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Bags, Bottles and Bulbs Saved
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- Over 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps are used in the U.S. each year, and 1 trillion worldwide - over one million per minute! Billions of plastic bags end up as litter each year. What can we do? Practice BYOB – bring your own bag to the store.
- That equates to 1267 plastic bags per person living in the US per year.
- Plastic does not biodegrade; rather, it breaks down into smaller and smaller toxic bits that contaminate our soil and waterways.
- Along with plastic bags, plastic bottles are one of the most prevalent sources of pollution found on our beaches.
- Americans will buy an estimated 25 billion single-serving, plastic water bottles this year. Eight out of 10 (22 billion) will end up in a landfill.
- 2.7 million tons of plastic are used worldwide to bottle water each year.
- 1.5 million barrels of oil is used annually to produce plastic water bottles for America alone - enough to fuel some 100,000 U.S. cars for a year.
- Plastic bottled water often contains polyethylene terephthalate, which may leach DEHA, a known carcinogen, if used more than once.
- Standard incandescent light bulbs use 75% more energy than compact fluorescent light bulbs (CLFs).
For more info, go to:
http://www.yourguidetogreen.com/learn/articles/index.php?article=Smart-Spaces-Turns-a-New-Shade-of-Green
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| The Urban Farm Team | 21 | 9973 |
| Simply Green | 11 | 1000 |
| Super Green | 10 | 2530 |
| Google Phoenix | 7 | 113 |
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| Green Goddesses | 4 | 76 |
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| The A Team | 2 | 838 |
| The Green Bean | 2 | 210 |
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