1. Creating a new aluminum can from scratch takes 95% more energy than making a can from recycled aluminum.
2. Paper or plastic? Neither! Take a cloth bag with you to the grocery store.
3. Trees help reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide.
4. Americans buy 28 billion single-serving plastic water bottles every year, and 80% of those end up in landfills.
5. You can offset the carbon footprint of your old car, home and air travel by funding renewable energy projects.
6. Every gallon of gas burned emits 20 pounts of carbon dioxide.
7. For every 38,000 bills paid online, 5,058 pounds of greenhouse gases are avoided and two tons of trees are preserved.
8. In 2001 the Green facts foundation, an international non-profit organization was founded in Brussels, Belgium.
9. We throw away enough paper each year to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.
10. Over 80% of a households annual waste can be recycled.