How big is the problem of sustainable packaging?

Statistics are collections of numbers on a particular subject or topic and are typically presented as tables, graphs or charts.

Statistics are collected by both official and private organisations on a wide variety of subjects.

There is no guarantee that statistics have been collected, and are available, for the topic you want, e.g. the number of matches used in New Zealand each year

They may be publically available, or access may be restricted to members of the group collecting them.

The individual statistical result you want may be available on the web, in databases of statistics, in hardcopy compilations of statistics, or given as part of an article, paper or report

Could there be a bias?

Is the date range etc what I want?

Was the sample large enough?

Who collected the information?