Arundel Town Council is taking part in The Big Plastic Count 2026!
From 9–15 March, we’re inviting Arundel residents to join in with The Big Plastic Count 2026. Count your plastic waste for one week and help build evidence to push for change.
Taking part – as an individual, household, community group, business or school – is free and easy! We’d love to know if you decide to take part – here’s how:
- Email townevents@arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk
- Call us on 01903 882953 option 3
- Tag us on social media using the hashtag #CountYourPlasticArundel
- Visit the Council stall at Arundel Farmers Market or the Sustainable Hub at the Norfolk Centre on Saturday 21 February to add your name to our pledge board
- You could also download and display this poster in your window or at your workplace to show your support.
How to take part:
1. Sign up your household here to receive your Count Pack.
Community groups and workplaces can join in by simply signing up individually, checking in as a group throughout the week. You can then share your results between yourselves.
Follow this link to sign up a school or class.
2. From 9-15 March, we all record the plastic we throw away at home.
3. Sunday 22 March – submit your results by this date. Then, we’ll each get to see our own plastic profile, revealing what really happens to our plastic packaging once it leaves our homes. We’ll also receive a guide with tips for reducing our plastic.
Please remember, this isn’t about feeling guilty about how much plastic you use. We have very little choice about what our food, toiletries and other essentials come wrapped in. Some plastics are also essential for Disabled People and people with medical conditions. It’s up to governments, supermarkets and big brands to reduce the amount of plastic they produce.
4. Then in mid-April, the nationwide results will be available.
About The Big Plastic Count
The Big Plastic Count is the UK’s biggest people-powered investigation into household plastic waste. This March, thousands of people across the country from households, schools and communities will take part in counting their plastic waste for one week. By counting every piece of plastic packaging we throw away, together we’ll uncover the true scale of the UK’s plastics problem and call on the government to do more about it.
In previous years, The Big Plastic Count has revealed that most of our plastic isn’t actually recycled. The majority is burned in the UK, and the rest is sent overseas or to landfill. Burning plastic waste is a big problem – it accelerates the climate crisis and pollutes the air. You can learn more about the campaign here.
That’s why Arundel Town Council has signed up to take part in The Big Plastic Count – and we hope you will too!
By taking part in The Big Plastic Count, we’ll help gather vital evidence to show the true scale of the crisis – and to tell the government we need them to commit to producing less plastic. Through supporting The Big Plastic Count, we’re helping build a people-powered movement for a fair future that’s free from the impacts of the plastics crisis.
This will be a great way for us all to not only learn more about a big problem that the world faces, but actually do something about it!
