Fun Earth Day Facts:
• A running faucet wastes 2.5 gallons of water each minute.
• The process of recycling paper instead of making it from new materials generates 74 percent less air pollution and uses 50 percent less water.
• A little more than 48 percent of all office paper is recycled. This is used to make writing papers, paperboard, tissue, and insulation.
• Americans throw out enough iron and steel to continuously supply all the auto makers in the entire nation.
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a 100 watt light bulb for 20 hours, a computer for 3 hours, and a TV for 2 hours.
• Enough plastic is produced in the United States each year to shrink wrap Texas.
• Enough plastic bottles are thrown away in the United States each year to circle the Earth four times.
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to listen to a full album on your iPod. Recycling 100 cans could light your bedroom for two whole weeks.
• If every American recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, we could save about 25 million trees each year.
