Facts about plastic shopping bags in Australia

PLASTIC BAG FACTS - AUSTRALIA

Australians use approx. 6 billion plastic bags a year.
Australians use approx. 10 million plastic bags a day.
Australians throw away approx. 7200 recyclable plastic bags every minute.
Approx. 430,000 recyclable plastic bags are dumped in landfill every hour.
Under 1% of plastic bags in Australia are actually reused.
4 shopping trips by the average Australian family will accumulate approx. 60 plastic bags.
An estimated 50 million plastic shopping bags end up as litter in Australia every year.

PLASTIC BAG FACTS - WORLDWIDE

It is estimated that 500 billion plastic bags are used and discarded worldwide every year.
1 million plastic bags are used and discarded worldwide every minute of the day.
Single use plastic bags made of HDPE remain in the environment for up to approx. 1,000 years.
Over 100,000 birds, whales, seals and turtles worldwide are killed by plastic rubbish every year.

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