• 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.
  

“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