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OK.
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A little bit more.
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A little bit more.
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Stop!
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OK.
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Every single minute
of every single day,
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a truckload of plastics is finding
its way into the world's oceans.
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And once it's there, it sticks
around for hundreds of years.
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We're just adding to an
ever-thicker plastic soup.
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That's it, that's it.
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Kilos of plastic are being found
in the stomachs of whales.
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Sea birds are starving,
as their bellies fill up with it.
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Large bits of plastic
are gradually breaking down
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into tiny micro-plastics...
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..which enter marine creatures
and pass on up the food chain.
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These truckfuls...will not
be adding to the problem.
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But what I want to know is,
how do we solve it?
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When I first tackled the issue
of waste four years ago...
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Post your videos of stupid packaging
that is driving you insane.
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..I discovered the power
of people everywhere joining
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a nationwide conversation.
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Suddenly, coffee cups
are front-page news.
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Now, to take on the huge
problem of plastics,
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we need to step up
our efforts again.
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We are making 1.8 million tonnes
of plastic in the UK.
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And to help in this colossal task,
I'm joined by Anita Rani.
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Microphone, check.
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List of names, check.
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Rush hour, check.
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We will try every tactic we can...
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Thirsty, thirsty.
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Thank you.
Oh, my God.
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..challenging some of
the biggest companies.
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I want to speak to the
sustainability department?
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And taking the true
scale of the problem...
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It's like some dystopian nightmare.
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..to those at the top.
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The ball is really
in your court now.
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I understand.
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We team up with a street
in a bold experiment...
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I am thinking about it - a lot.
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..to find out how we can all play
a part in our war on plastics.
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Are you up for it?
ALL: Yes!
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If we're going to find solutions
to the problems plastics
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are causing, Anita and I need
to work out where to start.
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I think we've become so reliant
on it, because it's handy and cheap
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to produce, that it's
absolutely everywhere.
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It's obviously a really useful
material and it's what we do
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with it that becomes problematic.
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As Hugh and I start
on this mammoth project,
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it makes sense to begin by looking
at the plastic in my own home.
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Da da da!
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The cupboard under the sink.
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Plastic scouring pads.
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All my cleaning products.
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Food bags.
I don't know what that is.
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Why did I agree to do this?
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OK, so I have a lot of plastic.
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The question is,
what's good and what's bad?
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We know carrier bags are bad
but Method Man and Mary J Blige?
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I mean, that's some of the best
plastic in the world right there.
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Plastic is light, strong
and incredibly durable.
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For things we use
over and over again,
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it's a wonder material.
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Have you seen enough?
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But we often use it just once,
to hold food, or for things
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like toiletries.
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These are so handy,
but they're so bad.
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We are using a material that lasts
for centuries, for just a few
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days or weeks.
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And then, we throw it away.
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This is the problem right here.
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But how big a problem is this?
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How much of this single-use plastic
do we have in our homes,
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right now, across the whole country?
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Hugh and I have an idea
of how to find out.
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We've chosen a normal British street
of terraced houses in East Bristol.
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Gather at the top
of the street, an announcement
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is about to be made.
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There are families and couples,
owners and renters,
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newcomers and old-timers.
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And it certainly feels
a friendly street.
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In fact, their annual
street party is the perfect day
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to launch our experiment.
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Hugh is coming to knock
on your doors.
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I think we have a bit of a briefing
at the top of the street
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in a few minutes' time.
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Are you up for that?
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We want to try and get a snapshot
of plastic use in the UK,
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and your street has been chosen
as the street to represent
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Great Britain.
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And what a great street you are!
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We want you to bring out
all the single-use plastic.
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Here's some baskets for you all.
Get going.
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Together with a team of helpers,
Hugh and I are going to count every
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single item in the 22 houses
that have agreed to take part.
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The grand total will let us estimate
how much single-use plastic
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the whole country has at home.
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Thank you for letting us
gatecrash your street party.
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That's fine.
First of all.
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The younger ones do
most of the work.
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I'm agoraphobic,
so I don't leave the house. OK.
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But are you all right with people
coming to give you a hand?
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And then bring it back?
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We'll bring it all back
when the job's done.
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Wow, what an amazing
house you've got.
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Kay's lived on the street
for over 40 years.
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You might have a bit of a problem
getting this stuff out.
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All of these Coke bottles,
we'd like to take.
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Someone better bring
them back, then.
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Of course they will.
I'm a Coke addict.
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Coke bottles, kitchen.
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We've asked everyone to divide
their single-use plastics,
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so we can count them
in three sections.
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First, items from the kitchen.
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All the food, the carrots, cheese...
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It's all in plastic, these days.
Everything.
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And the freezer.
Full of it.
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That's mostly glass.
Oh, you missed that one. Plastic.
