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<i>OK.</i>

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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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<i>OK.</i>

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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] 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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<i>\</i> on this side. I

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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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00:12:05,127 --> 00:12:07,717
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.

237
00:13:08,667 --> 00:13:12,797
Yeah, but, having said that,
if I cut a piece off the block,

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<i>\</i> it can go off. I

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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.

243
00:13:24,127 --> 00:13:26,587
That's it, a piece a day.

244
00:13:26,587 --> 00:13:28,156
20g a day, that's five days.

245
00:13:28,156 --> 00:13:29,477
You like to eat one a day.

246
00:13:29,477 --> 00:13:31,637
That's five days, done.

247
00:13:31,637 --> 00:13:33,477
Yeah, OK.

248
00:13:33,477 --> 00:13:35,307
Your argument is good.

249
00:13:35,307 --> 00:13:36,717
I know it's good.

250
00:13:36,717 --> 00:13:39,276
I'll give you ten out of ten
for that one.

251
00:13:43,069 --> 00:13:47,508
In the UK, we are using
2.2 million tonnes of plastic

252
00:13:47,508 --> 00:13:49,017
packaging every year.

253
00:13:50,187 --> 00:13:52,578
While Anita and the street focus
on what they're putting

254
00:13:52,578 --> 00:13:57,067
in the fridge, I want to explore
the plastic we grab to keep us

255
00:13:57,067 --> 00:13:58,868
going when we're on the go.

256
00:14:00,017 --> 00:14:03,397
There's one plastic-packed
product we love so much,

257
00:14:03,397 --> 00:14:07,937
that last year in the UK,
we bought nearly 8 billion of them.

258
00:14:07,937 --> 00:14:11,578
Why are we so obsessed
with bottled water?

259
00:14:11,578 --> 00:14:13,548
What do we think is in it?

260
00:14:13,548 --> 00:14:15,428
What do we think it's doing for us?

261
00:14:15,428 --> 00:14:18,468
Why are we prepared to pay
so much money for it?

262
00:14:18,468 --> 00:14:20,788
This is what I want
to get to the bottom of.

263
00:14:20,788 --> 00:14:24,578
And in order to do that,
I've hatched a little plan.

264
00:14:24,578 --> 00:14:28,187
I think it's time to give
good old tap water

265
00:14:28,187 --> 00:14:30,368
the bottled water makeover.

266
00:14:32,848 --> 00:14:36,598
I'm planning a slick marketing
launch in Central London.

267
00:14:36,598 --> 00:14:39,928
But to pull that off,
I reckon it's not just the water

268
00:14:39,928 --> 00:14:42,008
that'll need an image reboot.

269
00:14:44,008 --> 00:14:48,207
I'm thinking probably the right
persona for selling this lovely

270
00:14:48,207 --> 00:14:51,808
new bottled water is
a sort of hipster-y thing.

271
00:14:53,368 --> 00:14:55,928
I mean, obviously, I'm going to need
a beard.

272
00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:59,957
I'm putting myself in the hands
of make-up artist Ella Jones.

273
00:14:59,957 --> 00:15:01,528
OK. Well,
we've got a beard here.

274
00:15:01,528 --> 00:15:03,848
I'll put some paint
through it and try and match it

275
00:15:03,848 --> 00:15:05,568
up to your own hair a bit more.

276
00:15:05,568 --> 00:15:07,488
When you say paint, you mean grey?

277
00:15:07,488 --> 00:15:09,778
You're going
to salt-and-pepper the beard?

278
00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:11,598
Just a few flecks
of different colours,

279
00:15:11,598 --> 00:15:13,167
I think, to break it up a bit.

280
00:15:13,167 --> 00:15:14,878
How about a neck tattoo?

281
00:15:14,878 --> 00:15:17,318
Oh, a neck tattoo, do you think?

282
00:15:17,318 --> 00:15:18,448
That's a bit scary.

283
00:15:18,448 --> 00:15:20,598
I think it would be quite
cool for your hipster...

284
00:15:20,598 --> 00:15:22,728
Is it hipster?
Is it hipster to have a neck tattoo?

285
00:15:22,728 --> 00:15:24,528
I would say it's hipster.

286
00:15:32,808 --> 00:15:36,128
Who wants to try the coolest
new water in London?

287
00:15:36,128 --> 00:15:38,087
Those in the know, drink Tapineau.

288
00:15:38,087 --> 00:15:40,287
Come and try some water.

289
00:15:40,287 --> 00:15:41,488
Have a taste.

290
00:15:41,488 --> 00:15:43,448
It's good and cold.

291
00:15:43,448 --> 00:15:45,238
Do you buy bottled water?
Yes.

292
00:15:45,238 --> 00:15:46,678
Do you? Yes.

293
00:15:46,678 --> 00:15:49,087
How often? Every day.
Every day.

294
00:15:49,087 --> 00:15:51,167
Three out of five of you
have bottled water.

295
00:15:51,167 --> 00:15:53,848
I'd really love you to try MY water.

296
00:15:53,848 --> 00:15:57,128
This will be available
everywhere in England.

297
00:15:57,128 --> 00:15:59,488
It's good.
Am I on to something?

298
00:15:59,488 --> 00:16:01,848
Gorgeous water.
Is it? Yes.

299
00:16:01,848 --> 00:16:03,087
Thirsty, thirsty?

300
00:16:03,087 --> 00:16:06,808
What I like is smart water,
because it's ionised,

301
00:16:06,808 --> 00:16:08,678
you know, electrolysed.

302
00:16:08,678 --> 00:16:10,087
Is that good for your health?

303
00:16:10,087 --> 00:16:11,928
Yeah, that's what I'm told.

304
00:16:11,928 --> 00:16:14,488
Where do you think it comes from?
Can you tell by the taste?

305
00:16:14,488 --> 00:16:15,878
From the mountain?

306
00:16:15,878 --> 00:16:21,318
The clue's in the name.
The water is in fact from the tap.

307
00:16:21,318 --> 00:16:22,728
<i>\</i> Really? I

308
00:16:22,728 --> 00:16:24,678
Oh, it's tap water? Tap.

309
00:16:24,678 --> 00:16:26,167
Oh, yeah, fantastic.

310
00:16:26,167 --> 00:16:28,238
Oh, seriously?

311
00:16:28,238 --> 00:16:30,417
But you must process it,
you're not just...

312
00:16:31,957 --> 00:16:33,808
Tapping the tap water.

313
00:16:33,808 --> 00:16:35,728
No, I am. No, I am. Really?

314
00:16:35,728 --> 00:16:37,238
That's exactly what I'm doing.

315
00:16:37,238 --> 00:16:40,058
I'm giving it away, so that people
understand just how good

316
00:16:40,058 --> 00:16:42,238
tap water is.
Oh, my gosh.

317
00:16:42,238 --> 00:16:43,848
Thank you.
Do you like it? Yes.

318
00:16:43,848 --> 00:16:46,728
We're in the know,
we drink Tapineau!

319
00:16:48,518 --> 00:16:53,008
Tapineau might have passed the taste
test, but it also shows how much

320
00:16:53,008 --> 00:16:56,167
we believe the bottled
water marketing hype.

321
00:16:56,167 --> 00:16:57,368
Live young!

322
00:16:57,368 --> 00:16:58,768
Pure life.

323
00:16:58,768 --> 00:17:01,058
"I'm 100% natural,"
printed on the plastic.

324
00:17:02,287 --> 00:17:05,598
I'm at the University
of the West of England with

325
00:17:05,598 --> 00:17:07,928
Professor of Health and Environment,
Darren Reynolds.

326
00:17:07,928 --> 00:17:12,287
He's been running tests on the UK's
top-six leading brands to see

327
00:17:12,287 --> 00:17:16,957
if they offer any health benefits
over what comes out of our taps.

328
00:17:16,957 --> 00:17:20,008
What are the key minerals in
mineral water that people reckon

329
00:17:20,008 --> 00:17:21,318
are good for them?

330
00:17:21,318 --> 00:17:23,368
OK, so we test for a whole
range of minerals,

331
00:17:23,368 --> 00:17:25,698
but the two I think people
will be most familiar with

332
00:17:25,698 --> 00:17:27,518
are calcium and magnesium.

333
00:17:27,518 --> 00:17:29,957
And we need both those things.
We need both of those things.

334
00:17:29,957 --> 00:17:32,008
They're in our foods
and in the water we drink.

335
00:17:32,008 --> 00:17:33,417
Give me some scores, Darren.

336
00:17:33,417 --> 00:17:35,878
Give me some mineral levels
for these waters.

337
00:17:35,878 --> 00:17:38,848
OK, if we look at Highland Spring,

338
00:17:38,848 --> 00:17:43,768
we get about 35mg
per litre of calcium.

339
00:17:43,768 --> 00:17:47,128
Buxton, about 58 or so.

340
00:17:47,128 --> 00:17:50,087
Volvic here, between 12 or 15.

341
00:17:50,087 --> 00:17:52,568
Evian, 80 or so.

342
00:17:52,568 --> 00:17:55,488
Smartwater, it's about 60.

343
00:17:55,488 --> 00:17:58,768
And then we've got
Nestle Pure Life, about 28.

344
00:17:58,768 --> 00:18:02,318
So you can see we've got lots
and lots of variation

345
00:18:02,318 --> 00:18:04,768
in the mineral content
of all of those waters.

