21 Facts About Recycling That Should Get You To Start Thinking About The Environment

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Re: 21 Facts About Recycling That Should Get You To Start Thinking About The Environment

Postby jeevan » Fri Nov 10, 2017 5:42 pm


15. We generate 21.5 million tons of food waste each year. If we composted that food, it would reduce the same amount of greenhouse gas as taking 2 million cars off the road.

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16. In 2010, paper recycling had increased over 89% since 1990.

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17. A glass container can go from a recycling bin to a store shelf in as few as 30 days.

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18. One drip one second from a leaky faucet wastes 540 gallons of water a year.

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19. It takes a 15-year-old tree to produce 700 grocery bags.

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20. Disposable diapers last centuries in landfills. An average baby will go through 8,000 of them!

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21. It takes between 400 and 500 years for a Styrofoam cup to decompose. It takes an orange peel six months to decompose.


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If this doesn't get you to consciously think about our environment, and start acting towards saving it, I don't know what will.






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