Recycling 20 tonnes of plastic saves enough electricity to power 54 houses for a year.
Yearly, it's reported that the world creates 460 million tonnes of plastic.
Let that sink in.
Luckily the world has smart entrepreneurs like Jess Hodge, from Resourceful Living, who are battling to solve the problem and create useful everyday solutions to reuse it.
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