346
00:18:04,768 --> 00:18:06,287
They've all got calcium in.

347
00:18:06,287 --> 00:18:08,128
Where does the tap water come in?

348
00:18:08,128 --> 00:18:10,878
Well, the tap water,
if we draw the line here,

349
00:18:10,878 --> 00:18:15,518
we're looking at about
75 or so milligrams per litre

350
00:18:15,518 --> 00:18:18,058
of calcium present in tap water.

351
00:18:19,648 --> 00:18:22,598
It's a similar picture
for magnesium.

352
00:18:22,598 --> 00:18:26,648
Mineral levels in tap water
do vary around the country,

353
00:18:26,648 --> 00:18:28,678
but, generally,
they are in a similar range

354
00:18:28,678 --> 00:18:31,128
to those in bottled water.

355
00:18:31,128 --> 00:18:35,728
Would you say categorically
that anybody who buys bottled water,

356
00:18:35,728 --> 00:18:39,087
thinking that it's better
for their health than tap water,

357
00:18:39,087 --> 00:18:41,407
is wrong?

358
00:18:41,407 --> 00:18:43,058
Yes.

359
00:18:43,058 --> 00:18:45,957
There's no evidence anywhere
in the world of science

360
00:18:45,957 --> 00:18:50,728
that any of these waters do
anything for you physically

361
00:18:50,728 --> 00:18:52,287
that tap water doesn't do?

362
00:18:52,287 --> 00:18:54,368
No, there is no evidence whatsoever.

363
00:18:54,368 --> 00:18:57,928
That water you get from your tap
is perfectly safe.

364
00:18:57,928 --> 00:19:00,207
And you don't get a load
of plastic with it, either.

365
00:19:00,207 --> 00:19:02,878
How much more expensive
is bottled water?

366
00:19:02,878 --> 00:19:05,808
I think if you took
a very conservative estimate,

367
00:19:05,808 --> 00:19:09,698
it would be about 500 times
more expensive.

368
00:19:09,698 --> 00:19:13,238
So if I were to take you for a pint,
that would be the equivalent

369
00:19:13,238 --> 00:19:17,648
of spending £2,000
to £2,500 for a pint.

370
00:19:18,698 --> 00:19:21,768
And who would be mad enough
to do that? Not me.

371
00:19:21,768 --> 00:19:24,768
I think it would be
your round, I think!

372
00:19:27,368 --> 00:19:30,448
I certainly feel like I've seen
and heard enough to be convinced

373
00:19:30,448 --> 00:19:33,568
that bottled water doesn't taste
any better than tap water,

374
00:19:33,568 --> 00:19:36,785
it isn't any better for you
than tap water.

375
00:19:36,785 --> 00:19:39,747
But there is another reason,
I think, why so many of us

376
00:19:39,747 --> 00:19:41,547
keep on buying it.

377
00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:43,497
Because it's so convenient.

378
00:19:44,677 --> 00:19:48,297
And it's that convenience
I'll need to tackle next.

379
00:19:52,217 --> 00:19:57,777
It's a week after the big plastic
count on the street in East Bristol.

380
00:19:57,777 --> 00:20:00,936
The realities of the challenge
of reducing their plastic

381
00:20:00,936 --> 00:20:05,386
are dawning on the residents,
especially in one key area.

382
00:20:06,857 --> 00:20:08,217
Single-use plastic.

383
00:20:11,427 --> 00:20:13,547
I've been getting very frustrated.

384
00:20:13,547 --> 00:20:18,597
All three meals of my day involved
buying something wrapped in plastic.

385
00:20:19,907 --> 00:20:22,297
Lots of plastic.

386
00:20:22,297 --> 00:20:25,857
In a shell, in a packet.

387
00:20:25,857 --> 00:20:29,547
Some people on the street
are trying out alternatives,

388
00:20:29,547 --> 00:20:31,677
where they can find them.

389
00:20:31,677 --> 00:20:36,266
Just come out of the deli, which
does have a reasonable selection.

390
00:20:36,266 --> 00:20:39,987
However, the prices
are just not going to work.

391
00:20:39,987 --> 00:20:43,027
But it's not only Carlene
in the organic deli who have seen

392
00:20:43,027 --> 00:20:45,136
the hike in price.

393
00:20:45,136 --> 00:20:48,747
Plastic-free, £1.60 for four.

394
00:20:48,747 --> 00:20:53,186
Whereas the ones in plastic,
you could get six for 78p.

395
00:20:54,297 --> 00:20:57,957
Along with Saskie, several others
mention the challenge of buying

396
00:20:57,957 --> 00:21:01,297
loose products in the supermarket
on a budget.

397
00:21:01,297 --> 00:21:04,107
I want to dig a bit deeper,
so I've asked Carlene

398
00:21:04,107 --> 00:21:06,677
if she can help me out
with a bit of research.

399
00:21:09,467 --> 00:21:13,677
She's taking reusable packaging,
Tupperware and old plastic bags

400
00:21:13,677 --> 00:21:15,186
to a large supermarket.

401
00:21:16,467 --> 00:21:18,186
Morning.

402
00:21:18,186 --> 00:21:20,747
Are you ready for
your shopping trip?

403
00:21:20,747 --> 00:21:25,127
Bigger stores have a wider selection
of loose fruit and veg and now often

404
00:21:25,127 --> 00:21:29,487
let you fill your own reusable
containers at the counters.

405
00:21:29,487 --> 00:21:32,517
Along with her friend Sara,
Carlene's buying the ingredients

406
00:21:32,517 --> 00:21:36,286
for a spaghetti bolognese
without single-use plastic.

407
00:21:37,286 --> 00:21:38,977
Remember, it's no bags.

408
00:21:39,977 --> 00:21:41,977
That's the natural reaction,
isn't it?

409
00:21:41,977 --> 00:21:46,437
While I'm buying the packaged
versions of the same ingredients.

410
00:21:47,687 --> 00:21:51,727
I can't wait to compare our spag bol
hauls back at Carlene's.

411
00:21:52,767 --> 00:21:54,647
Let's see how much we paid. OK.

412
00:21:54,647 --> 00:21:58,237
Tomatoes.
All right, brilliant.

413
00:21:58,237 --> 00:22:00,007
So, you reused a bag.

414
00:22:00,007 --> 00:22:02,617
How satisfying is it, reusing it?
It was good, it was.

415
00:22:02,617 --> 00:22:04,767
You'll get another go
out of that, as well.

416
00:22:04,767 --> 00:22:06,127
Go on, how much did you spend?

417
00:22:06,127 --> 00:22:08,367
<i>H .66.</i>

418
00:22:08,367 --> 00:22:12,047
Oh, God.
I spent 69p.

419
00:22:12,047 --> 00:22:13,567
OK, carrots.

420
00:22:13,567 --> 00:22:15,797
53P-

421
00:22:15,797 --> 00:22:18,127
Again, I've beaten you.
43p.

422
00:22:18,127 --> 00:22:20,487
Have a look at cheese.

423
00:22:20,487 --> 00:22:23,437
When Carlene asked for cheddar
from the deli counter

424
00:22:23,437 --> 00:22:26,567
without packaging,
she was told it had already been cut

425
00:22:26,567 --> 00:22:30,927
and wrapped and, again,
it was more expensive than mine.

426
00:22:30,927 --> 00:22:33,797
It doesn't make sense, does it?
It doesn't, no.

427
00:22:33,797 --> 00:22:36,086
Why don't you tell me
what yours is and I'll tell you

428
00:22:36,086 --> 00:22:38,156
what my shopping came to.
OK.

429
00:22:38,156 --> 00:22:41,847
£13.03.

430
00:22:41,847 --> 00:22:44,927
Oh, God.
Mine was £8.77.

431
00:22:44,927 --> 00:22:46,927
That's a big difference, isn't it?

432
00:22:46,927 --> 00:22:48,237
And this is just one meal.

433
00:22:48,237 --> 00:22:50,127
Imagine what that's like
for a weekly shop,

434
00:22:50,127 --> 00:22:52,767
if you've got two or three kids.

435
00:22:52,767 --> 00:22:54,487
That's a big difference.

436
00:22:59,206 --> 00:23:02,406
I'm amazed by this
huge price difference.

437
00:23:02,406 --> 00:23:06,487
But perhaps the ingredients for
spag bol are a freak result.

438
00:23:06,487 --> 00:23:11,047
So, we've taken the research into
the two largest supermarket chains,

439
00:23:11,047 --> 00:23:14,286
Tesco's and Sainsbury's,
one step further.

440
00:23:14,286 --> 00:23:18,156
The government have a basket
of products that we all buy

441
00:23:18,156 --> 00:23:20,076
that they use to measure inflation.

442
00:23:20,076 --> 00:23:24,206
So what we did, compared the prices
of the things you can buy loose

443
00:23:24,206 --> 00:23:26,877
to their direct comparison packaged.

444
00:23:26,877 --> 00:23:29,927
So, tomatoes, for instance,
we bought packaged tomatoes

445
00:23:29,927 --> 00:23:33,517
and then we bought the cheapest
loose tomatoes available.

446
00:23:33,517 --> 00:23:40,127
So Tesco's, our shop came to £59.91.

447
00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:45,127
The same products packaged
came to £42.08.

448
00:23:45,127 --> 00:23:46,847
Think about that.

