HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WASTE?
DID YOU KNOW...?
- Australia is the second highest producer of waste per person in the world at approximately 650 kilograms per person.This is second only to the United States America, which produces approximately 715 kilograms per person.
- The average Australian family of four people makes enough rubbish in one year to completely fill a three-bedroom house from floor to ceiling.
- Australians produce over 18 million tonnes of waste every year. That is the equivalent of three million Transpacific Cleanaway trucks full of compacted rubbish
- On average, every year each Australia throws out: 330 kilograms paper, 552 aluminium cans, 118 kilograms plastic, 74 kilograms metals, 414 kilograms food, 206 glass bottles/jars
Facts found at : http://www.transpacific.com.au/asset/cms/Documents/Australian%20Waste%20-%20The%20Facts.pdf