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According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 80 million pounds of chemical pesticides and 70 million tons of fertilizers are used on residential lawns annually.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there are 140 million cars in America, traveling almost 4 billion miles, using over 200 million gallons of gasoline each day.
Every year in the U.S. we pave approximately 1.3 million acres of formerly unpaved land, according to the Carrying Capacity Network conference.
Glass produced from recycled glass rather than raw material reduces air pollution by 20%, and water pollution by 50%.
If 25% of families in the United States used 10 fewer plastic bags each month, we would save over 2.5 billion bags annually.
Every ton of recycled office paper saves 380 gallons of oil.
Each year 50 million tons of paper are used in the U.S. -- consuming more than 850 million trees.
Energy saved from one recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set for 3 hours.
Insulating an attic can reduce energy loss by up to 20%.
According to Children in Nature, "children can identify up to 1,000 corporate logos, but fewer than 10 plants."
Every day 50 to 100 species of plants and animals become extinct.
Studies show there may be up to 30 million species of insects dwelling in the canopies of tropical forests. 63,000 square miles of those rainforests are destroyed each year.
About one third of the world population suffers from a scarcity of fresh water.
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