- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours
- Enough aluminum is thrown away to rebuild our commercial air fleet four times every year.
- Recycling one glass container saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours
- Glass can be reused an infinite number of times; over 41 billion glass containers are made each year
- Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water
- Every year, enough paper is thrown away to make a 12 foot wall from New York to California
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- If you throw away 2 aluminum cans, you waste more energy than 1,000,000,0000 (one billion) of the world's poorest people use a day.
- Making a new can from scratch uses the energy equal to half a can of gasoline
- About one third of what an average American throws out is packaging
- About 90% of the energy used in lighting a standard (incandescent) light bulb is lost as heat
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- Less than 1% of the earth's water supply can be used for drinking
- A small drip from a tap can waste as much as four litres of water a day.
- Two thirds of the water used in a home is used in the bathroom
- Most of the world's people must walk at least three hours to fetch water.
- Leaving the tap running while you clean your teeth can waste nine litres of water
- Waiting until you have full load for your washing machine can save up to 70 litres.
- Waiting until you have a full load for your dishwasher can save up to 30 litres.
- A five minute shower uses about a third of the water of a bath, saving up to 400 litres per week.
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- The garbage in a landfill stays for about 30 years.
- 84% of all household waste can be recycled
- Computers pose an environmental threat because much of the material that makes them up is hazardous. A typical monitor contains 4-5 pounds of lead.
- Each year billions of used batteries are thrown away in the United States. This constitutes 88% of the mercury and 54% of the cadmium deposited into our landfills
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