I feel I’ve gone mad — one woman’s record of life for a week on Planet Plastic

ON a brief touring holiday in Galway recently — just me and the dog — I was amazed at the amount of rubbish I accumulated. I was particularly alarmed at the volume of plastic waste I had gathered. This prompted me to keep a ‘plastic diary’ for a week.

I wanted to gauge the amount a single woman could accumulate in that period and thus get a vague idea of the amount in Ireland if every adult collected some of what I did.

Tuesday, August 26