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Right, we're doing well here,
girls.
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Then it's items from the bathroom.
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Nick, is the bathroom free?
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I say, come on up.
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Yeah?
Come on.
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We might as well get
to know each other.
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Over here, all of this
stuff, nice and wet.
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It's been used.
Of course.
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At least we know you're clean.
We're totally clean.
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And finally, the stuff
from anywhere else in the house.
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You're wrecking my house.
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I'm trying really hard not to.
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You're wrecking my garden, now.
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Over the next two hours,
the residents carry out anything
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and everything that's contained
in single-use plastic.
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Once you start digging,
it kind of feels endless.
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You've got wipes,
you've got cleaning products.
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Even organic carrots
come in a plastic bag.
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Crisps, nappies.
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Oh!
There's a football.
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At least we can safely say
that that is not single use.
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And then, our team set to work
calculating the grand total.
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So the total number of kitchen
items on your street...
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..7,145.
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Right, bathroom items.
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5,241.
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From your bathrooms!
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And other items -
DIY, pets, garden stuff,
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3,388 single-use items
have come out of your street.
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So your total for this street
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15,774.
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That's not cool.
Not cool?
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This is one example of one street,
and you can see there are 20 streets
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on this side.
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What about all the other streets
in the whole of the rest of the UK?
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That's just off of that one street.
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So there are 27 million
households in Britain.
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And if we use your figure,
let's scale that up to see...
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So that's...
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19, five, two noughts. Yep.
And another three noughts. Yep.
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And another three noughts.
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There you go.
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19.5 billion bits of single-use
plastic in houses
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up and down the country today.
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I want to see whether you go
along this journey with me
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a little bit further.
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Can we continue to work
with you as a street,
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get to know how you live,
get involved in your lives?
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Are you up for showing the rest
of the United Kingdom how to get rid
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of single-use plastics
from our lives?
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Are you up for it?
ALL: Yes!
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Yes, indeed, yes.
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I think that was a yes, Anita.
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I think that might
have been a resounding yes.
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We've challenged this typical
UK street to see how much
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they can reduce their single-use
plastic over the next four months,
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before we count it again.
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As you might expect,
there's quite a range of opinions.
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My bottom line is,
there isn't a choice.
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Kay lives with her husband,
Paul, and their cat, Mork.
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When you buy stuff,
you've got to buy what's available.
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It's all in plastic, in any case.
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Anna lives with her partner, Nick,
and is an actor and teacher.
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It's my responsibility now to go
away and look at the other
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possibilities and take stock
of everything and think,
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"What can I do here to actually
make a difference?"
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Here we go.
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Carlene has a two-year-old son,
Jackson.
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I'm just constantly busy.
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To be super-organised and go
shopping with a toddler,
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actually, I'm just going to go
to Aldi, because it's easy,
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because I know where everything is,
do you know what I mean?
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Plastic pollution is predicted
to increase three times by 2025.
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But, if these residents can prove
it's possible to significantly
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reduce our single-use plastics,
they offer real hope
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for a different future.
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Over the next four months,
I'm going to be following
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the residents to discover the easy
fixes and what just feels too hard.
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Hello, Kay.
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Morning, how are you?
Lovely, thank you.
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The priority has to be tackling
the part of the house
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with the highest plastic
tally - the kitchen.
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What I normally do is
put this up here.
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Kay's online grocery shop
has just been delivered.
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And then we'll do a double act?
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Yeah, let's do it.
I'm going to pass it to you.
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So I'm going to go like that
and I'm going to put those...
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I'm going to put one forward,
because of the date.
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And, straight away,
I spot a simple target.
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This is what we're talking about.
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Each individually wrapped, single
use, and then even that's in
plastic.
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I buy it because it's convenient,
it's just in measures I want to eat.
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And you use what you want,
you don't waste any.
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You're not chucking
anything out at all.
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But if we were to say, "Let's try
and get rid of single-use plastic,"
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maybe the cheese is the first thing
to go, maybe we start saying,
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"Buy a block,
don't buy a big block."
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I'm going to say no.
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There ain't no ifs or buts,
I want my cheese like that.
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Because that's how
I enjoy my cheese.
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Finished, no waste.
But there is plastic waste.
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There's no food waste,
but there's plastic waste.
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Someone's got to convince me
that to go without my cheese
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is sufficient enough
to go without plastic,
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I've got to go without that cheese,
it's going to be a hard argument.
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I think Kay represents
lots of people.
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I'm not shocked by what
she's got in her fridge.
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She likes to buy cheese and every
argument that she's got makes sense.
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But Kay's going to be a challenge.
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I'm cutting some chicken up
for the cat.
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You carry on, Kay.
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I'm doing some cheese research here.
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8.12 a kilo.
