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We as a nation (Australia) consume about 6.9 billion plastic bags every year and up to 80 million of these plastic bags find their way on to our streets, parks
and into our waterways.

Unfortuantly we love the convenience of plastic bags
as they're cheap and are a handy way to transport
food and other products.

Retailers love them because they don't cost
any where near as much as paper or reusable
bags. It takes us the average Australian family
only four grocery shopping trips to accumulate
60 plastic shopping bags.

Although plastic bags make up only a small percentage
of the total litter stream, the impact of these bags is nevertheless significant. Plastic bags create visual pollution problems and can have harmful effects on aquatic and terrestrial animals, plastic bags are particularly noticeable components of the litter
stream due to their size and can take a long time
to fully break down.

Their persistence in the environment means
that they can entangle and harm marine life
and other animals. In fact, the World Wide Fund for Nature estimates that more than 100,000 whales,
seals, turtles and birds die every year as a result of plastic bags.

In every square mile of ocean it is estimated that
there are over 46,000 pieces of plastic. The plastic originates from both land and marine activities
and includes plastic bags, abandoned fishing nets,
lines and other solid waste such as polystyrene packaging material.

Of all the marine debris washed, dumped
or blown into the ocean, more than 70 per cent is plastic.