Alexia (from the NYLC), Robert (NSW R&S Coordinator) and Billy (with Bye Bye Plastic Bags Australia) were at Sydney Sea Life Aquarium last weekend raising awareness about the devastation plastic bags are having on our marine life and collecting signatures to Ban Plastic Bags. 30% of the world’s turtles and 90% of seabird species have now ingested plastic.
Australians use around 4 billion plastic bags every year – that’s a whopping 10 million or so each day. An estimated 50 million of these end up in our waterways and ocean.
JGIA acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands and pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.