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Removing plastics from construction

A growing population has led to the consumption of more products. That means a lot more plastic packaging, a lot more plastic pollution, and a lot of new homes - which use a lot of plastic. The construction industry globally has been attempting to slow the increasing plastic waste generated from construction. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Ivana Davidovic visits one school which is zero-carbon and has minimised its use of plastic. We also hear from a company which turns lots of the UK's unusable plastic waste in to valuable fuel to power Stockholm.

(Image: Simon Little from Powerday recycling, holding waste plastic which is sent to Stockholm to be turned in to fuel. Credit: Ivana Davidovic / ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)

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