449
00:23:46,847 --> 00:23:50,727
It is nearly 42% more expensive
to buy them loose.

450
00:23:50,727 --> 00:23:52,797
It doesn't make sense, does it?

451
00:23:52,797 --> 00:23:54,797
So then we moved on to Sainsbury's.

452
00:23:54,797 --> 00:23:57,517
Almost 19% difference.

453
00:23:57,517 --> 00:23:59,286
It's crazy.

454
00:23:59,286 --> 00:24:03,406
I think the only way to understand
this is to talk to the supermarkets.

455
00:24:03,406 --> 00:24:06,567
Dear Tesco...

456
00:24:06,567 --> 00:24:09,517
Dear Sainsbury's...

457
00:24:09,517 --> 00:24:15,437
I am very interested to learn
about how the supermarket

458
00:24:15,437 --> 00:24:20,487
is addressing the issue
of single-use plastic packaging.

459
00:24:28,437 --> 00:24:32,967
Some plastic food packaging does
serve a purpose beyond convenience.

460
00:24:32,967 --> 00:24:35,797
For example, helping
preserve foods through long

461
00:24:35,797 --> 00:24:38,127
supermarket supply chains.

462
00:24:38,127 --> 00:24:42,127
And that seems reasonable,
if the plastic gets recycled.

463
00:24:47,877 --> 00:24:51,647
But how well is our
recycling system working?

464
00:24:51,647 --> 00:24:55,237
If we're going to find the right
solutions to the plastic problem,

465
00:24:55,237 --> 00:24:57,847
that's something I need to find out.

466
00:24:59,326 --> 00:25:03,517
Almost half of us admit to arguing
at home about which plastics

467
00:25:03,517 --> 00:25:05,687
can be recycled.

468
00:25:05,687 --> 00:25:10,406
So how confident are we about what's
meant to go in the recycling bin

469
00:25:10,406 --> 00:25:14,076
and what should be consigned
to the black bin?

470
00:25:17,047 --> 00:25:18,437
Hi, there.

471
00:25:18,437 --> 00:25:20,156
A little quiz for you today.

472
00:25:20,156 --> 00:25:22,437
Everything I'm going to give you
is plastic,

473
00:25:22,437 --> 00:25:24,847
but you've got to decide
whether it is recyclable or not.

474
00:25:24,847 --> 00:25:25,967
<i>\</i> Oh, no. I

475
00:25:32,367 --> 00:25:34,517
Here's your starter for ten.

476
00:25:37,206 --> 00:25:38,367
What about this?

477
00:25:39,487 --> 00:25:41,076
<i>\</i> Plastic. I

478
00:25:41,076 --> 00:25:42,406
Yeah, I'd recycle that.

479
00:25:42,406 --> 00:25:43,437
Definitely.

480
00:25:44,717 --> 00:25:48,717
Plastic bottles are collected
for recycling everywhere.

481
00:25:48,717 --> 00:25:51,967
Time to up the ante with round two.

482
00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:54,007
What about that one?

483
00:25:54,007 --> 00:25:55,847


484
00:25:55,847 --> 00:25:58,206
I'd go general.
No, plastic. Really?

485
00:25:58,206 --> 00:26:00,047
OK, this one is a bugger.

486
00:26:00,047 --> 00:26:03,617
Take the top off, because
that's too many mixed things.

487
00:26:05,206 --> 00:26:07,326
Actually, trigger bottles
for household cleaners

488
00:26:07,326 --> 00:26:11,607
can be recycled after a quick rinse,
and with the trigger on.

489
00:26:14,156 --> 00:26:17,326
It's got that sort of
high-pitched crinkle.

490
00:26:17,326 --> 00:26:19,076
I wouldn't recycle that, though.

491
00:26:19,076 --> 00:26:20,607
I haven't got a clue.

492
00:26:20,607 --> 00:26:22,437
Got to make a decision.

493
00:26:22,437 --> 00:26:26,047
Well, OK, if it comes down to it,
it's plastic, it's going in.

494
00:26:26,047 --> 00:26:27,357
Unlucky.

495
00:26:27,357 --> 00:26:29,517
Though the crinkle factor
is relevant.

496
00:26:29,517 --> 00:26:32,717
Plastic bags that don't stretch,
and sound crinkly, are made

497
00:26:32,717 --> 00:26:36,406
of laminated polypropylene,
which is not recyclable.

498
00:26:37,687 --> 00:26:40,437
Oh, I don't know.
Does it say on the packaging?

499
00:26:40,437 --> 00:26:42,717
Do you ever look?
No.

500
00:26:42,717 --> 00:26:45,487
Lid foil on tub, check locally.
Probably Birmingham...

501
00:26:45,487 --> 00:26:48,406
Doesn't give me enough
information, so...

502
00:26:48,406 --> 00:26:50,517
I don't know now,
you're putting me under pressure.

503
00:26:50,517 --> 00:26:52,647
Go on, put it in.
It's probably wrong.

504
00:26:54,007 --> 00:26:57,047
Even your quizmaster
is out of clear answers.

505
00:26:57,047 --> 00:27:01,206
77% of councils,
including here in Birmingham,

506
00:27:01,206 --> 00:27:04,647
do encourage us to recycle
pots, tubs and trays.

507
00:27:04,647 --> 00:27:07,156
But others don't want them.

508
00:27:07,156 --> 00:27:09,687
A lot of it depends
where you live.

509
00:27:09,687 --> 00:27:12,326
It's the same with other
types of plastic.

510
00:27:12,326 --> 00:27:13,517
You can recycle...

511
00:27:13,517 --> 00:27:15,847
Because some councils will take it.

512
00:27:15,847 --> 00:27:17,517
Most of them won't.

513
00:27:17,517 --> 00:27:20,127
There's not necessarily
a right and wrong answer.

514
00:27:20,127 --> 00:27:21,877
I'm inclined to put it in there.

515
00:27:21,877 --> 00:27:23,647
I'm inclined to put
it in general waste.

516
00:27:23,647 --> 00:27:25,767
I think the first thing
I should do is take advice,

517
00:27:25,767 --> 00:27:26,927
because I don't know.

518
00:27:30,326 --> 00:27:34,286
When you consider that there
are over 400 councils in the UK and,

519
00:27:34,286 --> 00:27:39,797
between them, they have 39 different
sets of rules for recycling,

520
00:27:39,797 --> 00:27:44,537
then maybe it's not surprising
that we're all a bit confused.

521
00:27:47,567 --> 00:27:52,156
And even if we do manage to get the
right plastic into the right bins,

522
00:27:52,156 --> 00:27:56,357
what actually happens to our
recycling after it's collected

523
00:27:56,357 --> 00:27:58,047
by our councils?

524
00:28:00,076 --> 00:28:04,156
I've been digging deep into various
websites that keep a track

525
00:28:04,156 --> 00:28:07,206
of what we're doing with our
waste and with our plastics

526
00:28:07,206 --> 00:28:08,767
and our recycling.

527
00:28:08,767 --> 00:28:11,667
And it's instantly obvious
that we are not dealing

528
00:28:11,667 --> 00:28:13,537
with our plastics at home.

529
00:28:13,537 --> 00:28:19,647
That 665,000 tonnes of our plastics
are being exported every year.

530
00:28:20,927 --> 00:28:23,437
Most used to go to China.

531
00:28:23,437 --> 00:28:27,717
But, from 2018, the Chinese
banned imports, due to mounting

532
00:28:27,717 --> 00:28:29,406
environmental concerns.

533
00:28:30,597 --> 00:28:34,567
And so we've found
other places to send it.

534
00:28:34,567 --> 00:28:39,567
At the moment, the UK is exporting
plastics to over a dozen countries.

535
00:28:39,567 --> 00:28:44,997
But the biggest number by far,
importing 129,000 tonnes

536
00:28:44,997 --> 00:28:48,847
of our plastics, is Malaysia.

537
00:28:48,847 --> 00:28:52,647
So if I want to find out what's
really happening to our recycling,

538
00:28:52,647 --> 00:28:55,847
I'm going to have to go
a long way from home.

539
00:29:01,927 --> 00:29:05,076
I'm heading for a small
town called Jenjarom,

540
00:29:05,076 --> 00:29:07,147
close to Malaysia's main seaport.

541
00:29:09,017 --> 00:29:10,326
Hello.

542
00:29:10,326 --> 00:29:11,847
One of you is CK? Yes.

543
00:29:11,847 --> 00:29:13,237
Hello, hi.

544
00:29:13,237 --> 00:29:15,687
I'm, Hugh.
Shall I jump in with you?

545
00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:16,997
Sure. Let's go. Let's go.

546
00:29:18,597 --> 00:29:22,927
Town resident CK Lee is one
of the founding members of a local

547
00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:25,567
environmental action group.

548
00:29:25,567 --> 00:29:29,717
They formed in July last year,
after realising that an influx

549
00:29:29,717 --> 00:29:33,567
of imported plastics had led
to a massive increase

550
00:29:33,567 --> 00:29:35,947
in plastic processing businesses.

551
00:29:37,017 --> 00:29:41,286
Not all of them are legal and CK
has offered to sneak me into one

552
00:29:41,286 --> 00:29:45,047
of the 33 local sites
that have been discovered

553
00:29:45,047 --> 00:29:47,877
operating without licences.

554
00:29:47,877 --> 00:29:51,237
This is used as the factory's
dump site, we believe.

