International Plastic Bag Free Day

What could be more lovely than a late afternoon visit to Kinderdijk?

The crowds had gone home, just random geese to accompany us. Such a picturesque place to visit - every two steps offers another Dutch landscape photo opportunity.

19 mills operate on this World Heritage Listed Site. Some parts of the site date back to the 1300s, and continue to operate today, keeping this Low Country flood-free.

5 Facts About Plastic Bags

- It takes between 100 and 500 years for plastic bags to disintegrate.

- We make 5 trillion plastic bags each year.

- The average person uses a plastic bag for 25 minutes.

- Every minute around the world, we use 1 million plastic bags.

- Plastic bags kill around 100,000 marine animals each year.

Learn More at Zero Waste Europe

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