There are over a billion and a half individual rail journeys in the UK every year, with passengers generating thousands of tonnes of waste. The rubbish includes food waste, food wrappers and plastic drink bottles.
Mark Hall, company spokesman from Business Waste, said: “Nobody wants to fish apple cores and banana skins out of a plastic sack of old newspapers.”
Despite the high volume of waste, passengers want to recycle their on board waste according to Business Waste who conducted a survey on 1,500 rail passengers.
The research found 82% of passengers would recycle their waste on board or on the platform if the facilities existed. Only nine percent of passengers said they take their recycling waste home to put in their own bins.
Alex from Basingstoke, who has a season ticket on South Western Railway, said: “I'd love to recycle things into different bins, but we only get the one on Class 450s. It's a pain, but I'm not so passionate about it to carry a bag of rubbish to work or back home.”