555
00:29:51,237 --> 00:29:53,127
Look at this, it's awful.

556
00:29:54,437 --> 00:29:55,597
It is awful.

557
00:29:57,206 --> 00:30:00,286
After CK's group repeatedly
reported this site

558
00:30:00,286 --> 00:30:02,847
to the authorities,
it was finally shut down

559
00:30:02,847 --> 00:30:05,127
a few weeks ago.

560
00:30:05,127 --> 00:30:08,927
It's clear it was used
for some sort of processing.

561
00:30:09,997 --> 00:30:16,687
We believe that the factory picked
what they wanted to be processed,

562
00:30:16,687 --> 00:30:20,687
and what they do not want,
they just dump it here.

563
00:30:20,687 --> 00:30:22,597
And what they do not want is a lot.

564
00:30:22,597 --> 00:30:25,637
Yes, it is a lot,
and it's a whole mess...

565
00:30:25,637 --> 00:30:28,206
And totally stored
in an illegal manner.

566
00:30:28,206 --> 00:30:32,346
You know, without dykes,
and the effluent just flows

567
00:30:32,346 --> 00:30:35,156
into the adjoining lands.

568
00:30:35,156 --> 00:30:36,767
There is a drain just here.

569
00:30:36,767 --> 00:30:39,487
There is a little stream right
between these two huge piles.

570
00:30:39,487 --> 00:30:44,047
And look at all these tiny,
tiny particles of plastic here.

571
00:30:44,047 --> 00:30:45,517
Look at that.

572
00:30:47,637 --> 00:30:51,487
I mean, that's the kind of stuff
that could get into the watercourse.

573
00:30:51,487 --> 00:30:54,567
It is getting into the watercourse,
because this is the watercourse.

574
00:30:54,567 --> 00:30:55,997
Yes, that's correct.

575
00:30:55,997 --> 00:30:59,147
It goes to, you know,
a common drain, and then it flows

576
00:30:59,147 --> 00:31:00,787
to the river.

577
00:31:00,787 --> 00:31:04,357
The group soon realised that most
of the plastic in these sites

578
00:31:04,357 --> 00:31:07,076
is being shipped in from abroad.

579
00:31:07,076 --> 00:31:09,517
I see a Tesco bag,
but I know you've got

580
00:31:09,517 --> 00:31:10,597
Tesco over here.

581
00:31:10,597 --> 00:31:12,156
That's one for you, Hugh.

582
00:31:12,156 --> 00:31:13,687
Look.

583
00:31:13,687 --> 00:31:18,326
Oh, dear, Paddington Bear
on an M&S carrier bag.

584
00:31:18,326 --> 00:31:20,326
Drinkaware.co.uk.

585
00:31:20,326 --> 00:31:22,127
That's pounds sterling.

586
00:31:22,127 --> 00:31:23,687
We're in the UK, aren't we?

587
00:31:23,687 --> 00:31:25,687
We couldn't be anywhere else.

588
00:31:25,687 --> 00:31:30,847
I could put it in this bag and take
it back to show people in the UK.

589
00:31:30,847 --> 00:31:33,206
I'm interested in these big bags.

590
00:31:35,687 --> 00:31:37,717
I'm pretty sure that's Welsh.

591
00:31:37,717 --> 00:31:39,997
I am a recycling bag.

592
00:31:39,997 --> 00:31:42,127
Rhondda, that's Wales.

593
00:31:42,127 --> 00:31:44,717
Yeah, Hugh, we don't
like this stuff.

594
00:31:44,717 --> 00:31:50,156
UK, being a leader in humanity,
in human decency,

595
00:31:50,156 --> 00:31:54,306
environment protection, please
keep up with the good work,

596
00:31:54,306 --> 00:31:57,306
but please don't dump
what you do not want

597
00:31:57,306 --> 00:31:58,887
at our back yard.

598
00:31:58,887 --> 00:32:01,086
You are rich,
you have the resources.

599
00:32:01,086 --> 00:32:03,497
We are a developing nation.

600
00:32:03,497 --> 00:32:07,887
Stop the exporting of your
plastic waste to our country.

601
00:32:07,887 --> 00:32:10,137
I completely hear you.

602
00:32:10,137 --> 00:32:13,166
Why should our waste end up
here for you guys to deal with?

603
00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:14,607
Yes.

604
00:32:15,647 --> 00:32:17,727
Let's go on.
We've got to go.

605
00:32:17,727 --> 00:32:19,497
Somebody is coming.

606
00:32:19,497 --> 00:32:23,306
Our lookout called to say
they think someone is onto us.

607
00:32:23,306 --> 00:32:24,717
Let's go now.

608
00:32:24,717 --> 00:32:27,286
Yeah, we're coming,
CK, we're coming.

609
00:32:35,137 --> 00:32:39,857
Since the authorities began closing
illegal facilities in this town,

610
00:32:39,857 --> 00:32:42,447
there have been increasing
reports of large piles

611
00:32:42,447 --> 00:32:45,336
of foreign plastics elsewhere.

612
00:32:45,336 --> 00:32:49,416
On a tip-off, I'm heading
250km north,

613
00:32:49,416 --> 00:32:52,887
to an industrial area
near the city of lpoh.

614
00:32:52,887 --> 00:32:56,057
We have been cross-referencing some
of our research with the Greenpeace

615
00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:57,927
office here in Malaysia.

616
00:32:57,927 --> 00:33:00,927
And they have just pinged me
some coordinates.

617
00:33:03,727 --> 00:33:05,247
Wow, look at that!

618
00:33:06,216 --> 00:33:09,286
What a mess!

619
00:33:09,286 --> 00:33:11,727
That's insane.

620
00:33:11,727 --> 00:33:15,257
Jesus, I've never seen
anything like that.

621
00:33:15,257 --> 00:33:17,647
There doesn't seem
to be anyone here.

622
00:33:17,647 --> 00:33:19,877
At least for the moment.

623
00:33:19,877 --> 00:33:21,387
See if we can get through here.

624
00:33:27,257 --> 00:33:29,137
It's like some dystopian nightmare.

625
00:33:32,807 --> 00:33:34,416
It looks like another planet.

626
00:33:34,416 --> 00:33:37,057
It's like a plastic planet.

627
00:33:37,057 --> 00:33:41,416
Left exposed to sun and rain,
these mountains of broken bales

628
00:33:41,416 --> 00:33:45,997
and mixed plastics are clearly
never going to be recycled.

629
00:33:45,997 --> 00:33:48,747
And it's only moments
before I start finding things

630
00:33:48,747 --> 00:33:50,887
that are all-too familiar.

631
00:33:50,887 --> 00:33:53,857
Sainsbury's, Sainsbury's,
Sainsbury's.

632
00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:58,777
Sainsbury's, Sainsbury's,
Sainsbury's.

633
00:33:58,777 --> 00:34:01,057
And Sainsbury's.

634
00:34:01,057 --> 00:34:03,807
Guys, you really shouldn't
make your bags bright orange.

635
00:34:03,807 --> 00:34:06,166
You're making it too easy for me.

636
00:34:07,416 --> 00:34:09,247
Braintree District Council.

637
00:34:09,247 --> 00:34:11,247
Essex's finest.

638
00:34:11,247 --> 00:34:12,927
And it's not just Essex.

639
00:34:12,927 --> 00:34:14,727
We've got Milton Keynes here.

640
00:34:14,727 --> 00:34:17,807
We don't want unrecyclable rubbish.

641
00:34:17,807 --> 00:34:21,527
I mean, the whole thing's
just nuts, isn't it?

642
00:34:26,497 --> 00:34:29,820
Something really sticks out,
there is Utterly Butterly.

643
00:34:29,820 --> 00:34:32,325
It's the other side
of this horrendous trench.

644
00:34:38,716 --> 00:34:40,716
That's pretty familiar.

645
00:34:40,716 --> 00:34:42,376
Celebrations.

646
00:34:42,376 --> 00:34:43,896
Milky WHY-

647
00:34:43,896 --> 00:34:47,516
M&S. Some cleaning
product from Aldi.

648
00:34:47,516 --> 00:34:50,716
I've got Sainsbury's,
I've got M&S, I've got Asda,

649
00:34:50,716 --> 00:34:52,356
I've got Aldi.

650
00:34:52,356 --> 00:34:55,796
This bale of plastics may not
be related to the council bags

651
00:34:55,796 --> 00:34:59,486
I've found, but it is mainly
made up of the pots,

652
00:34:59,486 --> 00:35:04,766
tubs and trays that most UK councils
tell us they ARE recycling.

653
00:35:04,766 --> 00:35:06,356
Look at the size of this site.

654
00:35:06,356 --> 00:35:07,966
And what sort of chain is it in?

655
00:35:07,966 --> 00:35:09,916
What's the destiny of this bale?

656
00:35:13,175 --> 00:35:16,896
When we put this in our
recycling, back in the UK,

657
00:35:16,896 --> 00:35:20,095
we think we're doing
the right thing.

658
00:35:20,095 --> 00:35:23,706
I do my recycling
and I feel good about it.

659
00:35:23,706 --> 00:35:25,376
At least, I used to.

660
00:35:25,376 --> 00:35:26,706
What do you think?

661
00:35:29,986 --> 00:35:32,706
I don't feel so good now.

662
00:35:32,706 --> 00:35:35,656
I feel embarrassed, I feel ashamed.