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Look, you can buy...
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They've got mature cheddar.
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It's cheaper than
your mini six-pack.
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And you can buy as much as you want.
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Yeah, but, having said that,
if I cut a piece off the block,
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it can go off.
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It won't go off, it doesn't go off.
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Just buy 100g.
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That's 81p you've spent.
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Just buy 100g,
you'll eat it in a week.
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That's it, a piece a day.
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20g a day, that's five days.
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You like to eat one a day.
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That's five days, done.
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Yeah, OK.
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Your argument is good.
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I know it's good.
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I'll give you ten out of ten
for that one.
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In the UK, we are using
2.2 million tonnes of plastic
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packaging every year.
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While Anita and the street focus
on what they're putting
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in the fridge, I want to explore
the plastic we grab to keep us
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going when we're on the go.
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There's one plastic-packed
product we love so much,
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that last year in the UK,
we bought nearly 8 billion of them.
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Why are we so obsessed
with bottled water?
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What do we think is in it?
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What do we think it's doing for us?
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Why are we prepared to pay
so much money for it?
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This is what I want
to get to the bottom of.
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And in order to do that,
I've hatched a little plan.
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I think it's time to give
good old tap water
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the bottled water makeover.
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I'm planning a slick marketing
launch in Central London.
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But to pull that off,
I reckon it's not just the water
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that'll need an image reboot.
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I'm thinking probably the right
persona for selling this lovely
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new bottled water is
a sort of hipster-y thing.
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I mean, obviously, I'm going to need
a beard.
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I'm putting myself in the hands
of make-up artist Ella Jones.
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OK. Well,
we've got a beard here.
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I'll put some paint
through it and try and match it
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up to your own hair a bit more.
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When you say paint, you mean grey?
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You're going
to salt-and-pepper the beard?
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Just a few flecks
of different colours,
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I think, to break it up a bit.
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How about a neck tattoo?
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Oh, a neck tattoo, do you think?
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That's a bit scary.
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I think it would be quite
cool for your hipster...
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Is it hipster?
Is it hipster to have a neck tattoo?
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I would say it's hipster.
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Who wants to try the coolest
new water in London?
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Those in the know, drink Tapineau.
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Come and try some water.
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Have a taste.
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It's good and cold.
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Do you buy bottled water?
Yes.
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Do you? Yes.
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How often? Every day.
Every day.
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Three out of five of you
have bottled water.
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I'd really love you to try MY water.
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This will be available
everywhere in England.
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It's good.
Am I on to something?
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Gorgeous water.
Is it? Yes.
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Thirsty, thirsty?
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What I like is smart water,
because it's ionised,
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you know, electrolysed.
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Is that good for your health?
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Yeah, that's what I'm told.
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Where do you think it comes from?
Can you tell by the taste?
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From the mountain?
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The clue's in the name.
The water is in fact from the tap.
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Really?
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Oh, it's tap water? Tap.
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Oh, yeah, fantastic.
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Oh, seriously?
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But you must process it,
you're not just...
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Tapping the tap water.
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No, I am. No, I am. Really?
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That's exactly what I'm doing.
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I'm giving it away, so that people
understand just how good
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tap water is.
Oh, my gosh.
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Thank you.
Do you like it? Yes.
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We're in the know,
we drink Tapineau!
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Tapineau might have passed the taste
test, but it also shows how much
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we believe the bottled
water marketing hype.
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Live young!
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Pure life.
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"I'm 100% natural,"
printed on the plastic.
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I'm at the University
of the West of England with
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Professor of Health and Environment,
Darren Reynolds.
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He's been running tests on the UK's
top-six leading brands to see
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if they offer any health benefits
over what comes out of our taps.
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What are the key minerals in
mineral water that people reckon
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are good for them?
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OK, so we test for a whole
range of minerals,
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but the two I think people
will be most familiar with
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are calcium and magnesium.
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And we need both those things.
We need both of those things.
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They're in our foods
and in the water we drink.
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Give me some scores, Darren.
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Give me some mineral levels
for these waters.
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OK, if we look at Highland Spring,
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we get about 35mg
per litre of calcium.
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Buxton, about 58 or so.
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Volvic here, between 12 or 15.
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Evian, 80 or so.
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Smartwater, it's about 60.
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And then we've got
Nestle Pure Life, about 28.
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So you can see we've got lots
and lots of variation
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in the mineral content
of all of those waters.
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They've all got calcium in.
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Where does the tap water come in?
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Well, the tap water,
if we draw the line here,
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we're looking at about
75 or so milligrams per litre
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of calcium present in tap water.
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It's a similar picture
for magnesium.
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Mineral levels in tap water
do vary around the country,
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but, generally,
they are in a similar range
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to those in bottled water.
