100 million plastic bags discarded into Jordan’s environment every year — Environment Ministry

100 million plastic bags discarded into Jordan’s environment every year — Environment Ministry

 

AMMAN ­— Each Jordanian citizen on average consumes around 500 plastic bags per year, with approximately 100 million plastic bags discarded into the Jordanian environment yearly.

This increases the total annual plastic waste volume by 17 per cent, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Environment Mohammad Khashashneh said in recent press remarks.