Hey it’s nice to see some environmentally aware people on my friends list. I am by no means perfect or totally “green”. In fact, I am just fully learning about it myself. It’s baby steps – it’s the little things that add up to so much more. I recently compiled these factoids, which really put things in perspective, especially in regards to our collective impact on the environment, and the simple preventative measures we can take every day.
Recycle, Reduce, Reuse -- why you ask?, because . . . .
· Each American throws away an average of 100 polystyrene cups each year, and the expected lifetime of each cup is over 500 years
· 40 billion plastic utensils are discarded each year
· Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
· Plastic water bottles will take 1000 years to biodegrade in a landfill.
The good news
· 60% of the world's lead supply comes from recycled batteries
· 1,500 aluminum cans are recycled every second in the U.S.
· It takes 90% less energy to recycle an aluminum can than to make a new one
· Recycling an aluminum soda can saves 96% of the energy used to make a can from ore, and produces 95% less air pollution and 97% less water pollution
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