Green Elephant Facts

Amazon creates lockdown jobs

Amazon creates 175k new jobs during lockdown

UK Lockdown emissions cut

UK cut lockdown emissions by 31%

UK Coal for Electric

18 days without UK coal for electric – longest since 1882

Allotment land in decline

British cities have lost 65% of allotment land

Unhealthy cheap junk food

Unhealthy foods three times cheaper than more expensive healthy food

Expensive fresh food

Poorest households spend 74% to eat well

Oil Palm Fruit

Palm oil in 50% of products at supermarket

Supermarket plastic waste skip

Supermarkets plastic waste accounts for half of UK 1.5m tonne total

Advertising sweets and junk

Only 2.5% of food and drink advertising goes on fruit and vegetables

Million Plastic Bottles

A million plastic bottles are bought every single minute

Supermarkets Recycling Bins

UK supermarkets inadequate recycling contributing just £18 per tonne

Supermarket Single Use Straws

UK Supermarkets sell 59 billion pieces of single-use plastic every year

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