The Daily Mirror: Daily Mirror Environment Editor Nada Farhoud discovered the scale of our environmental shame in Adana, Turkey, where dozens of items of British ­packaging were found among the debris of a rubbish tip .

Millions of eco-conscious Brits place their recycling in the correct bins expecting it to be reused in a bid to cut down on mountains of waste.

But thousands of tons of UK plastic is being illegally dumped and burned in Turkey, sparking environmental and health fears for those living nearby.

It has also led to accusations the UK has an “out of sight out of mind” attitude to waste.

I discovered the scale of our environmental shame in Adana, where dozens of items of British ­packaging were found among the debris of a rubbish tip.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/tons-plastic-waste-put-uk-27462357

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