- Recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to operate a TV set
for 3 hours and is equal to a half a can of gasoline.
- For every ton of recycled paper we save 380 gallons of oil.
- 850 million trees are consumed by the 50 million tons of paper
used by Americans each year.
- Reforestation is one proven way to turn back global warming yet
30% of the 4 billion tons of carbon that accumulate in the air,
come from burning the rainforest.
- Disposable diapers take 500 years to decompose and 1%
of the U.S. landfills are filled with disposable diapers.
- 24 million tons of leaves and grass are thrown away annually.
- Leaves make up 75% of the solid waste collected in the fall.
- Attic insulation can reduce the amount of energy loss by 20%.
- Riding a bike 5 miles a week would spare the air 6.7 million
tons of carbon dioxide.
- 10,000 gallons of gasoline are burned in the U.S. every second.
References:
"Environmental (Most sad but true) Facts." Publisher’s Weekly. 2007.
http://www.bikeroute.com/EnviromentalFacts.php. (13 Nov. 2007).
“Facts and Figure’s did you know…?.” ThinkQuest.
http://www.library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm. (13 Nov. 2007).
Ketterle, Jonas. “Green schools for better education.” Stanford Daily.
2007. http://www.usgbc.org/news/usgbcinthenewsdetails.aspx?ID=2987.
(13 Nov. 2007).
Steve Fillmore, MACTC Building Maintenance Director