Some facts on waste in Ireland ….
- In one day we throw away one million nappies
- In one day we throw away 500,000 disposable coffee cups
- In one day we throw away food waste to the value of over €3 million
- In one day we use over 1.5 million aluminium cans
- In one day 220,000 plastic bottles of water are consumed
- In one day we wash 700,000 machine loads of clothes
- In one day we spend €360,000 on house-hold cleaning products
- In one day we use 519, 000 toilet rolls
Source: How Ireland Cleans Up, Monday 14th January 2019, on RTÉ One