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around the world on schedule. one option is to increase local production, they re starting to do a bit of that here in leeds. but don t expect globalisation to retreat any time soon. this is still a hyper connected world, and now omicron is creating more challenges for the supply chains that we take for granted. chris morris, bbc news. almost every single day, most of us use products that come in plastic packaging. yet only a fraction of the world s used plastic get recycled. you can imagine the increase in plastic use over a period like christmas. but what if we do a betterjob? a project in europe is using new technology to sort plastic packaging more effectively, with the hope of increasing recycling rates. trials have been taking place in copenhagen, and adrienne murray has been finding out more. early each morning, rubbish trucks are on the streets collecting binloads of household plastic. this is the start of its recycling journey. it s then brought to this facility, ready
justin rowlatt, bbc news, newark park estate in gloucestershire. you are watching bbc news. less than half of our waste is recycled but a trial in denmark is tackling that problem using pioneering technology. adrienne murray went to take a look. early each morning, rubbish trucks are on the streets collecting binloads of household plastic. this is the start of its recycling journey. it s then brought to this facility, ready to be sent for sorting. in europe, each person generates 35 kilos of waste plastic packaging a year. only 40% gets recycled. globally, it s much less. while plastics are useful, a lot of packaging is difficult to reuse most of it ends up in landfill or incinerated. a big problem is plastic pollution. and yet more resources get used making new plastic products.
industry players together to test out new technology that could help sort plastic packaging better and boost recycling. trials have been taking place in copenhagen, denmark, from where adrienne murray has been finding out more. early each morning, rubbish trucks are on the streets collecting binloads of household plastic. this is the start of its recycling journey. it s then brought to this facility, ready to be sent for sorting. in europe, each person generates 35 kilos of waste plastic packaging a year. only 40% gets recycled. globally, it s much less. while plastics are useful, a lot of packaging is difficult to reuse, and most of it ends up in landfill or incinerated. a big problem is plastic pollution. and yet more resources get used making new plastic products. here in copenhagen, new technology is being trialled that could help boost recycling rates.
medium sized companies that would have bought that gas on the futures market and hedged against price increases, it is becoming more difficult for them as well. it is clearly unsustainable to go on with the situation where the price you are paying is going up and the price you are selling it to your customers is fixed or constrained. i cannot say for certain whether other companies will go to the wall but the conditions other that mean they very much could. rob, thank you very much. professor of energy policy at imperial college. thank you. less than half of our plastic waste is recycled but a trial in denmark is tackling that problem using pioneering technology. adrienne murray went to take a look. early each morning, rubbish trucks are on the streets collecting binloads of household plastic. this is the start of its recycling journey.