Plastic Footprint Calculator

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Single-use PET bottles (500 ml / 16 oz). Each weighs about 38 g of plastic.
per week
HDPE bags from supermarkets or convenience stores. About 6 g each.
per week
Crisp packets, chocolate wrappers, bread bags, etc. About 5 g each.
per week
Single-serve plastic pots with lids. About 12 g each.
per week
Only counts plastic-stemmed swabs. Paper-stemmed swabs have near-zero plastic.
per week
Standard 250-300 ml bottles. About 50 g of plastic per bottle.
per month
1-litre household cleaning or laundry bottles. About 85 g of plastic each.
per month
Laundry, cleaning, or personal-care refill pouches. About 15 g each.
per month
Standard plastic toothbrush. About 20 g each. Dentists recommend replacing every 3 months.
per year
Standard plastic laminate toothpaste tube. About 12 g each.
per year
Plastic clamshell boxes or trays from restaurants or delivery. About 22 g each.
per week
Coffee cups or cold-drink cups with a plastic lid. About 11 g of plastic per set.
per week
Single-use plastic drinking straws. About 1.5 g each.
per week
A fork-knife-spoon set of disposable plastic cutlery. About 4 g per set.
per week
Single-use plastic plates. About 14 g each.
per week
Annual plastic footprintAround world average
30.7

Your estimated total plastic waste per year

Daily plastic use84g/day
Food & kitchen20.5
Bathroom & laundry2.5
Disposable packaging7.7
vs. US average0%
vs. EU average1%
Food & kitchen20.5
Bathroom & laundry2.5
Disposable packaging7.7

Your plastic footprint is about 30.7 kg per year.

  • Your biggest source of plastic waste is food and kitchen items (20.5 kg/year), so that is the most effective place to start cutting.
  • The US average is about 84 kg/year; the EU average is 31 kg/year; the global average is roughly 22 kg/year.
  • Your footprint is at or below the EU average. Continuing to use reusables and buying in bulk keeps it low.
  • These figures cover only the plastic you directly discard. Production and shipping of goods also generate upstream plastic waste that is not counted here.

Next stepThe single highest-impact swap most people can make is to carry a reusable water bottle: replacing one store-bought bottle per day saves about 14 kg of plastic annually.

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