Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean
About 65% of household trash
Recycling one aluminum can
One quart (> one liter) of motor oil that is not disposed of correctly
The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year
Out of every $10 we spend buying things,
is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years.
saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.
kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year !
is made up of packaging.
$1 (10%) goes for packaging that we then throw away.
can pollute up to 2,000,000 gallons (7.6 million) of fresh water.