663
00:35:35,656 --> 00:35:38,896
I feel angry, I feel
I've been lied to.

664
00:35:38,896 --> 00:35:41,706
And I really want to know
who is responsible

665
00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:44,456
for this horrendous mess?

666
00:35:44,456 --> 00:35:46,266
Is it our local councils?

667
00:35:46,266 --> 00:35:47,626
Is it our government?

668
00:35:47,626 --> 00:35:49,295
Is it our supermarkets?

669
00:35:49,295 --> 00:35:52,656
Is it the manufacturers
of these goods?

670
00:35:52,656 --> 00:35:54,066
They're all in it together.

671
00:35:54,066 --> 00:35:58,066
We're all part of this problem,
and now we have to stop.

672
00:36:00,506 --> 00:36:04,816
Take a long hard look at this stuff,
take a long hard look at this.

673
00:36:04,816 --> 00:36:09,506
And work out the right way to do
things and stop sending our

674
00:36:09,506 --> 00:36:12,345
plastic garbage thousands
of miles over the sea.

675
00:36:14,095 --> 00:36:17,456
I'll take all this up with
government and big business

676
00:36:17,456 --> 00:36:19,175
back in the UK.

677
00:36:19,175 --> 00:36:23,866
But aside from vast piles like this,
there's a whole different problem

678
00:36:23,866 --> 00:36:26,425
foreign plastics are adding to.

679
00:36:26,425 --> 00:36:29,175
Greenpeace Malaysia's Heng Kiah Chun

680
00:36:29,175 --> 00:36:31,936
tells me about another
grave concern.

681
00:36:31,936 --> 00:36:33,936
This is plastic
going up in smoke here.

682
00:36:33,936 --> 00:36:36,016
You can see all the plastic.

683
00:36:36,016 --> 00:36:37,656
That's horrendous.

684
00:36:37,656 --> 00:36:39,866
And this is just...
The smoke looks really toxic.

685
00:36:39,866 --> 00:36:42,576
It's just one part, and I can see
we have many parts.

686
00:36:42,576 --> 00:36:44,295
There are many open burnings.

687
00:36:44,295 --> 00:36:47,215
This is normal, just to see
this plastic open burning? Yeah.

688
00:36:47,215 --> 00:36:50,736
We also received some complaints
by the local community

689
00:36:50,736 --> 00:36:53,066
that they also suffer from...

690
00:36:53,066 --> 00:36:55,066
Respiratory problems?

691
00:36:55,066 --> 00:36:57,066
Yes.

692
00:36:57,066 --> 00:37:00,816
A lot of families in this small town
are convinced that their health

693
00:37:00,816 --> 00:37:04,656
is being affected by the smoke
from this open burning.

694
00:37:06,215 --> 00:37:08,376
I've come to meet one of them.

695
00:37:13,536 --> 00:37:16,146
Hello, I'm Hugh.

696
00:37:16,146 --> 00:37:17,986
How are you?
Fine.

697
00:37:17,986 --> 00:37:19,345
Can I come in?

698
00:37:19,345 --> 00:37:21,175
Goodness me, hello, everybody.

699
00:37:21,175 --> 00:37:22,936
Hello.
ALL: Hello.

700
00:37:22,936 --> 00:37:24,345
Hi, how are you all?

701
00:37:24,345 --> 00:37:25,936
What a gathering!

702
00:37:25,936 --> 00:37:28,706
Who would like to speak a little bit
about the experience

703
00:37:28,706 --> 00:37:29,986
you've been having here?

704
00:37:29,986 --> 00:37:31,506
SHE SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE

705
00:37:42,295 --> 00:37:45,425
How is this affecting your family,
how is it for you?

706
00:38:00,536 --> 00:38:03,146
Are you feeling well today?
No.

707
00:38:03,146 --> 00:38:04,856
No?
Why not, what happens?

708
00:38:04,856 --> 00:38:08,175
Because my nose is bleeding,
my eyes are itchy.

709
00:38:08,175 --> 00:38:09,816
The air is smelly.

710
00:38:11,175 --> 00:38:12,506
Oh, my God.

711
00:38:15,576 --> 00:38:17,016
That's you.

712
00:38:17,016 --> 00:38:19,506
How did you feel when you had this?

713
00:38:20,656 --> 00:38:22,376
Sad. Sad?

714
00:38:23,626 --> 00:38:24,936
SHE SNEEZES

715
00:38:24,936 --> 00:38:26,295
When was this?

716
00:38:26,295 --> 00:38:28,626
This morning.
This morning?

717
00:38:28,626 --> 00:38:31,936
How many times has this happened
in the last couple of years?

718
00:38:31,936 --> 00:38:33,376
<i>\</i> Every time. I

719
00:38:49,066 --> 00:38:50,456
I'm sorry.

720
00:38:56,376 --> 00:39:00,175
That was very intense and
compelling.

721
00:39:02,706 --> 00:39:07,456
And the extra dimension,
the substance that you think

722
00:39:07,456 --> 00:39:12,536
is harming your child,
is being sent across thousands

723
00:39:12,536 --> 00:39:16,896
of miles by other countries,
who don't even know what's happening

724
00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:19,456
to it when it gets here.

725
00:39:19,456 --> 00:39:21,786
It just makes it so much worse.

726
00:39:33,365 --> 00:39:36,956
Where single-use packaging
really is necessary,

727
00:39:36,956 --> 00:39:39,806
recycling it is still
the best option.

728
00:39:39,806 --> 00:39:44,315
But we can help ease the pressure
on the struggling system by reducing

729
00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:47,516
the amount of plastic
we're pumping into it.

730
00:39:50,726 --> 00:39:55,146
And on the street in Bristol,
Anna's on a reduction mission.

731
00:39:55,147 --> 00:39:57,267
Have you signed up yet?

732
00:39:57,267 --> 00:39:59,707
I have.
Oh, you have?

733
00:39:59,707 --> 00:40:01,497
Have you had a chance
to look at the website?

734
00:40:01,497 --> 00:40:03,627
No, I haven't.

735
00:40:03,627 --> 00:40:06,897
She's found that the street
can have their milk delivered

736
00:40:06,897 --> 00:40:09,937
the old way, in reusable
glass bottles.

737
00:40:14,457 --> 00:40:17,700
To find out how successful
she's been, I'm joining the local

738
00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:19,652
milkman, Mark Green.

739
00:40:23,372 --> 00:40:25,341
This is a sort of secret
fantasy of mine.

740
00:40:25,341 --> 00:40:27,211
I've always wanted to deliver milk.
Yeah.

741
00:40:29,932 --> 00:40:36,452
We buy 5.5 billion litres of milk
a year and 80% of it

742
00:40:36,452 --> 00:40:38,492
comes in single-use plastic.

743
00:40:38,492 --> 00:40:42,852
But at 81p a pint for Mark,
getting it delivered in glass does

744
00:40:42,852 --> 00:40:47,572
cost significantly more than
picking it up in the supermarket.

745
00:40:47,572 --> 00:40:50,062
A month ago, how many bottles
of milk did you deliver

746
00:40:50,062 --> 00:40:51,171
to this street?

747
00:40:51,171 --> 00:40:53,652
I had one call in this street,
that was it. And now?

748
00:40:53,652 --> 00:40:56,852
And now I've got 16, 17
here now, so it's just

749
00:40:56,852 --> 00:40:58,782
gone crazy, really.

750
00:40:58,782 --> 00:41:02,732
Almost half the street have decided
that ditching this daily dose

751
00:41:02,732 --> 00:41:06,012
of plastic is worth
paying the extra per pint.

752
00:41:07,452 --> 00:41:12,882
And for one house,
the delivery isn't for milk at all.

753
00:41:12,882 --> 00:41:15,262
No milk today, but just cheese.

754
00:41:15,262 --> 00:41:16,782
Just cheese for Kay.

755
00:41:16,782 --> 00:41:18,492
Come on in.

756
00:41:18,492 --> 00:41:20,452
How are you? Lovely to see you, Kay.

757
00:41:20,452 --> 00:41:22,902
It's a small victory,
but it's a big moment.

758
00:41:22,902 --> 00:41:24,932
And it's less hassle
than the packets, really,

759
00:41:24,932 --> 00:41:26,452
if the truth be told.

760
00:41:26,452 --> 00:41:28,171
I do fiddle about, but once...

761
00:41:36,532 --> 00:41:40,062
Successes on the street,
combined with the problems

762
00:41:40,062 --> 00:41:43,812
I've seen our plastics
causing in Malaysia,

763
00:41:43,812 --> 00:41:48,532
are spurring me on to find ways
of breaking our bottled water habit.

764
00:41:48,532 --> 00:41:53,171
Sales were up by 7% last year,
and I suspect that a large part

765
00:41:53,171 --> 00:41:55,752
of this is driven by convenience.

766
00:41:56,902 --> 00:42:00,752
So it's great to see the refill
scheme on our high street gaining

767
00:42:00,752 --> 00:42:05,411
momentum, urging cafes,
restaurants and shops to offer

768
00:42:05,411 --> 00:42:06,852
free water refills for all.

769
00:42:08,102 --> 00:42:09,872
But there's one massive sector

770
00:42:09,872 --> 00:42:12,742
that's failing to rise
to the moment.

771
00:42:12,742 --> 00:42:14,462
Just out on the road today.

