 510 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:13,600 You can recycle... 511 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,920 Because some councils will take it. 512 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:17,560 Most of them won't. 513 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,200 There's not necessarily a right and wrong answer. 514 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,920 I'm inclined to put it in there. 515 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,680 I'm inclined to put it in general waste. 516 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,840 I think the first thing I should do is take advice, 517 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,000 because I don't know. 518 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:34,320 When you consider that there are over 400 councils in the UK and, 519 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:39,840 between them, they have 39 different sets of rules for recycling, 520 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:44,600 then maybe it's not surprising that we're all a bit confused. 521 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:52,200 And even if we do manage to get the right plastic into the right bins, 522 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,440 what actually happens to our recycling after it's collected 523 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,120 by our councils? 524 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:04,200 I've been digging deep into various websites that keep a track 525 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,280 of what we're doing with our waste and with our plastics 526 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:08,800 and our recycling. 527 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,720 And it's instantly obvious that we are not dealing 528 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,560 with our plastics at home. 529 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:19,720 That 665,000 tonnes of our plastics are being exported every year. 530 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,480 Most used to go to China. 531 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:27,800 But, from 2018, the Chinese banned imports, due to mounting 532 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,480 environmental concerns. 533 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,600 And so we've found other places to send it. 534 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:39,600 At the moment, the UK is exporting plastics to over a dozen countries. 535 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:45,080 But the biggest number by far, importing 129,000 tonnes 536 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,880 of our plastics, is Malaysia. 537 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,680 So if I want to find out what's really happening to our recycling, 538 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,920 I'm going to have to go a long way from home. 539 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:05,160 I'm heading for a small town called Jenjarom, 540 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,200 close to Malaysia's main seaport. 541 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,400 Hello. 542 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:11,920 One of you is CK? Yes. 543 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,280 Hello, hi. 544 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,760 I'm, Hugh. Shall I jump in with you? 545 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,080 Sure. Let's go. Let's go. 546 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:23,000 Town resident CK Lee is one of the founding members of a local 547 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,600 environmental action group. 548 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,760 They formed in July last year, after realising that an influx 549 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:33,640 of imported plastics had led to a massive increase 550 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,000 in plastic processing businesses. 551 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:41,320 Not all of them are legal and CK has offered to sneak me into one 552 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:45,120 of the 33 local sites that have been discovered 553 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,920 operating without licences. 554 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,320 This is used as the factory's dump site, we believe. 555 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,200 Look at this, it's awful. 556 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:55,680 It is awful. 557 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,320 After CK's group repeatedly reported this site 558 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,920 to the authorities, it was finally shut down 559 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,160 a few weeks ago. 560 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:09,000 It's clear it was used for some sort of processing. 561 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:16,720 We believe that the factory picked what they wanted to be processed, 562 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,760 and what they do not want, they just dump it here. 563 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,640 And what they do not want is a lot. 564 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,680 Yes, it is a lot, and it's a whole mess... 565 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,240 And totally stored in an illegal manner. 566 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:32,400 You know, without dykes, and the effluent just flows 567 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,240 into the adjoining lands. 568 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:36,800 There is a drain just here. 569 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,520 There is a little stream right between these two huge piles. 570 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:44,120 And look at all these tiny, tiny particles of plastic here. 571 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:45,600 Look at that. 572 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,520 I mean, that's the kind of stuff that could get into the watercourse. 573 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,640 It is getting into the watercourse, because this is the watercourse. 574 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,040 Yes, that's correct. 575 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,200 It goes to, you know, a common drain, and then it flows 576 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:00,800 to the river. 577 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,440 The group soon realised that most of the plastic in these sites 578 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,120 is being shipped in from abroad. 