Monday, February 23, 2009

Green facts

Did you know?
Over 14 million metric tons of Styrofoam is produced annually, most of which ends up in landfills due to the lack of an efficient system for recycling it.

254 million tons: The amount of municipal solid waste Americans generated in 2007. Containers and packaging made up —30.9 percent, or 78.4 million tons.

20 Million: The amount of trees consumed each year for books, 4 million of those for textbooks.

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