Participants will be given their personal plastic footprint at the end of the week.
Participants in the Big Plastic Count receive a pack explaining how to count the plastics they use, broken down into 19 categories. They then tally up each type of plastic waste before putting it in the bin or the recycling.
The campaigners say radical action by government and supermarkets is required to reduce how much plastic is produced and to improve recycling rates.
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