- Australians used 3.92 billion plastic shopping bags per year.
- Nearly half a million plastic bags are collected on Clean Up Australia
Day each year. (source - CUA)
- It takes only four grocery shopping trips for an average Australian
family to accumulate 60 plastic shopping bags. (source - CUA)
- Plastic bags are produced from polymers derived from petroleum. The
amount of petroleum used to make a plastic bag would drive a car about
11 metres. (source - CUA)
- In 2005, Australians used 192 HDPE bags per capita. (source - Nolan
ITU)
- 14% of HDPE plastic carry bags are returned to major supermarkets for
recycling. (source - ANRA)
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