Every two weeks, Americans wear out nearly 50 million pounds of rubber on their tires. This is enough rubber to manufacture 3.25 million new tires. To lessen this, inflate your tires to the correct pressure. This preserves the life of the tires and saves gas, which ultimately saves money.
Newspaper recycling info:
Typically, newspaper can be recycled five to seven times.
If all newspapers were recycled, we could save about 250 million trees each year.
Recycle this magazine when you are done.
We use more than 80 billion Aluminum soda cans every year.
About 1 percent of U.S. landfill space is taken up by disposable diapers, which require 500 years to decompose.
How long it takes to break down
… plastics: 500 years
… aluminum cans: 500 years … organic materials: 6 months
… cotton, rags, paper: 6 months
For more tips on how you can MAKE your house green, visit:
itseasybeinggreen.com • greenguide.com • treehugger.com
In a 2009 survey,the city of Los Angeles had the highestrecycling rate among the 10 largestU.S. cities.
Bring a cloth bag when you shop
Plastic bags are not biodegradable BECAUSE They do not decompose fully.
Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to POWER a television for three hours.
Stop Junk Mail
The junk mail Americans receive in just one day is not only a nuisance but could produce enough energy to heat a quarter of a million homes! If each person saved up unwanted junk mail for one year, it would be the
equivalent of 1.5 trees, which would add up to 100 million trees every year in just the United States. To help stop junk mail, write to: Mail Preference Service, Direct Marketing Association, 11 W. 42nd St., PO Box 3861, New York, NY 10163-3861.
By writing to this organization, you can reduce junk mail by up to 75 percent. You can recycle the rest of the junk mail you receive.
Question: How much carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere each day?
Answer: 70 million tons
