Comments by "Drew Hodge" (@drewhodge3820) on "No English river is free from pollution, report finds - BBC News" video.

What do you expect. The younger generation are the ones throwing plastic rubbish in rivers. The older generation have more respect for the countryside. Stop selling drinks in plastic bottles. Recycle glass bottles like I did when I was young. (with a deposit on glass bottles) Problem solved.
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@pauln6803 Well I'm sure there are bad apples in every age group. The difference is the older generation colleted there shopping in brown paper bags and we recycled our glass bottles. If you wanted to buy a lot of food from the shops you took a large shopping bag with you. Otherwise there wasn't a way to carry your shopping home. The older generation were already eco friendly green, decades before they were box ticking words (that actually sound great but mean nothing)
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@pauln6803 That simply isn't true. When glass bottles are washed and reused over and over again it is very cost effective. How much do you think recycling costs? Sorting through different types of plastic waste?
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@pauln6803 I agree with everything you have just said. It's also worth mentioning that 90% of the plastics flowing into the oceans come from Asia India and Africa. Yes the UK can play it's part in cleaning up our own tiny amount of plastic pollution but until we put pressure on the largest polluters and take a stand against the supermarkets we are literally wasting our time. There are ways to recycle mixed plastics and car tyres but there is no appetite for it in the UK. Every time a UK based company applies for planning permission the locals don't want it on their doorstep. The UK could generate power and recycle all mixed plastics while making a profit and the process isn't a new idea. By heating plastics in an oxygen free container you can literally turn mixed plastics back into high grade oil, so it can be used again and again. It's called Pyrolysis. I constructed a small batch Pyrolysis machine in my shed 15 years ago. From waste plastics I produced my own oil that could run a diesel engine but the same oil could have been used to manufacture new plastics.
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