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Would you say categorically
that anybody who buys bottled water,
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thinking that it's better
for their health than tap water,
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is wrong?
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Yes.
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There's no evidence anywhere
in the world of science
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that any of these waters do
anything for you physically
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that tap water doesn't do?
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No, there is no evidence whatsoever.
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That water you get from your tap
is perfectly safe.
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And you don't get a load
of plastic with it, either.
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How much more expensive
is bottled water?
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I think if you took
a very conservative estimate,
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it would be about 500 times
more expensive.
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00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,280
So if I were to take you for a pint,
that would be the equivalent
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00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:17,720
of spending £2,000
to £2,500 for a pint.
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And who would be mad enough
to do that? Not me.
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I think it would be
your round, I think!
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I certainly feel like I've seen
and heard enough to be convinced
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that bottled water doesn't taste
any better than tap water,
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it isn't any better for you
than tap water.
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But there is another reason,
I think, why so many of us
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keep on buying it.
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Because it's so convenient.
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And it's that convenience
I'll need to tackle next.
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It's a week after the big plastic
count on the street in East Bristol.
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The realities of the challenge
of reducing their plastic
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00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,480
are dawning on the residents,
especially in one key area.
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Single-use plastic.
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I've been getting very frustrated.
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All three meals of my day involved
buying something wrapped in plastic.
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Lots of plastic.
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In a shell, in a packet.
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Some people on the street
are trying out alternatives,
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where they can find them.
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Just come out of the deli, which
does have a reasonable selection.
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00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:40,040
However, the prices
are just not going to work.
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But it's not only Carlene
in the organic deli who have seen
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the hike in price.
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Plastic-free, £1.60 for four.
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Whereas the ones in plastic,
you could get six for 78p.
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Along with Saskie, several others
mention the challenge of buying
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loose products in the supermarket
on a budget.
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I want to dig a bit deeper,
so I've asked Carlene
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if she can help me out
with a bit of research.
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She's taking reusable packaging,
Tupperware and old plastic bags
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to a large supermarket.
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Morning.
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00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,800
Are you ready for
your shopping trip?
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Bigger stores have a wider selection
of loose fruit and veg and now often
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let you fill your own reusable
containers at the counters.
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Along with her friend Sara,
Carlene's buying the ingredients
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00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:36,360
for a spaghetti bolognese
without single-use plastic.
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Remember, it's no bags.
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That's the natural reaction,
isn't it?
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While I'm buying the packaged
versions of the same ingredients.
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I can't wait to compare our spag bol
hauls back at Carlene's.
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Let's see how much we paid. OK.
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Tomatoes.
All right, brilliant.
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So, you reused a bag.
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How satisfying is it, reusing it?
It was good, it was.
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You'll get another go
out of that, as well.
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Go on, how much did you spend?
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£1.66.
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Oh, God.
I spent 69p.
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OK, carrots.
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53p.
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Again, I've beaten you.
43p.
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Have a look at cheese.
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When Carlene asked for cheddar
from the deli counter
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without packaging,
she was told it had already been cut
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and wrapped and, again,
it was more expensive than mine.
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It doesn't make sense, does it?
It doesn't, no.
427
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Why don't you tell me
what yours is and I'll tell you
428
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what my shopping came to.
OK.
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£13.03.
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Oh, God.
Mine was £8.77.
431
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That's a big difference, isn't it?
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And this is just one meal.
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Imagine what that's like
for a weekly shop,
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if you've got two or three kids.
435
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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.
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So, we've taken the research into
the two largest supermarket chains,
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Tesco's and Sainsbury's,
one step further.
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The government have a basket
of products that we all buy
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that they use to measure inflation.
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So what we did, compared the prices
of the things you can buy loose
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to their direct comparison packaged.
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So, tomatoes, for instance,
we bought packaged tomatoes
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and then we bought the cheapest
loose tomatoes available.
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So Tesco's, our shop came to £59.91.
447
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The same products packaged
came to £42.08.
448
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,880
Think about that.
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It is nearly 42% more expensive
to buy them loose.
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It doesn't make sense, does it?
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So then we moved on to Sainsbury's.
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Almost 19% difference.
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It's crazy.
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I think the only way to understand
this is to talk to the supermarkets.
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Dear Tesco...
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Dear Sainsbury's...
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I am very interested to learn
about how the supermarket
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is addressing the issue
of single-use plastic packaging.
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Some plastic food packaging does
serve a purpose beyond convenience.
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For example, helping
preserve foods through long
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supermarket supply chains.
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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?
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If we're going to find the right
solutions to the plastic problem,
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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
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can be recycled.
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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.
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00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,200
A little quiz for you today.
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Everything I'm going to give you
is plastic,
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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
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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
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Flash.
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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
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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.
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