This statistic displays the likelihood of customers posting unwanted plastic packaging back to supermarket headquarters in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018. Of those interviewed, 18 percent claimed that they would return unwanted plastics. Overall, 63 percent were unlikely to return packaging to supermarket headquarters.
How likely or unlikely are you to post unwanted plastic packaging back to a supermarket headquarters?*
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Populus, & Greenpeace. (June 1, 2018). How likely or unlikely are you to post unwanted plastic packaging back to a supermarket headquarters?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/973631/unwanted-supermarket-plastic-returns-united-kingdom-uk/
Populus, und Greenpeace. "How likely or unlikely are you to post unwanted plastic packaging back to a supermarket headquarters?*." Chart. June 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/973631/unwanted-supermarket-plastic-returns-united-kingdom-uk/
Populus, Greenpeace. (2018). How likely or unlikely are you to post unwanted plastic packaging back to a supermarket headquarters?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/973631/unwanted-supermarket-plastic-returns-united-kingdom-uk/
Populus, and Greenpeace. "How Likely or Unlikely Are You to Post Unwanted Plastic Packaging Back to a Supermarket Headquarters?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/973631/unwanted-supermarket-plastic-returns-united-kingdom-uk/
Populus & Greenpeace, How likely or unlikely are you to post unwanted plastic packaging back to a supermarket headquarters?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/973631/unwanted-supermarket-plastic-returns-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
How likely or unlikely are you to post unwanted plastic packaging back to a supermarket headquarters?* [Graph], Populus, & Greenpeace, June 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/973631/unwanted-supermarket-plastic-returns-united-kingdom-uk/