772
00:42:14,462 --> 00:42:16,032
I was very thirsty.

773
00:42:16,032 --> 00:42:18,542
It's a bit of a shame that the only
water you can really buy

774
00:42:18,542 --> 00:42:19,622
is in a plastic bottle.

775
00:42:19,622 --> 00:42:21,061
It's just plastic bottles.

776
00:42:21,061 --> 00:42:24,261
Plastic bottles.
Plastic bottle.

777
00:42:24,261 --> 00:42:27,592
We are clearly finding it hard
to avoid plastic bottles

778
00:42:27,592 --> 00:42:31,952
when we're thirsty on the road,
which explains why we are spending

779
00:42:31,952 --> 00:42:37,261
an estimated £60 million a year
on bottled water in petrol stations.

780
00:42:38,391 --> 00:42:41,702
So how about the
plastic-free alternative of filling

781
00:42:41,702 --> 00:42:43,181
a reusable bottle?

782
00:42:44,422 --> 00:42:47,311
Time to pose as a parched traveller.

783
00:42:47,311 --> 00:42:51,702
Hi, is it possible to get
a water bottle refill here?

784
00:42:53,902 --> 00:42:55,702
Well, that was interesting.

785
00:42:55,702 --> 00:42:58,261
He said, "No, I'm afraid not,
we can't do that."

786
00:42:58,261 --> 00:43:00,061
I said, "Why not?
ls there not a tap?"

787
00:43:00,061 --> 00:43:01,702
He said, "Not really."

788
00:43:01,702 --> 00:43:04,032
And then his colleague
next to him said,

789
00:43:04,032 --> 00:43:06,822
"You could fill it up
in our staff kitchen."

790
00:43:06,822 --> 00:43:08,742
No official policy of refill.

791
00:43:08,742 --> 00:43:11,261
One of them didn't want to do it,
the other one said,

792
00:43:11,261 --> 00:43:15,311
"Come on, we can help the guy out,"
and we got there in the end.

793
00:43:15,311 --> 00:43:17,032
Shell Select.

794
00:43:17,032 --> 00:43:19,462
Still no signage.

795
00:43:19,462 --> 00:43:22,311
Any chance of a refill
for my water bottle?

796
00:43:22,311 --> 00:43:24,232
Thank you very much.
Cheers!

797
00:43:24,232 --> 00:43:27,872
But, a tap in the little kitchen
area and the guy was very happy

798
00:43:27,872 --> 00:43:29,511
to fill up for me.

799
00:43:30,872 --> 00:43:34,342
I did ask, how often does he
actually fill up somebody's water
bottle.

800
00:43:34,342 --> 00:43:37,261
He said, "Maybe once
or twice a week."

801
00:43:37,261 --> 00:43:40,902
And then I asked him how many
bottles of water he sold every day.

802
00:43:40,902 --> 00:43:42,982
50 or 60.

803
00:43:42,982 --> 00:43:47,381
By being polite and persistent,
I am getting my bottle refilled.

804
00:43:47,381 --> 00:43:51,181
But there's no signage, no
refill points, and basically,

805
00:43:51,181 --> 00:43:52,822
no encouragement at all.

806
00:43:52,822 --> 00:43:55,702
OK, let's check out
this Esso garage.

807
00:43:55,702 --> 00:44:00,702
And sometimes, the only refill
option is not very appealing.

808
00:44:00,702 --> 00:44:02,381
And that's drinking water?

809
00:44:02,381 --> 00:44:03,422
<i>OK.</i>

810
00:44:05,342 --> 00:44:06,672
Interesting.

811
00:44:07,872 --> 00:44:09,952
Just behind the litter bin...

812
00:44:11,622 --> 00:44:15,952
It's not exactly what I'd
call a drinking fountain.

813
00:44:15,952 --> 00:44:18,131
Between them, our petrol stations

814
00:44:18,131 --> 00:44:22,592
have 8,400 forecourts
across the country.

815
00:44:22,592 --> 00:44:25,381
They could do so much
better than this.

816
00:44:25,381 --> 00:44:29,542
"Hey, @Esso, @Shell, @BP,
helpful staff have been

817
00:44:29,542 --> 00:44:33,032
"filling up my water bottle,
but none of you seem to have signs

818
00:44:33,032 --> 00:44:35,232
"or proper refill stations.

819
00:44:35,232 --> 00:44:38,672
"Who's up for making it easier for
us to get free drinking water

820
00:44:38,672 --> 00:44:40,422
"when we travel?"

821
00:44:40,422 --> 00:44:44,511
Selling water in plastic bottles
is incredibly profitable.

822
00:44:44,511 --> 00:44:49,032
£2.4 billion worth of business
in the UK last year.

823
00:44:49,032 --> 00:44:50,702
So we have to decide.

824
00:44:50,702 --> 00:44:55,311
Are we going to fuel that profit,
or is it time to insist that fresh,

825
00:44:55,311 --> 00:44:58,492
clean, drinking water is freely
available wherever we go?

826
00:45:06,702 --> 00:45:11,311
Over a third of all our plastic
packaging comes from one source -

827
00:45:11,311 --> 00:45:13,061
the supermarkets.

828
00:45:13,061 --> 00:45:16,872
Tesco's and Sainsbury's
still haven't agreed to meet me.

829
00:45:16,872 --> 00:45:20,181
But it's not just me
that's getting frustrated.

830
00:45:21,592 --> 00:45:24,982
The residents on the street
in Bristol are finding it impossible

831
00:45:24,982 --> 00:45:27,822
to shop in a supermarket
without bringing home

832
00:45:27,822 --> 00:45:29,232
yet more plastic.

833
00:45:30,511 --> 00:45:34,672
Maybe we do need to kind of do
something where we become

834
00:45:34,672 --> 00:45:38,022
more visible as a group
that have come together.

835
00:45:38,022 --> 00:45:40,822
What could we do, what do you think?

836
00:45:40,822 --> 00:45:43,311
What about an action clay?

837
00:45:44,422 --> 00:45:47,822
Have a day of action,
actually do something?

838
00:45:47,822 --> 00:45:49,982
That's what they did in Germany.

839
00:45:49,982 --> 00:45:53,422
In the big supermarkets,
people started buying their veg,

840
00:45:53,422 --> 00:45:56,311
undoing it there and then,
leaving it in a pile.

841
00:45:56,311 --> 00:45:57,702
Don't take it home.

842
00:45:57,702 --> 00:46:00,422
You don't want to litter the
supermarket, but the supermarket

843
00:46:00,422 --> 00:46:02,152
have given you the litter.

844
00:46:02,152 --> 00:46:04,422
So, we do it.
Let's all...

845
00:46:04,422 --> 00:46:05,622
Our next shop.

846
00:46:05,622 --> 00:46:09,462
A typical street just a few weeks
ago, this group of neighbours

847
00:46:09,462 --> 00:46:13,542
are now planning their own activism
by handing back the

848
00:46:13,542 --> 00:46:15,872
plastic packaging they don't want.

849
00:46:15,872 --> 00:46:18,061
Not in-store, not offshore.

850
00:46:18,061 --> 00:46:19,902
No more plastic.

851
00:46:19,902 --> 00:46:21,232
Can I do hearts?

852
00:46:21,232 --> 00:46:24,702
And they are taking on the nation's
biggest supermarket chain.

853
00:46:24,702 --> 00:46:26,622
I'm just going into Tesco Express

854
00:46:26,622 --> 00:46:29,872
to notify them of our
visit on Saturday -

855
00:46:29,872 --> 00:46:31,381
what we intend to do.

856
00:46:39,152 --> 00:46:42,511
On the morning of their plastic
rebellion, I come along to see

857
00:46:42,511 --> 00:46:44,592
how it goes down.

858
00:46:44,592 --> 00:46:46,131
<i>\</i> Oh, amazing. I

859
00:46:46,131 --> 00:46:47,702
Good work, girls.

860
00:46:51,342 --> 00:46:55,181
Just a couple of months ago,
this was a street that pulled out

861
00:46:55,181 --> 00:46:58,381
all their single-use plastic
and we had a river of it.

862
00:46:58,381 --> 00:47:00,232
And now look at them.

863
00:47:00,232 --> 00:47:02,381
They're about to go
and do their shopping

864
00:47:02,381 --> 00:47:05,412
and leave their plastic at Tesco,
to tell them, "We don't need it,

865
00:47:05,412 --> 00:47:06,982
"we don't want it."

866
00:47:06,982 --> 00:47:08,742
...Tesco?
Sorry?

867
00:47:08,742 --> 00:47:10,622
Is this anything to do with Tesco?

868
00:47:10,622 --> 00:47:12,232
We...

869
00:47:12,232 --> 00:47:14,662
Some people have been in touch
with you, some people who live

870
00:47:14,662 --> 00:47:17,662
locally are doing a shop and they're
going to leave you with the plastic.

871
00:47:17,662 --> 00:47:19,592
They got in touch with you
to let you know.

872
00:47:19,592 --> 00:47:21,702
OK, thank you very much,
that's nice to know.

873
00:47:21,702 --> 00:47:23,131
Thank you.

874
00:47:24,742 --> 00:47:26,872
If someone's dropped
a letter off to tell you

875
00:47:26,872 --> 00:47:29,342
that this is happening,
you'd hope that somebody

876
00:47:29,342 --> 00:47:30,772
would pay attention.

