Eco facts |

Version Compare

Back to page history

Version User Scope of changes
Nov 20 2006, 10:02 AM EST (current) Saurus88 1 word deleted
Nov 20 2006, 10:00 AM EST Saurus88 1 word added, 1 word deleted

Changes

Key:  Additions   Deletions
  1. At least 40 percent of all household waste can be recycled.
  2. Paper can be made out of elephant dung.
  3. Aircrafts are responsible for 5-10 percent of global warming.
  4. Carrier bags can be used to make a rug.
  5. Didcot power station is the second bloody most polluting power station in Britian, as it uses only a third of the energy it creates, and wastes the
  6. rest.
  7. The energy saved from recycling one aluminum drink can will run your TV for 3 hours.
  8. One recycled glass bottle saves the energy needed to light a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours.
  9. If we recycle the aluminum trash that Americans throw away, we could rebuild the entire US airline fleet every three months.
  10. If you throw an aluminum can out the window, it will still litter the Earth up to 500 years later.
  11. Recycling glass lowers the melting temperature and saves 32% of the energy needed for production of new glass.
  12. When you recycle aluminum cans it uses 90-95% less energy then mining and processing bauxite ore. (where aluminum comes from)
  13. When recycling, it takes 2 plastic soft drink bottles to make enough polyester fiber for a baseball cap.
  14. 5 Recycled two-litre PET bottles can be used to make one square foot of carpet.
  15. If we recycle we can reduce the amount of waste going to landfills by 24-50%.
  16. Americans go through 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
  17. When recycling, it takes 35 - 2 litre plastic pop bottles to make 1 sleeping bag.
Thanks for the facts:
1-4 from the Aquila magazine volume XIII 1
5 from greenpeace website @ http://www.greenpeace.org/international
6-16 from http://www.replanetusa.com/ecofacts