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According to Clean Up Australia, a plastic water bottle can take up to 1000 years to break down. The 2019 Rubbish Report, which collates information about litter collected on Clean Up Australia Day, plastics were the most common item found nationally. "We know that most consumers want to see more recycling and they want to see less plastic when it comes to their packaging.""There is a great desire to do the right thing," says Kiernan. "It's just [a matter of] enabling that."

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