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The Wight Family
The Island's households produce approximately 5million bin liners of rubbish every year.

If these were stacked on top of each other they would be about 40 metres (130ft) high! - equivalent to 9 double decker buses.

If these were laid end to end they would stretch for 2,500kms or 1,554 miles - the distance between London and Athens!!!

That's just over half a tonne per household or 75 refuse sacks per year!










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What types of waste does the Wight Family produce?

Aerosols
Newspapers
Glass Bottles


Glass jars
Organic Kitchen waste


Nappies
Textiles


Crisp packets
Aluminium cans


Steel cans
Aluminium Foil


Cardboard boxes
Cereal boxes


Yoghurt pots
Margarine tubs
Fizzy drink bottles
Milk bottles