Earth Day facts

Here are a few Earth Day facts that I thought I would share and I hope you find interesting. Happy Earth Day!

• The garbage in a landfill stays for about thirty years
• In 1995 about 200 of the world's landfills were full
• Each person throws away approximately four pounds of garbage a day
• Most families throw away about 88 pounds of plastic every year
• We each use about 12,000 gallons of water every year
• 1/3 of all water is used to flush the toilet
• The 500 million cars on the planet burn an average of 2 gallons of fuel a day
• Each gallon of fuel release 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air
• Approximately 5 million tons of oil produced in the world ends up in the ocean
• Every ton of paper recycled saves 17 trees
• The amount of wood and paper we throw away is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years
• Earth is 2/3 water but all the fresh water streams only represent on hundredth of one percent
• 14 billion pounds of trash are dumped into the ocean every year
• 84% of all household waste can be recycled
• One gallon of motor oil can contaminate up to 2 million gallons of water