'Lunch on the go' habit generates 11bn items of packaging waste a year

More people in UK are eating lunch on the go, report finds, in turn generating more wasteBritain's growing "lunch on the go" habit is generating nearly 11bn items of packaging waste a year, much of which is not recycled, a survey has found.Workers are buying takeaway and fast food lunches more than they did five years ago, according to research from the environmental charity Hubbub, generating 10.7bn separate items of waste over a year, the charity estimates, from sandwich boxes to crisp packets and napkins. Continue reading...