So, I recently discovered that my organizer is filled with environmental facts for every week. I figured I would share them.
Plastics take 100-400 years to decompose in a landfill. (Why you should #refusethestraw)
Apparently, every year the US produces enough plastic to shrink-wrap all of Texas.
Glass never wears out so it can be recycled forever. Fun fact from Farrah: glass is a liquid that moves really slowly.
You can reduce carbon emissions by 850 lbs a year by recycling all waste newsprint, cardboard, glass and metal from your home.
The US produces 21.5 million tons of food waste. If we composted all of this food, it reduces emissions at a rate equivalent to taking 2 million cars off of the road.
We could heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years with the amount of wood and paper thrown away.
In 2004, 55 billion aluminum cans were wasted! It only takes 46 billion to fill the Empire State Building 20 times!
On average, a person throws out 4lbs of garbage a day.
These facts really put our waste into perspective. We live in a throw away society. If everyone made an effort just to be a little more conscience about waste, it could make huge impact.
These fun facts have been provided by my House of Doolittle Recycled Planner.