579 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,600 I see a Tesco bag, but I know you've got 580 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:10,680 Tesco over here. 581 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,240 That's one for you, Hugh. 582 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:13,720 Look. 583 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:18,400 Oh, dear, Paddington Bear on an M&S carrier bag. 584 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,400 Drinkaware.co.uk. 585 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,200 That's pounds sterling. 586 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:23,760 We're in the UK, aren't we? 587 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,720 We couldn't be anywhere else. 588 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:30,920 I could put it in this bag and take it back to show people in the UK. 589 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,280 I'm interested in these big bags. 590 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,800 I'm pretty sure that's Welsh. 591 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,080 I am a recycling bag. 592 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,160 Rhondda, that's Wales. 593 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,760 Yeah, Hugh, we don't like this stuff. 594 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:50,200 UK, being a leader in humanity, in human decency, 595 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:54,320 environment protection, please keep up with the good work, 596 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,360 but please don't dump what you do not want 597 00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:58,920 at our back yard. 598 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,160 You are rich, you have the resources. 599 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,520 We are a developing nation. 600 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,960 Stop the exporting of your plastic waste to our country. 601 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,160 I completely hear you. 602 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:13,240 Why should our waste end up here for you guys to deal with? 603 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:14,680 Yes. 604 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,800 Let's go on. We've got to go. 605 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,520 Somebody is coming. 606 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,360 Our lookout called to say they think someone is onto us. 607 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:24,720 Let's go now. 608 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,360 Yeah, we're coming, CK, we're coming. 609 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:39,880 Since the authorities began closing illegal facilities in this town, 610 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,520 there have been increasing reports of large piles 611 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:45,360 of foreign plastics elsewhere. 612 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:49,440 On a tip-off, I'm heading 250km north, 613 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,920 to an industrial area near the city of Ipoh. 614 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,120 We have been cross-referencing some of our research with the Greenpeace 615 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,960 office here in Malaysia. 616 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,000 And they have just pinged me some coordinates. 617 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:05,320 Wow, look at that! 618 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,360 What a mess! 619 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,760 That's insane. 620 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:15,280 Jesus, I've never seen anything like that. 621 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,720 There doesn't seem to be anyone here. 622 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,920 At least for the moment. 623 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,440 See if we can get through here. 624 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,200 It's like some dystopian nightmare. 625 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,480 It looks like another planet. 626 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,080 It's like a plastic planet. 627 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:41,440 Left exposed to sun and rain, these mountains of broken bales 628 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:46,000 and mixed plastics are clearly never going to be recycled. 629 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,800 And it's only moments before I start finding things 630 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,920 that are all-too familiar. 631 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,920 Sainsbury's, Sainsbury's, Sainsbury's. 632 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,840 Sainsbury's, Sainsbury's, Sainsbury's. 633 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,080 And Sainsbury's. 634 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,880 Guys, you really shouldn't make your bags bright orange. 635 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,240 You're making it too easy for me. 636 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,320 Braintree District Council. 637 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,320 Essex's finest. 638 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,000 And it's not just Essex. 639 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,800 We've got Milton Keynes here. 640 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,840 We don't want unrecyclable rubbish. 641 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:21,600 I mean, the whole thing's just nuts, isn't it? 642 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,800 Something really sticks out, there is Utterly Butterly. 643 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,400 It's the other side of this horrendous trench. 644 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,800 That's pretty familiar. 645 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,440 Celebrations. 646 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:43,920 Milky Way. 647 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,560 M&S. Some cleaning product from Aldi. 648 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,800 I've got Sainsbury's, I've got M&S, I've got Asda, 649 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,400 I've got Aldi. 650 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,840 This bale of plastics may not be related to the council bags 651 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,520 I've found, but it is mainly made up of the pots, 652 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:04,840 tubs and trays that most UK councils tell us they ARE recycling. 653 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:06,440 Look at the size of this site. 654 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,040 And what sort of chain is it in? 655 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,000 What's the destiny of this bale? 656 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,920 When we put this in our recycling, back in the UK, 657 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:20,120 we think we're doing the right thing. 