Over 25,000,000 kg of plastic wipes are used in Australia each year (that’s more than 31 times the weight of plastic straws). Adding to this statistic, more than 96% of wet wipes in Australia are imported and based on the fact wet wipes consist of 80% water, we’re shipping tonnes and tonnes of water into Australia each year! The greenhouse carbon emissions created each year by shipping water in wet wipes to Australia are greater than 9,000,000 kg. That is a SHIP LOAD of plastic waste and carbon from imported wet wipes!
Something had to change – with more than 20 million individual wet wipes used each day in Australia adding to plastic landfills and microplastic toxins, we realised now is the time…the time for a locally made plastic free product that won’t impact the environment.