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Key facts

Food Waste

•  In Wales we throw away 330,000 tonnes of food each year.

Plastic bags

• Every plastic bag buried in landfill takes around 500 years to decay. We use 500 million of these each week - think twice next time you accept a free carrier at the supermarket;
• A staggering 10 billion carrier bags are produced each year;
• If we laid them, end-to-end, they would stretch to the moon and back five times;
• 80% of UK shoppers put everything into free carrier bags at the supermarket;
• In the UK each year 100,000 tonnes of plastic bags are thrown away – that’s the same weight as 70,000 cars. (Source: Recycle now)
• Every year, an estimated 17½ billion plastic bags are given away by supermarkets. This is equivalent to over 290 bags for every person in the UK. (Source: Waste Online)

Junk mail facts

• Did you know that 43,173 households in Wales registered to reduce junk mail in 2006? That's an increase of 15,741 households compared to 2005 figures.
• For each tonne of junk mail produced 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water and 390 gallons of oil are used
• By acting now and removing yourself from a database you can help reduce the amount of unwanted junk mail delivered through your door.

Real nappy facts

• Your baby will have approximately 2,000 nappy changes a year…
• Just think – your baby will use about 5,000 disposable nappies until potty trained!
• You could save £500 by using reusable nappies on your baby.

Home composting facts

• Over 30% of your waste is made up of kitchen waste and paper/card that is ‘biodegradable’ – so it could be composted.

Eco-Schools

• There are over 1500 registered Eco-Schools in Wales