658 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:23,760 I do my recycling and I feel good about it. 659 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:25,440 At least, I used to. 660 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:26,760 What do you think? 661 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,760 I don't feel so good now. 662 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,680 I feel embarrassed, I feel ashamed. 663 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:38,920 I feel angry, I feel I've been lied to. 664 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,760 And I really want to know who is responsible 665 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,520 for this horrendous mess? 666 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,320 Is it our local councils? 667 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:47,680 Is it our government? 668 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,320 Is it our supermarkets? 669 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,720 Is it the manufacturers of these goods? 670 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:54,080 They're all in it together. 671 00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:58,120 We're all part of this problem, and now we have to stop. 672 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:04,840 Take a long hard look at this stuff, take a long hard look at this. 673 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:09,520 And work out the right way to do things and stop sending our 674 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,400 plastic garbage thousands of miles over the sea. 675 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,520 I'll take all this up with government and big business 676 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,200 back in the UK. 677 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:23,920 But aside from vast piles like this, there's a whole different problem 678 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,480 foreign plastics are adding to. 679 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:29,200 Greenpeace Malaysia's Heng Kiah Chun 680 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,960 tells me about another grave concern. 681 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,000 This is plastic going up in smoke here. 682 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,080 You can see all the plastic. 683 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:37,680 That's horrendous. 684 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,880 And this is just... The smoke looks really toxic. 685 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:42,640 It's just one part, and I can see we have many parts. 686 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,320 There are many open burnings. 687 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,240 This is normal, just to see this plastic open burning? Yeah. 688 00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:50,800 We also received some complaints by the local community 689 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,120 that they also suffer from... 690 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,120 Respiratory problems? 691 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,080 Yes. 692 00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:00,840 A lot of families in this small town are convinced that their health 693 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:04,720 is being affected by the smoke from this open burning. 694 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,440 I've come to meet one of them. 695 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,160 Hello, I'm Hugh. 696 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,040 How are you? Fine. 697 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,400 Can I come in? 698 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,200 Goodness me, hello, everybody. 699 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,000 Hello. ALL: Hello. 700 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,400 Hi, how are you all? 701 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:25,960 What a gathering! 702 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,760 Who would like to speak a little bit about the experience 703 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,040 you've been having here? 704 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:31,560 SHE SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE 705 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,480 How is this affecting your family, how is it for you? 706 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,160 Are you feeling well today? No. 707 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:04,880 No? Why not, what happens? 708 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,240 Because my nose is bleeding, my eyes are itchy. 709 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:09,880 The air is smelly. 710 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:12,560 Oh, my God. 711 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,080 That's you. 712 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,560 How did you feel when you had this? 713 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:22,440 Sad. Sad? 714 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,000 SHE SNEEZES 715 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,320 When was this? 716 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,640 This morning. This morning? 717 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:32,000 How many times has this happened in the last couple of years? 718 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,440 Every time. 719 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:50,520 I'm sorry. 720 00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:00,240 That was very intense and compelling. 721 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:07,480 And the extra dimension, the substance that you think 722 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:12,560 is harming your child, is being sent across thousands 723 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:16,960 of miles by other countries, who don't even know what's happening 724 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,520 to it when it gets here. 725 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,840 It just makes it so much worse. 726 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,960 Where single-use packaging really is necessary, 727 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,800 recycling it is still the best option. 728 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:44,320 But we can help ease the pressure on the struggling system by reducing 729 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,560 the amount of plastic we're pumping into it. 730 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:55,200 And on the street in Bristol, Anna's on a reduction mission. 