Plastic
- Recycling just one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60W light bulb for six hours. (source : www.recyclenowpartners.org.uk (external link))
- It takes just 25 two litre pop bottles to make one adult size fleece jacket. (source: www.recyclenowpartners.org.uk (external link))
- 150 million plastic carrier bags are used in the UK each week —they can take up to 500 years to decay in landfill. (source: www.recyclenowpartners.org.uk (external link))
- Every year, an estimated 17˝ billion plastic bags are given away by supermarkets. This is equivalent to over 290 bags for every person in the UK. (source: www.wastewatch.org.uk (external link))
- We produce and use 20 times more plastic today than we did 50 years ago! (source: www.recyclenowpartners.org.uk (external link))
- The world's annual consumption of plastic materials has increased from around 5 million tonnes in the 1950s to nearly 100 million tonnes today. (source www.recyclingconsortium.org.uk (external link))
Reviewed 07/01/09