877
00:47:33,061 --> 00:47:37,061
Supermarkets produce
over 810,000 tonnes

878
00:47:37,061 --> 00:47:39,702
of plastic packaging every year.

879
00:47:39,702 --> 00:47:41,742
If I whack all my stuff in here...

880
00:47:41,742 --> 00:47:44,122
What's that you've got there?

881
00:47:44,122 --> 00:47:46,331
Swede.
It's a strange idea.

882
00:47:48,002 --> 00:47:53,252
Some does help to preserve food,
but, often, its main purpose

883
00:47:53,252 --> 00:47:57,331
is to boost sales by carrying
an attractive label or creating

884
00:47:57,331 --> 00:48:01,362
a multipack, and this can encourage
us to buy more than we may need,

885
00:48:01,362 --> 00:48:03,252
and increase food waste.

886
00:48:05,842 --> 00:48:07,762
Yeah, I've got the press office
on the phone.

887
00:48:07,762 --> 00:48:11,151
They want to talk to you.
OK. Hello?

888
00:48:11,151 --> 00:48:13,562
It's just a group
of local residents.

889
00:48:13,562 --> 00:48:15,482
I did drop a letter in.

890
00:48:15,482 --> 00:48:17,401
We're just trying
to raise some awareness.

891
00:48:17,401 --> 00:48:19,281
All right, bye-bye.

892
00:48:19,281 --> 00:48:21,201
Thank you.
No problem.

893
00:48:24,762 --> 00:48:29,482
90%, if not more, of the stuff
that I bought was in plastic.

894
00:48:29,482 --> 00:48:32,002
It's now all in here.
So where's it going to go?

895
00:48:32,002 --> 00:48:33,892
We're going to ask them
what do they do?

896
00:48:33,892 --> 00:48:36,432
It's their rubbish now.
What do Tesco do with it?

897
00:48:36,432 --> 00:48:39,252
Good luck. Yes.
Thank you.

898
00:48:39,252 --> 00:48:42,531
After the call from the press
office, there is a sudden

899
00:48:42,531 --> 00:48:44,201
change of tone.

900
00:48:44,201 --> 00:48:46,432
I'm glad to take the plastic,
because we recycle it.

901
00:48:46,432 --> 00:48:47,972
<i>\</i> Thank you. I

902
00:48:47,972 --> 00:48:50,281
In fact, I think I've got
a cage out the back, so...

903
00:48:50,281 --> 00:48:52,002
Oh, do you?
What do you do with the...

904
00:48:52,002 --> 00:48:54,531
It gets sent back to head office.
Not head office,

905
00:48:54,531 --> 00:48:57,151
that would be silly, it gets sent
back to a distribution centre,

906
00:48:57,151 --> 00:48:58,682
where it gets recycled.

907
00:48:58,682 --> 00:49:00,612
And I'm delighted
to recycle this for you.

908
00:49:00,612 --> 00:49:02,531
<i>\</i> Thank you. I

909
00:49:02,531 --> 00:49:04,892
The chap who works in there
had a big smile on his face

910
00:49:04,892 --> 00:49:06,642
and said, "Yeah,
great, we'll take it."

911
00:49:06,642 --> 00:49:08,682
But we know for a fact
that a lot of that plastic,

912
00:49:08,682 --> 00:49:10,281
you can't recycle.

913
00:49:10,281 --> 00:49:12,722
The stuff that the grapes come in,
that crinkly plastic.

914
00:49:12,722 --> 00:49:15,892
Loads of it, you can't
do anything with.

915
00:49:15,892 --> 00:49:17,642
If only they'd agree to meet me,

916
00:49:17,642 --> 00:49:20,362
I could discuss
all of this with them.

917
00:49:20,362 --> 00:49:22,321
The press office know
what we're doing,

918
00:49:22,321 --> 00:49:24,042
they've had an e-mail from me.

919
00:49:24,042 --> 00:49:27,002
They know this has gone down today
and they should definitely think,

920
00:49:27,002 --> 00:49:29,892
"I know, we'll get someone
to talk to Anita."

921
00:49:29,892 --> 00:49:31,892
That's the most obvious
thing to do, right?

922
00:49:31,892 --> 00:49:33,922
They've got nothing to hide.

923
00:49:39,042 --> 00:49:43,321
My call out to help us avoid bottled
water when we're on the road has got

924
00:49:43,321 --> 00:49:45,842
a positive response.

925
00:49:45,842 --> 00:49:50,401
Both BP and Shell have replied
to my tweet calling for water points

926
00:49:50,401 --> 00:49:52,122
in petrol stations.

927
00:49:52,122 --> 00:49:56,682
They say they think it's a good idea
and that they'll explore it further.

928
00:49:56,682 --> 00:50:00,531
I want to convert this positive
engagement into delivery.

929
00:50:00,531 --> 00:50:03,432
I want to see actual
water refill stations

930
00:50:03,432 --> 00:50:06,042
in the forecourts really soon.

931
00:50:06,042 --> 00:50:09,531
So, I want to find a way
to keep the pressure up.

932
00:50:09,531 --> 00:50:13,401
I think a really good way to do
that is to engage the people

933
00:50:13,401 --> 00:50:16,762
who really use the roads and
who need to slake their thirst

934
00:50:16,762 --> 00:50:20,122
as they are pounding up and down
the country every single day.

935
00:50:27,642 --> 00:50:31,922
Kings Haulage run a fleet of trucks
that travel the length and breadth

936
00:50:31,922 --> 00:50:33,252
of the country.

937
00:50:33,252 --> 00:50:34,612
Morning. Hello.

938
00:50:34,612 --> 00:50:36,042
Are you Nick? Good morning, I am.

939
00:50:36,042 --> 00:50:39,682
Business operations manager
Nick Gingell says this is a cause

940
00:50:39,682 --> 00:50:41,172
he'd like to support.

941
00:50:41,172 --> 00:50:43,726
Gosh, and there is a case of
bottled water right on the front

942
00:50:43,726 --> 00:50:45,428
of your desk. We see a lot of that.

943
00:50:45,428 --> 00:50:48,428
So, a lot of them will have these
multipacks of bottles in their cab.

944
00:50:48,428 --> 00:50:51,067
So, as an alternative approach

945
00:50:51,067 --> 00:50:53,838
to keeping your drivers
well-watered...

946
00:50:53,838 --> 00:50:55,038
Looks good.

947
00:50:55,038 --> 00:50:56,998
Are there some here
I can have a word with?

948
00:50:56,998 --> 00:50:58,918
Yes, there's a handful there now.

949
00:50:58,918 --> 00:51:02,808
The business of the nation's
truckers is worth over £8 billion

950
00:51:02,808 --> 00:51:04,558
a year to the fuel companies.

951
00:51:04,558 --> 00:51:08,638
So, I can't help thinking this group
of road users could be hugely

952
00:51:08,638 --> 00:51:11,067
influential in the
refill revolution.

953
00:51:11,067 --> 00:51:12,168
This is our motley crew.

954
00:51:12,168 --> 00:51:13,998
But I will need to get them onside.

955
00:51:13,998 --> 00:51:15,428
Good morning.

956
00:51:16,558 --> 00:51:18,038
So...

957
00:51:19,478 --> 00:51:21,277
...you're all on a break?

958
00:51:21,277 --> 00:51:22,397
Yes.

959
00:51:23,998 --> 00:51:26,277
I've got a few of these,
pass them round.

960
00:51:26,277 --> 00:51:30,998
This is potentially the beginning
of something where you and truckers

961
00:51:30,998 --> 00:51:34,118
all over the UK could start
to make a noise saying,

962
00:51:34,118 --> 00:51:38,248
"We come and buy your petrol and we
stop and spend our money with you,

963
00:51:38,248 --> 00:51:41,248
"one thing we wouldn't mind not
paying for, from here on in,

964
00:51:41,248 --> 00:51:42,918
"is the water."

965
00:51:45,197 --> 00:51:50,087
You're looking at me like
you think I'm slightly nuts.

966
00:51:50,087 --> 00:51:52,297
I think this is an
absolutely amazing idea.

967
00:51:52,297 --> 00:51:54,368
It would be nice to have
a dedicated station, yeah.

968
00:51:54,368 --> 00:51:56,188
It does sound good.

969
00:51:56,188 --> 00:51:59,268
What sort of social media, Facebook,
what sort of conversations

970
00:51:59,268 --> 00:52:01,938
are going on on truckers'
Facebook pages?

971
00:52:01,938 --> 00:52:03,467
LAUGHTER

972
00:52:03,467 --> 00:52:05,728
I shouldn't really ask
that question, should I?

973
00:52:05,728 --> 00:52:08,618
Is there room in the world
of trucker social media

974
00:52:08,618 --> 00:52:11,268
for a conversation about water?

975
00:52:11,268 --> 00:52:13,578
Sure, yeah. Of course there will be.

976
00:52:17,448 --> 00:52:21,268
Great, my first group
of crusading truckers.

977
00:52:21,268 --> 00:52:24,058
Everybody look
at me, saying, "sausages".

978
00:52:24,058 --> 00:52:26,728
But for the petrol stations
to feel the pressure,

979
00:52:26,728 --> 00:52:30,547
we need to get the word out across
the whole trucking community.

980
00:52:30,547 --> 00:52:32,978
Where would be a good place
to post those pictures?

