New Zealand / Auckland Waste!!

New Zealand Waste:

By Bre and Rose

• New Zealanders use over 1.6 billion plastic bags in their homes every year.

• In 2011, 2.461 million tonnes of solid waste was disposed of to municipal landfills in New Zealand.

• 252,000 tonnes of plastic waste is disposed of to NZ landfills each year.

• Approximately 500 billion litres of sewage that flow into our 258 public wastewater treatment plants each year.

• New Zealand in 2006 made 8.7 million tonnes of rubbish

Auckland Waste:

• Aucklanders send 144kg of household rubbish each to landfill that's 200,000 tonnes of rubbish collected across the whole city, every year.

• Over Christmas and New Year the amount we chuck away increases by 10 per cent and the number of items we send for recycling increases by 20 per cent

• Last year Kiwis dropped off over 100 tonnes of soft plastic bags for recycling at participating stores – some 25 milli