Environment: Think Globally, Act Locally

Environmental Facts

• If just 25% of American homes used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we'd save over 2.5 BILLION bags a year.
  
  
• Water heaters account for about 20% of all the energy we use in our homes. You could take a shower every day with the water you might waste by letting the tap run while you shave and brush your teeth.
  
  
• According to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, one gallon of gasoline can contaminate 750,000 gallons of drinking water.
  
  
• Los Angeles residents drive 142 million miles – the distance from Earth to Mars – every single day.
  
  
• According to Save a Tree, it takes one 15- to 20-year old tree to make enough paper for only 700 grocery bags.
  
  
• Americans produce enough "Styrofoam" cups every year to circle the earth 436 times.
  
  
• A U.S. Fish and Wildlife survey of albatross babies found 90% with plastic in their digestive systems.
  
  
• Every three months the U.S. throws away enough aluminum to rebuild our commercial airfleet.