Today, an average person living in Western Europe or North America consumes 100 kilograms of plastic each year, mostly in the form of packaging.
A report by Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) and Moore Recycling Associates, notes that in 2015 at least 322 million kilograms of post-consumer plastic packaging were collected in Canada for recycling.
Approximately 10–20 million tons of plastic end up in the oceans each year.
Bren Murphy
Apr 30, 2018 at 04:04 pmThere are so many helpful suggestions here – I can see my book club discussion going crazy about this! Thank you for raising awareness and empowering individuals to take personal responsibility for what might appear to be a global problem.
Namaste
Bren
Rachel Willcock
Sep 16, 2018 at 05:20 amSuch great and helpful ideas!! I have turned our household habits around choosing less plastic and packaging all over! I started in July and what an improvement. Its so easy to cut out the unnecessary products and we are eating more healthy too. That is another side of going zero waste, a healthier lifestyle!