Surprising Facts

These facts are from my biology professor.

20% of the worlds people who live in highest income countries consume 86% of worlds resources.

Four quarts of oil can cause an eight-acre oil slick.


And these are the most surprising ones:

If everyone in the US recycled just 1/10 of their newsprint, we would save the estimated equivalent of 25 million trees a year.

Americans throw away 25 MILLION plastic beverage bottles EVERY HOUR, even though recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.

Americans throw out enough paper each year to build a 12-foot high wall from New York City to L.A.