July shouldn’t be the only time of the year that we consider where the plastic waste we use ends up, and for many of us it isn’t. When I can, I dine in at cafés or use a reusable coffee cup, wrap my lunch in beeswax wraps, and carry my groceries in reusable bags.
HOW MUCH PLASTIC GOES TO WASTE IN NEW ZEALAND?
An astronomical amount of plastic is used all around us daily, and it’s crazy to fathom how we might eventually cut out plastic completely. In New Zealand alone, an estimated 159 grams of plastic per person is thrown away every day – this makes us some of the highest waste generators in the world.
To help remove some of this rubbish pollution from our land and waterways, Sustainable Coastlines has removed 1.7 million litres of litter from Aotearoa’s coastlines since its inception, thanks to the work of volunteers. The non-profit organisation has even developed a programme called Litter Intelligence that enables
