{"id":1160,"date":"2026-06-23T07:49:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:13:29","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-74-of-brits-want-plastic-free-packaging-at-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/fifa-world-cup-2026-74-of-brits-want-plastic-free-packaging-at-events\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026: 74% of Brits want plastic-free packaging at events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-marker=\"2b63c3e1-2cac-4a1d-a98e-77e7c8e43480\" data-beyondwords-player=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-613122 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"FIFA World Cup\" width=\"860\" height=\"516\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iStock-866626388.jpg?resize=860%2C516&amp;ssl=1\"><\/p>\n<h4>With the FIFA World Cup set to generate an estimated 156 tonnes of single-use plastic waste, 74% of people in the UK have said they want plastic-free packaging at events this summer.<\/h4>\n<p>The materials innovation company Xampla, which commissioned the research, says the FIFA World Cup will generate enough single-use plastic waste to stretch the length of more than 13,000 football pitches.<\/p>\n<p>With the FIFA World Cup kicking off this month, new research, released as part of London Climate Action Week, has found that three-quarters of the public (74%) want major sporting events to only use plastic-free food packaging.<\/p>\n<p>Xampla also highlighted that many single-use food containers that appear to be paper or card are lined with a thin layer of hidden plastic.<\/p>\n<p>The survey found that half of the public (49%) said they did not realise that a lot of paper and cardboard takeaway food boxes are lined with plastic. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>79% said food packaging should clearly state whether it contains plastic, so they can make informed choices, while\u00a080%\u00a0believe all\u00a0food packaging, such as those used in takeaways and supermarkets, should be plastic-free where possible.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the research, Alexandra French, CEO of Xampla, said: \u201cThe public cares deeply about the environment and wants to play their part to address the global plastic pollution crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith millions of people attending festivals and sporting events this summer, there is a real opportunity for food businesses, the events industry, and manufacturers to demonstrate that scalable, plastic-free alternatives already exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/fifa-world-cup-2026-74-of-brits-want-plastic-free-packaging-at-events\/\">FIFA World Cup 2026: 74% of Brits want plastic-free packaging at events<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\">Circular Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 With the FIFA World Cup set to generate an estimated 156 tonnes of single-use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions\/1161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}