731 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,280 Have you signed up yet? 732 00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,720 I have. Oh, you have? 733 00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:01,560 Have you had a chance to look at the website? 734 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,640 No, I haven't. 735 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,920 She's found that the street can have their milk delivered 736 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,000 the old way, in reusable glass bottles. 737 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,720 To find out how successful she's been, I'm joining the local 738 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:19,720 milkman, Mark Green. 739 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,360 This is a sort of secret fantasy of mine. 740 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,280 I've always wanted to deliver milk. Yeah. 741 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:36,520 We buy 5.5 billion litres of milk a year and 80% of it 742 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:38,520 comes in single-use plastic. 743 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:42,880 But at 81p a pint for Mark, getting it delivered in glass does 744 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:47,600 cost significantly more than picking it up in the supermarket. 745 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,120 A month ago, how many bottles of milk did you deliver 746 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:51,200 to this street? 747 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,680 I had one call in this street, that was it. And now? 748 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,920 And now I've got 16, 17 here now, so it's just 749 00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:58,800 gone crazy, really. 750 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:02,760 Almost half the street have decided that ditching this daily dose 751 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,080 of plastic is worth paying the extra per pint. 752 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:12,960 And for one house, the delivery isn't for milk at all. 753 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,320 No milk today, but just cheese. 754 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:16,840 Just cheese for Kay. 755 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:18,560 Come on in. 756 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,480 How are you? Lovely to see you, Kay. 757 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,920 It's a small victory, but it's a big moment. 758 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,000 And it's less hassle than the packets, really, 759 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,520 if the truth be told. 760 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,240 I do fiddle about, but once... 761 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:40,080 Successes on the street, combined with the problems 762 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,840 I've seen our plastics causing in Malaysia, 763 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:48,560 are spurring me on to find ways of breaking our bottled water habit. 764 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:53,240 Sales were up by 7% last year, and I suspect that a large part 765 00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:55,840 of this is driven by convenience. 766 00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:00,800 So it's great to see the refill scheme on our high street gaining 767 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:05,480 momentum, urging cafes, restaurants and shops to offer 768 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:06,960 free water refills for all. 769 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:09,920 But there's one massive sector 770 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,840 that's failing to rise to the moment. 771 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,560 Just out on the road today. 772 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:16,080 I was very thirsty. 773 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,640 It's a bit of a shame that the only water you can really buy 774 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:19,720 is in a plastic bottle. 775 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:21,120 It's just plastic bottles. 776 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:24,320 Plastic bottles. Plastic bottle. 777 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,640 We are clearly finding it hard to avoid plastic bottles 778 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:32,000 when we're thirsty on the road, which explains why we are spending 779 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:37,360 an estimated £60 million a year on bottled water in petrol stations. 780 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:41,800 So how about the plastic-free alternative of filling 781 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,280 a reusable bottle? 782 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,360 Time to pose as a parched traveller. 783 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:51,800 Hi, is it possible to get a water bottle refill here? 784 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,760 Well, that was interesting. 785 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,320 He said, "No, I'm afraid not, we can't do that." 786 00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,160 I said, "Why not? Is there not a tap?" 787 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:01,760 He said, "Not really." 788 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:04,080 And then his colleague next to him said, 789 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,920 "You could fill it up in our staff kitchen." 790 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:08,800 No official policy of refill. 791 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,320 One of them didn't want to do it, the other one said, 792 00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:15,400 "Come on, we can help the guy out," and we got there in the end. 793 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:17,120 Shell Select. 794 00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,520 Still no signage. 795 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,360 Any chance of a refill for my water bottle? 796 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,280 Thank you very much. Cheers! 797 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:27,960 But, a tap in the little kitchen area and the guy was very happy 798 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,600 to fill up for me. 799 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:34,400 I did ask, how often does he actually fill up somebody's water bottle. 800 00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:37,320 He said, "Maybe once or twice a week." 801 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:41,000 And then I asked him how many bottles of water he sold every day. 802 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,040 50 or 60. 