24-11-2010, 09:59 AM
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A few interesting Facts
o If just 25% of U.S. families used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we would save over 2.5 BILLION bags a year.o On the average, the 140 million cars in America are estimated to travel almost 4 billion miles in a day, and according to the Department of Transportation, they use over 200 million gallons of gasoline doing it.
o Every year we throw away 24 million tons of leaves and grass. Leaves alone account for 75% of our solid waste in the fall.
o Over 100 pesticide ingredients are suspected to cause birth defects, cancer, and gene mutations.
o Every ton of recycled office paper saves 380 gallons of oil.
o About 1% of U.S. landfill space is full of disposable diapers, which take 500 years to decompose.
o Energy saved from one recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set for 3 hours, and is the equivalent to half a can of gasoline.
o Glass produced from recycled glass instead of raw materials reduces related air pollution by 20%, and water pollution by 50%.
24-11-2010, 04:21 PM
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Re: A few interesting Facts
Plastic bags were banned here some years back, if you want a plastic bag in the supermarket now you pay 20c for it.You would think they could make use of all those dead leaves, fertiliser, solid fuel blocks or something.
Delighted to hear about the oil savings on recycled paper and I am amazed about the aluminum can. Thanks AB.
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