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recycling plastic glass and paper can also reduce carbon footprint drastically​

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Since BBCs Blue Planet 2 highlighted the devastation that our plastic pollution can have, many people are asking what they can do to reduce their plastic waste. Plastic has become an integrated part of our lives, so much so that most are unaware of how much we use and what we can do to reduce our plastic waste.

Virtually all of the plastic that has ever been made still exists today as it stays in the environment for up to 1,000 years, and we produce around 335 million tonnes of plastic each year - that is roughly the same weight as all of humanity combined! Our reliance on plastic is devastating to the environment with 13 million tonnes of plastic entering the ocean each year meaning that there will be more plastic than fish by 2050! A massive 50% of the plastic we use is single use so making simple changes could drastically reduce the amount of plastic pollution we produce.