803 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:47,440 By being polite and persistent, I am getting my bottle refilled. 804 00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:51,280 But there's no signage, no refill points, and basically, 805 00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:52,880 no encouragement at all. 806 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:55,760 OK, let's check out this Esso garage. 807 00:43:55,760 --> 00:44:00,800 And sometimes, the only refill option is not very appealing. 808 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,480 And that's drinking water? 809 00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:03,520 OK. 810 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:06,760 Interesting. 811 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,040 Just behind the litter bin... 812 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:16,040 It's not exactly what I'd call a drinking fountain. 813 00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:18,200 Between them, our petrol stations 814 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:22,640 have 8,400 forecourts across the country. 815 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,440 They could do so much better than this. 816 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:29,600 "Hey, @Esso, @Shell, @BP, helpful staff have been 817 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:33,120 "filling up my water bottle, but none of you seem to have signs 818 00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:35,280 "or proper refill stations. 819 00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,760 "Who's up for making it easier for us to get free drinking water 820 00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,480 "when we travel?" 821 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:44,560 Selling water in plastic bottles is incredibly profitable. 822 00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:49,120 £2.4 billion worth of business in the UK last year. 823 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:50,760 So we have to decide. 824 00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:55,360 Are we going to fuel that profit, or is it time to insist that fresh, 825 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,600 clean, drinking water is freely available wherever we go? 826 00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:11,400 Over a third of all our plastic packaging comes from one source - 827 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,120 the supermarkets. 828 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,920 Tesco's and Sainsbury's still haven't agreed to meet me. 829 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:20,280 But it's not just me that's getting frustrated. 830 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:25,040 The residents on the street in Bristol are finding it impossible 831 00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:27,920 to shop in a supermarket without bringing home 832 00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:29,320 yet more plastic. 833 00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:34,720 Maybe we do need to kind of do something where we become 834 00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:38,120 more visible as a group that have come together. 835 00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:40,920 What could we do, what do you think? 836 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,400 What about an action day? 837 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,920 Have a day of action, actually do something? 838 00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,040 That's what they did in Germany. 839 00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:53,480 In the big supermarkets, people started buying their veg, 840 00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,400 undoing it there and then, leaving it in a pile. 841 00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:57,760 Don't take it home. 842 00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,520 You don't want to litter the supermarket, but the supermarket 843 00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:02,200 have given you the litter. 844 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:04,520 So, we do it. Let's all... 845 00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:05,680 Our next shop. 846 00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:09,520 A typical street just a few weeks ago, this group of neighbours 847 00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:13,640 are now planning their own activism by handing back the 848 00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:15,960 plastic packaging they don't want. 849 00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:18,160 Not in-store, not offshore. 850 00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,000 No more plastic. 851 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,280 Can I do hearts? 852 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,800 And they are taking on the nation's biggest supermarket chain. 853 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:26,680 I'm just going into Tesco Express 854 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,960 to notify them of our visit on Saturday - 855 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:31,480 what we intend to do. 856 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:42,600 On the morning of their plastic rebellion, I come along to see 857 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:44,680 how it goes down. 858 00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:46,240 Oh, amazing. 859 00:46:46,240 --> 00:46:47,800 Good work, girls. 860 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:55,240 Just a couple of months ago, this was a street that pulled out 861 00:46:55,240 --> 00:46:58,480 all their single-use plastic and we had a river of it. 862 00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:00,280 And now look at them. 863 00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:02,440 They're about to go and do their shopping 864 00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:05,520 and leave their plastic at Tesco, to tell them, "We don't need it, 865 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,040 "we don't want it." 866 00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:08,840 ..Tesco? Sorry? 867 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:10,720 Is this anything to do with Tesco? 868 00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:12,280 We... 869 00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,720 Some people have been in touch with you, some people who live 870 00:47:14,720 --> 00:47:17,720 locally are doing a shop and they're going to leave you with the plastic. 