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For this story, we had a family of five hold on to every piece of plastic they touched for one week to get a sense of just how much plastic we use. Here's what they found.

For this story, we had a family of five hold on to every piece of plastic they touched for one week to get a sense of just how much plastic we use. Here's what they found.

Have you ever wondered just how much plastic you encounter in your daily life? 

In Australia, 3.5 million tonnes of plastics are used every year of which 84% is sent to landfill. Addressing the plastic problem will require multiple interventions across every industry, but the specification of complete water filtration systems can help address one of the major sources of plastic waste – single-use plastic bottled water.

An alternative to plastic. and i got more and more aware of the toxicity of some - of the materials that we take l for granted and the traditions poisoning the planet _ and being really unsustainable. and we need to bring thisl to immediate attention of, you know, to everybody, to kids in play parks, - to adults who go shopping. you know, this has to be a kind of number one for everybody. at the moment. the horror of beaches covered in plastic waste has caught the public�*s attention. but ther...

For granted and the traditions poisoning the planet _ and being really unsustainable. and we need to bring thisl to immediate attention of, you know, to everybody, to kids in play parks, - to adults who go shopping. you know, this has to be a kind of number one for everybody. at the moment. the horror of beaches covered in plastic waste has caught the public�*s attention. but theres another hidden plastic problem. plastics are almost all made from heavily polluting oil and gas. drilling create...

Of the toxicity of some - of the materials that we take l for granted and the traditions poisoning the planet _ and being really unsustainable. and we need to bring thisl to immediate attention of, you know, to everybody, to kids in play parks, - to adults who go shopping. you know, this has to be a kind of number one - for everybody at the moment. the horror of beaches covered in plastic waste has caught the public�*s attention. but theres another hidden plastic problem. plastics are almost a...

And being really unsustainable. and we need to bring thisl to immediate attention of, you know, to everybody, to kids in play parks, - to adults who go shopping. you know, this has to be a kind of number one for everybody. at the moment. the horror of beaches covered in plastic waste has caught the public�*s attention. but theres another hidden plastic problem. plastics are almost all made from heavily polluting oil and gas. drilling creates lots of carbon dioxide emissions, and the plastic in...

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