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If just 25% of U.S. families used 10 fewer plastic
bags a month, we |
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would save over 2.5 BILLION bags a year. |
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On the average, the 140
million cars in America are estimated to
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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. |
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About 1% of U.S. landfill
space is full of disposable diapers, which
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take 500 years to
decompose. |
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Energy saved from one
recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set
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for 3 hours, and is the
equivalent to half a can of gasoline. |
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Enough glass was thrown
away in 1990 to fill the Twin Towers
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(1,350 feet high) of New
York's World Trade Center every two weeks. |
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Americans use 50 million
tons of paper annually - consuming more
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than 850 million trees. |
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The United States has 5%
of the world's population and 30% of the
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waste. |
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Turn off the water faucet
when brushing your teeth. This simple act
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can save 9 gallons of
water every time you brush. |
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Every year we make enough
plastic film to shrink-wrap Texas. |
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If every American
replaced just one light bulb or fixture with
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ENERGY STAR-qualified
one, we would save enough energy to light
more than 3 million homes for a year, we
would save more than $600 million in annual
energy costs, and we would prevent
greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions
of more than 800,000 cars. |
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