871 00:47:17,720 --> 00:47:19,640 They got in touch with you to let you know. 872 00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:21,800 OK, thank you very much, that's nice to know. 873 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,240 Thank you. 874 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,920 If someone's dropped a letter off to tell you 875 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,440 that this is happening, you'd hope that somebody 876 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:30,880 would pay attention. 877 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:37,160 Supermarkets produce over 810,000 tonnes 878 00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,800 of plastic packaging every year. 879 00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:41,840 If I whack all my stuff in here... 880 00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:44,160 What's that you've got there? 881 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,400 Swede. It's a strange idea. 882 00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:53,280 Some does help to preserve food, but, often, its main purpose 883 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:57,360 is to boost sales by carrying an attractive label or creating 884 00:47:57,360 --> 00:48:01,440 a multipack, and this can encourage us to buy more than we may need, 885 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:03,320 and increase food waste. 886 00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:07,800 Yeah, I've got the press office on the phone. 887 00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:11,200 They want to talk to you. OK. Hello? 888 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,640 It's just a group of local residents. 889 00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:15,520 I did drop a letter in. 890 00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:17,480 We're just trying to raise some awareness. 891 00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:19,320 All right, bye-bye. 892 00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:21,280 Thank you. No problem. 893 00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:29,520 90%, if not more, of the stuff that I bought was in plastic. 894 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:32,040 It's now all in here. So where's it going to go? 895 00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:33,920 We're going to ask them what do they do? 896 00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:36,480 It's their rubbish now. What do Tesco do with it? 897 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:39,280 Good luck. Yes. Thank you. 898 00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:42,600 After the call from the press office, there is a sudden 899 00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,240 change of tone. 900 00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:46,520 I'm glad to take the plastic, because we recycle it. 901 00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:48,000 Thank you. 902 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,320 In fact, I think I've got a cage out the back, so... 903 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,040 Oh, do you? What do you do with the... 904 00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:54,560 It gets sent back to head office. Not head office, 905 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:57,240 that would be silly, it gets sent back to a distribution centre, 906 00:48:57,240 --> 00:48:58,720 where it gets recycled. 907 00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:00,680 And I'm delighted to recycle this for you. 908 00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:02,560 Thank you. 909 00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:04,920 The chap who works in there had a big smile on his face 910 00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:06,680 and said, "Yeah, great, we'll take it." 911 00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:08,760 But we know for a fact that a lot of that plastic, 912 00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:10,320 you can't recycle. 913 00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:12,760 The stuff that the grapes come in, that crinkly plastic. 914 00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:15,960 Loads of it, you can't do anything with. 915 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:17,680 If only they'd agree to meet me, 916 00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:20,400 I could discuss all of this with them. 917 00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:22,400 The press office know what we're doing, 918 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:24,080 they've had an e-mail from me. 919 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:27,040 They know this has gone down today and they should definitely think, 920 00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,920 "I know, we'll get someone to talk to Anita." 921 00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:31,960 That's the most obvious thing to do, right? 922 00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:34,000 They've got nothing to hide. 923 00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:43,400 My call out to help us avoid bottled water when we're on the road has got 924 00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,880 a positive response. 925 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:50,480 Both BP and Shell have replied to my tweet calling for water points 926 00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:52,160 in petrol stations. 927 00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:56,720 They say they think it's a good idea and that they'll explore it further. 928 00:49:56,720 --> 00:50:00,560 I want to convert this positive engagement into delivery. 929 00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:03,520 I want to see actual water refill stations 930 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:06,080 in the forecourts really soon. 931 00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:09,560 So, I want to find a way to keep the pressure up. 932 00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:13,440 I think a really good way to do that is to engage the people 933 00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:16,800 who really use the roads and who need to slake their thirst 934 00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:20,200 as they are pounding up and down the country every single day. 935 00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:32,000 Kings Haulage run a fleet of trucks that travel the length and breadth 936 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:33,320 of the country. 937 00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:34,680 Morning. Hello. 938 00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:36,080 Are you Nick? Good morning, I am. 939 00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:39,760 Business operations manager Nick Gingell says this is a cause 940 00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:41,200 he'd like to support. 