Coat hangers leach cancer-causing chemicals, can't be recycled and maim wildlife. Why do we ignore the plastic menace every bit as toxic as carrier bags?
We know them as a modern nuisance, cluttering waste bins and wardrobes. But an investigation by The Mail on Sunday has established that plastic coat hangers are an environmental menace so serious they could soon outstrip the damage caused by plastic bags, straws and bottles. High-street stores and online retailers hand out hundreds of millions of hangers every year – even though the overwhelming majority cannot be recycled and around half of them end up in landfill or the ocean.
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