981
00:52:32,978 --> 00:52:36,908
The HGV drivers' advice group, which
a lot of the lads subscribe to.

982
00:52:36,908 --> 00:52:39,297
TruckNet UK. We've got
76,000 members.

983
00:52:41,217 --> 00:52:44,728
Soon, posters and bottles
are going out to trucking companies

984
00:52:44,728 --> 00:52:46,658
all around the country.

985
00:52:50,388 --> 00:52:54,576
And posts start flooding
in of their experiences.

986
00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:57,527
Like me, many drivers
are getting refills,

987
00:52:57,527 --> 00:53:00,197
but only now they've
been encouraged to ask.

988
00:53:03,558 --> 00:53:07,708
After all this activity,
Shell have told me that they are now

989
00:53:07,708 --> 00:53:10,888
trialling a clearly signed
refill offering

990
00:53:10,888 --> 00:53:13,988
in 30 of their petrol stations.

991
00:53:13,988 --> 00:53:17,708
So, of course, we asked Shell
if we could film the trial and get

992
00:53:17,708 --> 00:53:20,238
some of the reactions
of their customers.

993
00:53:20,238 --> 00:53:21,558
But they said no.

994
00:53:21,558 --> 00:53:24,638
In fact, they wouldn't even
tell us which petrol stations

995
00:53:24,638 --> 00:53:27,277
are running the trial.

996
00:53:27,277 --> 00:53:29,758
So, I'm really sorry,
but if they won't tell me,

997
00:53:29,758 --> 00:53:31,888
then I can't tell you.

998
00:53:31,888 --> 00:53:37,038
But there is one thing we can all do
if we want this thing to take off,

999
00:53:37,038 --> 00:53:40,317
and that's take our water bottles
with us whenever we are on the road,

1000
00:53:40,317 --> 00:53:43,428
and go into petrol stations
up and down the land

1001
00:53:43,428 --> 00:53:45,558
and ask for a refill.

1002
00:53:52,478 --> 00:53:55,478
After a couple of months
of back-and-forths with Tesco

1003
00:53:55,478 --> 00:53:58,447
on e-mail, and after the street
handing back their plastic

1004
00:53:58,447 --> 00:54:00,678
at their local store,

1005
00:54:00,678 --> 00:54:05,197
Britain's largest supermarket chain
are now happy to meet me.

1006
00:54:05,197 --> 00:54:10,317
No doubt I will be confronted
with the Tesco PR machine,

1007
00:54:10,317 --> 00:54:12,197
so I'm going to go armed

1008
00:54:12,197 --> 00:54:15,197
with a little something
up my sleeve.

1009
00:54:16,958 --> 00:54:21,638
I am at Tesco HQ, to meet the
person in charge of packaging

1010
00:54:21,638 --> 00:54:25,397
across all their 3,400 UK stores.

1011
00:54:25,397 --> 00:54:29,447
She's Group Quality
Director Sarah Bradbury.

1012
00:54:29,447 --> 00:54:30,808
Hello, Sarah, nice to meet you.

1013
00:54:30,808 --> 00:54:32,067
Nice to meet you.

1014
00:54:32,067 --> 00:54:33,988
How are you doing?
Very good, thank you.

1015
00:54:33,988 --> 00:54:35,988
I just wanted to know
what your policy is

1016
00:54:35,988 --> 00:54:38,678
and what your thinking
is around plastic packaging.

1017
00:54:38,678 --> 00:54:41,678
Our policy is to reduce packaging,
to ensure we can re-use it,

1018
00:54:41,678 --> 00:54:43,598
and to recycle it, as well.

1019
00:54:43,598 --> 00:54:46,348
But we must look at it at
the same time as food waste.

1020
00:54:46,348 --> 00:54:49,758
For us and for people on our street,
it is about this plastic reduction

1021
00:54:49,758 --> 00:54:51,317
that's the important thing.

1022
00:54:51,317 --> 00:54:53,728
And to have the option to
not buy in plastic. Yeah.

1023
00:54:53,728 --> 00:54:55,878
In fact, I was in one
of your Tesco's today.

1024
00:54:55,878 --> 00:54:57,728
I want you to see what I bought.

1025
00:54:57,728 --> 00:54:59,958
Here we go, I've got...

1026
00:54:59,958 --> 00:55:01,527
...three peppers.

1027
00:55:02,558 --> 00:55:05,038
And these ones are that much.

1028
00:55:07,397 --> 00:55:08,808
Three peppers.

1029
00:55:10,397 --> 00:55:11,988
There we go.

1030
00:55:11,988 --> 00:55:15,728
Now, which ones would you choose
to buy if you had the choice?

1031
00:55:15,728 --> 00:55:19,678
So, I know that these
would be the loose products,

1032
00:55:19,678 --> 00:55:22,238
and these would be the products
that are in the packaging.

1033
00:55:22,238 --> 00:55:24,678
So, what we have got loose
at the moment is slightly bigger

1034
00:55:24,678 --> 00:55:26,678
varieties of product.

1035
00:55:26,678 --> 00:55:30,397
However, we are looking at this,
because we absolutely recognise

1036
00:55:30,397 --> 00:55:34,527
we need to encourage customers
to buy without packaging.

1037
00:55:34,527 --> 00:55:36,628
And at the moment,
the price difference...

1038
00:55:36,628 --> 00:55:38,478
That's not a choice, is it?
..doesn't help.

1039
00:55:38,478 --> 00:55:41,838
And the packaging is
this polypropylene,

1040
00:55:41,838 --> 00:55:44,317
crinkly packaging,
that can't be recycled.

1041
00:55:44,317 --> 00:55:46,238
So, we're reviewing these products,

1042
00:55:46,238 --> 00:55:49,838
but we do think our absolute focus
is to move towards

1043
00:55:49,838 --> 00:55:51,838
this recycling loop.

1044
00:55:51,838 --> 00:55:54,758
What about just getting rid
of the plastic in the first place?

1045
00:55:54,758 --> 00:55:57,758
Just not having it in the system,
by offering vegetables loose?

1046
00:55:57,758 --> 00:55:59,958
So, that's what we're
doing in three stores.

1047
00:55:59,958 --> 00:56:02,317
We will be doing that within
the next couple of months,

1048
00:56:02,317 --> 00:56:05,038
to ensure we take out the packaging,
where we believe

1049
00:56:05,038 --> 00:56:06,397
it's the right thing to do.

1050
00:56:06,397 --> 00:56:08,758
So, does that mean if I go into,
because I will... Yes!

1051
00:56:08,758 --> 00:56:11,478
I will be going in, but does
that mean I will be able

1052
00:56:11,478 --> 00:56:13,728
to have the choice,
a realistic choice to be able

1053
00:56:13,728 --> 00:56:16,317
to buy your loose fruit
and veg at the same price,

1054
00:56:16,317 --> 00:56:18,447
if not cheaper, than
the ones in plastic?

1055
00:56:18,447 --> 00:56:20,838
We will make sure we've
got a competitive price.

1056
00:56:20,838 --> 00:56:22,397
What does competitive mean?

1057
00:56:22,397 --> 00:56:24,168
We have to look at it in totality.

1058
00:56:24,168 --> 00:56:25,447
You're absolutely right.

1059
00:56:25,447 --> 00:56:27,808
I need to make sure
that we have a pepper

1060
00:56:27,808 --> 00:56:31,238
that is matching on price
from the three that we've got now.

1061
00:56:35,197 --> 00:56:37,728
OK, at least Tesco's
are doing something,

1062
00:56:37,728 --> 00:56:40,238
but, to be honest, a trial
in a handful of stores,

1063
00:56:40,238 --> 00:56:41,838
I just don't think it's big enough.

1064
00:56:41,838 --> 00:56:44,758
And the more I look into this,
the more I'm utterly convinced

1065
00:56:44,758 --> 00:56:48,317
that it's supermarkets that
should be leading the change.

1066
00:56:48,317 --> 00:56:52,088
And I mean you, Tesco,
Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons.

1067
00:56:52,088 --> 00:56:53,678
All the supermarkets.

1068
00:56:53,678 --> 00:56:55,088
Do something bold.

1069
00:56:55,088 --> 00:56:57,918
How about giving us a real
choice to be able to shop

1070
00:56:57,918 --> 00:57:00,197
without single-use plastic?

1071
00:57:00,197 --> 00:57:01,628
Because we know you can do it.

1072
00:57:01,628 --> 00:57:04,478
So, now...the hall's in your court.

1073
00:57:06,558 --> 00:57:08,918
Next time, Anita looks
at the plastics we use

1074
00:57:08,918 --> 00:57:12,678
in the bathroom, and lets the
street into a dirty secret.

1075
00:57:12,678 --> 00:57:15,628
Why are you doing this to us?!

1076
00:57:15,628 --> 00:57:20,238
While I discover plastics hidden
in the very air we are breathing...

1077
00:57:20,238 --> 00:57:24,558
Just the City of London borough,
two billion plastic fibres each day.

1078
00:57:24,558 --> 00:57:28,918
...and file my Malaysian discovery
firmly in the government's in-tray.

1079
00:57:28,918 --> 00:57:30,558
Plastic waste...

1080
00:57:30,558 --> 00:57:33,478
Yes. ..that I found in
Malaysia from the UK.

1081
00:57:33,478 --> 00:57:34,678
Yes, that's terrible.