941 00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:43,760 Gosh, and there is a case of bottled water right on the front 942 00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:45,480 of your desk. We see a lot of that. 943 00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:48,520 So, a lot of them will have these multipacks of bottles in their cab. 944 00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:51,120 So, as an alternative approach 945 00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:53,920 to keeping your drivers well-watered... 946 00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:55,080 Looks good. 947 00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:57,080 Are there some here I can have a word with? 948 00:50:57,080 --> 00:50:58,960 Yes, there's a handful there now. 949 00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:02,880 The business of the nation's truckers is worth over £8 billion 950 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,600 a year to the fuel companies. 951 00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:08,680 So, I can't help thinking this group of road users could be hugely 952 00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:11,160 influential in the refill revolution. 953 00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:12,240 This is our motley crew. 954 00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:14,080 But I will need to get them onside. 955 00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:15,520 Good morning. 956 00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:18,120 So... 957 00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:21,360 ..you're all on a break? 958 00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:22,480 Yes. 959 00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:26,320 I've got a few of these, pass them round. 960 00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:31,040 This is potentially the beginning of something where you and truckers 961 00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:34,160 all over the UK could start to make a noise saying, 962 00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:38,280 "We come and buy your petrol and we stop and spend our money with you, 963 00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:41,320 "one thing we wouldn't mind not paying for, from here on in, 964 00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:43,000 "is the water." 965 00:51:45,240 --> 00:51:50,120 You're looking at me like you think I'm slightly nuts. 966 00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:52,320 I think this is an absolutely amazing idea. 967 00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:54,440 It would be nice to have a dedicated station, yeah. 968 00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:56,200 It does sound good. 969 00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:59,280 What sort of social media, Facebook, what sort of conversations 970 00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:02,000 are going on on truckers' Facebook pages? 971 00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:03,480 LAUGHTER 972 00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:05,760 I shouldn't really ask that question, should I? 973 00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:08,680 Is there room in the world of trucker social media 974 00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:11,320 for a conversation about water? 975 00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:13,640 Sure, yeah. Of course there will be. 976 00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:21,280 Great, my first group of crusading truckers. 977 00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:24,080 Everybody look at me, saying, "sausages". 978 00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:26,760 But for the petrol stations to feel the pressure, 979 00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:30,560 we need to get the word out across the whole trucking community. 980 00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,000 Where would be a good place to post those pictures? 981 00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:36,920 The HGV drivers' advice group, which a lot of the lads subscribe to. 982 00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:39,360 TruckNet UK. We've got 76,000 members. 983 00:52:41,240 --> 00:52:44,800 Soon, posters and bottles are going out to trucking companies 984 00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:46,720 all around the country. 985 00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:54,560 And posts start flooding in of their experiences. 986 00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:57,560 Like me, many drivers are getting refills, 987 00:52:57,560 --> 00:53:00,280 but only now they've been encouraged to ask. 988 00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:07,760 After all this activity, Shell have told me that they are now 989 00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:10,960 trialling a clearly signed refill offering 990 00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:14,040 in 30 of their petrol stations. 991 00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:17,760 So, of course, we asked Shell if we could film the trial and get 992 00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,320 some of the reactions of their customers. 993 00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:21,600 But they said no. 994 00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:24,720 In fact, they wouldn't even tell us which petrol stations 995 00:53:24,720 --> 00:53:27,320 are running the trial. 996 00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:29,840 So, I'm really sorry, but if they won't tell me, 997 00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:31,920 then I can't tell you. 998 00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:37,080 But there is one thing we can all do if we want this thing to take off, 999 00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:40,360 and that's take our water bottles with us whenever we are on the road, 1000 00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:43,520 and go into petrol stations up and down the land 1001 00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:45,640 and ask for a refill. 1002 00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:55,520 After a couple of months of back-and-forths with Tesco 1003 00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,520 on e-mail, and after the street handing back their plastic 1004 00:53:58,520 --> 00:54:00,720 at their local store, 1005 00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:05,240 Britain's largest supermarket chain are now happy to meet me. 1006 00:54:05,240 --> 00:54:10,400 No doubt I will be confronted with the Tesco PR machine, 1007 00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:12,240 so I'm going to go armed 1008 00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:15,280 with a little something up my sleeve. 1009 00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:21,720 I am at Tesco HQ, to meet the person in charge of packaging 1010 00:54:21,720 --> 00:54:25,440 across all their 3,400 UK stores. 1011 00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:29,520 She's Group Quality Director Sarah Bradbury. 