660 thousand tonnes of plastic waste every year is created by Australians. Guess how long it takes Australian households to throw out 1 tonne of plastic waste? 1 month? 1 week? 1 day? 10 minutes? Nope! 1 minute! It takes only 1 minute for Australians to produce 1 tonne of plastic waste. In one day, we produce enough plastic waste to fill an entire beach. ARGH
The fact of the matter is plastic is designed to last forever. However, we’re often using single-use plastic items for only a couple of minutes. In bathrooms that might be the cotton bud you use to tidy your mascara or clean out your ear wax. Or plastic items like toothbrushes and shampoo bottles might stay in the house for weeks/months but then where do they end up? In the bin. It’s shameful to realise that only 20% of Australian household plastic waste is recycled. But remember the five r’s, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot. I want us to start with the first Refuse because their are alternatives my friends, ones that don’t have plastic involved, so lets have a look at those simple swaps you can do in the bathroom to reduce your plastic waste and other single use items that might not be plastic but do have alternatives.
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