Facts

Some Ecological facts that might scare you
1.Every week 20 species of animal and plants become extinct.
2.Global warming is killing the penguins since waters are becoming to hot for them.
3.Recycling one glasses bottle will save enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
4.A laptop is more energy friendly; it consumes five times less energy.
5.Rainforest are being cut down in a rate of 100 acres per minute.
6.One third of the water in homes is being flush down the toilet.
7.Plastic bags that are thrown to the sea are killing 1,000,000 sea creatures every week.
8. One single tree will absorb one ton of carbon during its lifetime.
9.A dripping tap can waste over 20,000 liters of water every year.
10.Each person throws away approximately four pounds of garbage every day.
11.More than 1/3 of all energy is used by people at home.
12.Most families throw away about 88 pounds of plastic every year.
13.5 billion aluminum cans are used each year.
14.84 percent of all household waste can be recycled.
15.Ivory comes from dead elephants, its best not to buy it.
16.14 billion pounds of trash is dumped into the ocean every year.
17.The amount of wood and paper we throw away is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.
18.It takes 90% less energy to recycle aluminum cans than to make new ones.
19.Money that Americans spent on cosmetics could feed children all over the world. Scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Be conscious!!! Know that your life style affects everything and everybody around. Stop wasting, start thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sources: nowpublic.com, planetpals.com