1012 00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:30,880 Hello, Sarah, nice to meet you. 1013 00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:32,120 Nice to meet you. 1014 00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:34,040 How are you doing? Very good, thank you. 1015 00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:36,040 I just wanted to know what your policy is 1016 00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:38,720 and what your thinking is around plastic packaging. 1017 00:54:38,720 --> 00:54:41,760 Our policy is to reduce packaging, to ensure we can re-use it, 1018 00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:43,640 and to recycle it, as well. 1019 00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:46,400 But we must look at it at the same time as food waste. 1020 00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:49,840 For us and for people on our street, it is about this plastic reduction 1021 00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:51,360 that's the important thing. 1022 00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:53,760 And to have the option to not buy in plastic. Yeah. 1023 00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:55,960 In fact, I was in one of your Tesco's today. 1024 00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:57,800 I want you to see what I bought. 1025 00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:00,040 Here we go, I've got... 1026 00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:01,600 ..three peppers. 1027 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:05,120 And these ones are that much. 1028 00:55:07,480 --> 00:55:08,880 Three peppers. 1029 00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:12,040 There we go. 1030 00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:15,760 Now, which ones would you choose to buy if you had the choice? 1031 00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:19,720 So, I know that these would be the loose products, 1032 00:55:19,720 --> 00:55:22,280 and these would be the products that are in the packaging. 1033 00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:24,760 So, what we have got loose at the moment is slightly bigger 1034 00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:26,720 varieties of product. 1035 00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:30,440 However, we are looking at this, because we absolutely recognise 1036 00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:34,560 we need to encourage customers to buy without packaging. 1037 00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:36,680 And at the moment, the price difference... 1038 00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:38,520 That's not a choice, is it? ..doesn't help. 1039 00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:41,880 And the packaging is this polypropylene, 1040 00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:44,400 crinkly packaging, that can't be recycled. 1041 00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,280 So, we're reviewing these products, 1042 00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:49,920 but we do think our absolute focus is to move towards 1043 00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:51,880 this recycling loop. 1044 00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:54,800 What about just getting rid of the plastic in the first place? 1045 00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:57,800 Just not having it in the system, by offering vegetables loose? 1046 00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:00,000 So, that's what we're doing in three stores. 1047 00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,360 We will be doing that within the next couple of months, 1048 00:56:02,360 --> 00:56:05,120 to ensure we take out the packaging, where we believe 1049 00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:06,440 it's the right thing to do. 1050 00:56:06,440 --> 00:56:08,800 So, does that mean if I go into, because I will... Yes! 1051 00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:11,520 I will be going in, but does that mean I will be able 1052 00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:13,760 to have the choice, a realistic choice to be able 1053 00:56:13,760 --> 00:56:16,360 to buy your loose fruit and veg at the same price, 1054 00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:18,480 if not cheaper, than the ones in plastic? 1055 00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:20,920 We will make sure we've got a competitive price. 1056 00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:22,480 What does competitive mean? 1057 00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:24,240 We have to look at it in totality. 1058 00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:25,480 You're absolutely right. 1059 00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:27,840 I need to make sure that we have a pepper 1060 00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:31,320 that is matching on price from the three that we've got now. 1061 00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:37,760 OK, at least Tesco's are doing something, 1062 00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:40,320 but, to be honest, a trial in a handful of stores, 1063 00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:41,880 I just don't think it's big enough. 1064 00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,800 And the more I look into this, the more I'm utterly convinced 1065 00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:48,360 that it's supermarkets that should be leading the change. 1066 00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:52,160 And I mean you, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons. 1067 00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:53,760 All the supermarkets. 1068 00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:55,120 Do something bold. 1069 00:56:55,120 --> 00:56:58,000 How about giving us a real choice to be able to shop 1070 00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:00,280 without single-use plastic? 1071 00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:01,720 Because we know you can do it. 1072 00:57:01,720 --> 00:57:04,560 So, now...the ball's in your court. 1073 00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:08,960 Next time, Anita looks at the plastics we use 1074 00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:12,760 in the bathroom, and lets the street into a dirty secret. 1075 00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:15,680 Why are you doing this to us?! 1076 00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:20,280 While I discover plastics hidden in the very air we are breathing... 1077 00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:24,600 Just the City of London borough, two billion plastic fibres each day. 1078 00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:29,000 ..and file my Malaysian discovery firmly in the government's in-tray. 1079 00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:30,600 Plastic waste... 1080 00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:33,560 Yes. ..that I found in Malaysia from the UK. 1081 00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:34,760 Yes, that's terrible. 137582

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