GREEN MEANS MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE.
Perhaps it is winning the lottery, perhaps it has to do with wearing your Heritage on March 17th, or a hole in one, but Al Gore has made it more apparent than ever that it is "An Inconvenient Truth". If we do not have green in our future we do not have a future to leave to our children, grandchildren, our great grandchildren and mankind. With this in mind I would like to share with you a few interesting facts that might move you closer to the green.
- Paper products account for approximately 40 percent of all municipal solid waste generated in the United State. One ton on recycled paper saves the equivalent of 17 trees, 4100kwh of energy, 7,000 gallons of water, 60 lbs of air emissions and three cubic yards of landfill space. (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Every year enough paper is thrown away to make a 12' wall from New York to California
- Am
ericans throw away 14 billion plastic bags annually. It takes 12 billion barrels of oil to make 14 billion bags. That's enough oil to drive a car to the moon and back more than 2 million times! One billion paper shopping bags were used in 1999. It takes 14 million trees to make those paper bags. (Maryland Energy Administration)
- If we recycled every plastic bottle we used we would keep 2 billions tons of plastic out of landfills. (Penn State)
- Glass can be reused an infinite number of times; over 41 billion glass containers are made each year (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Recycled aluminum reduces pollution by 95%. Enough aluminum is thrown away to rebuild our commercial aire fleet 4 times every year. (Reynolds Metal Company)
These are just a few of the eye opening facts I have found.
This is our future and it is up to each individual to do his part. In continuing blogs I shall address ways we can help,as indivduals and as companies, how to recycle things you never knew were recyclable, green construction and more amazing facts.
Dottie
Comments(5)