· 160,000 Bees have to travel 150,000 miles to make 60lbs of honey, which yields 1lb beeswax.
· In 2005 the world consumed 253 billion kg’s of plastics
· Every year as at 2008) an estimated 17.5 billion plastic bags are given away by UK supermarkets. That the equivalent of 290 per person
· There are approx 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in each sq mile of ocean
· It is estimated that each year plastic kills 1 million sea birds. 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish
· Londoners alone produce enough rubbish to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool every hour.
· If the Normans had used plastic bags at the time of the 1066 invasion we would still be digging them up today.
· The seas around Britain are the most plastic polluted of anywhere in the World
· Most of the estimated 17 billion bags given away in the UK each year are only used once and then thrown away. The environment agency estimates that if everyone in the UK stopped using plastic bags and switched to using re-useable bags, we would save enough plastic bags to tie around the earth 103 times.
· 1.2 trillion bags are used world wide every year that’s an average of 300 per person. That’s over a million bags a min.
· 3.5 million bags a year are distributed in Brighton and Hove alone.
· The world produces around 200 million tonnes of plastic a year.
· Since the 1950’s almost every piece of plastic we have ever made, used or thrown away is still here on the planet in one form or another, whether its in our homes, landfill or in the environment. It will still be here for centuries to come.
· Only 1 in every 200 bags is recycled.
· An estimated one hundred thousand tonnes of plastic bags (the same
weight as 70,000 cars) are thrown away in the UK each year.
· In 2002 the marine conservation society reported that a dead Minke whale that had washed up on the coast of Normandy was found to have 800 Kg of plastic bags and packaging (including 2 UK supermarket bags) inside its stomach.
· 2007 studies showed that excess packaging cost the average family £470 a year.
· Plastic bags start out as crude oil, just like petrol. Demand is so high that to meet it takes around £3 billion worth of oil.
· By the time the plastic bags reach the UK to be distributed they will have travelled about 8000 miles.
· In the English Channel one study found 300,000 pieces of plastic in one sq mile of sea floor.
· Up to 60% of what you put on your skin is absorbed, most of which is made of synthetic chemicals, the long term effects of which are unknown.
· Women who use make-up on a daily basis are absorbing almost 5lb of chemicals a year into their bodies, it is claimed. Some synthetic compounds involved have been linked to side effects ranging from skin irritation to premature ageing and cancer
· 22% of all insecticides and 20% of all pesticides in the world are used in the cotton growing industry. A lot of the pesticides used are organophosphate and carbonate pesticides. These were originally developed in WWII as nerve gases. It has been shown that these
remain in the cotton after they have been made into final product and can therefore be absorbed by the skin.
· 25,000 people die each year due to diseases caused by working with cotton and its chemicals.
· For every 2000 pounds of paper (1 ton) recycled, we ensure 7,000 gallons of water remain free from chemicals.
· Recycled paper requires 64% less energy than making paper from virgin
wood pulp, and can save many trees
· Every ton of paper that is recycled saves 17 trees
· Earth is 2/3 water. But all the fresh water streams only represent one hundredth of one percent.
· 14 billion tons of rubbish is dumped into the ocean every year
· It takes 90% less energy to recycle aluminium cans than to make new ones 5 billion aluminium cans are used each year
· Every year the average person throws away seven times their own bodyweight in rubbish
· A recycled glass bottle would save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes. Glass will never decompose. Glass made 3000 years ago is still being unearthed.
· 8 million nappies are thrown away every day in the UK
· Every household in the UK creates around six tonnes of carbon dioxide every year – enough to fill six hot air balloons 10 metres in diameter. In fact, the average home emits more harmful carbon dioxide gas than the average car every year
· The average household could save around £200 a year by taking energy efficiency measures. This is equivalent to a saving of around 2 tonnes of CO2.
· If everyone in the UK with gas central heating installed a condensing boiler, we would cut CO2 emissions by 17.5 million tonnes, saving £1.3billion on our energy bills every year. This is enough energy to meet the needs of over 4 million homes for a year
· CO2 emissions would be cut by 2 million tonnes if everyone in the UK put a jacket on their hot water tank
· In most homes, lighting accounts for 10 – 15% of the electricity bill
· UK households use £1.2 billion worth of electricity every year on Lighting
· Electricity consumption by domestic lights and appliances has nearly doubled since 1970 and it is set to increase by 12% to 2010
.
· By buying an energy efficient light bulb rather than the other alternatives, you can cut energy wastage by over three quarters. That’s around £7 a year on your energy bill, or £65 over the bulb’s lifetime
· Energy efficient bulbs last up to 12 times longer than their inefficient counterparts.
· If every UK household installed 3 Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs enough energy would be saved in a year to supply all street lighting in the UK.
· If everyone installed one energy saving light bulb the carbon dioxide emissions saved would fill the Royal Albert Hall nearly 3000 times
· An area three times the size of the Isle of Wight would need to be planted with spruce to absorb the carbon resulting from the annual UK use of domestic electric lights and appliances.
· We each use about 12,000 gallons of water every year.
· 1/3 of all water is used to flush the toilet.
· Approximately 5 million tons of oil produced in the world each ear ends up in the ocean.
· In 2005 the world consumed 253 billion kg’s of plastics
· Every year as at 2008) an estimated 17.5 billion plastic bags are given away by UK supermarkets. That the equivalent of 290 per person
· There are approx 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in each sq mile of ocean
· It is estimated that each year plastic kills 1 million sea birds. 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish
· Londoners alone produce enough rubbish to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool every hour.
· If the Normans had used plastic bags at the time of the 1066 invasion we would still be digging them up today.
· The seas around Britain are the most plastic polluted of anywhere in the World
· Most of the estimated 17 billion bags given away in the UK each year are only used once and then thrown away. The environment agency estimates that if everyone in the UK stopped using plastic bags and switched to using re-useable bags, we would save enough plastic bags to tie around the earth 103 times.
· 1.2 trillion bags are used world wide every year that’s an average of 300 per person. That’s over a million bags a min.
· 3.5 million bags a year are distributed in Brighton and Hove alone.
· The world produces around 200 million tonnes of plastic a year.
· Since the 1950’s almost every piece of plastic we have ever made, used or thrown away is still here on the planet in one form or another, whether its in our homes, landfill or in the environment. It will still be here for centuries to come.
· Only 1 in every 200 bags is recycled.
· An estimated one hundred thousand tonnes of plastic bags (the same
weight as 70,000 cars) are thrown away in the UK each year.
· In 2002 the marine conservation society reported that a dead Minke whale that had washed up on the coast of Normandy was found to have 800 Kg of plastic bags and packaging (including 2 UK supermarket bags) inside its stomach.
· 2007 studies showed that excess packaging cost the average family £470 a year.
· Plastic bags start out as crude oil, just like petrol. Demand is so high that to meet it takes around £3 billion worth of oil.
· By the time the plastic bags reach the UK to be distributed they will have travelled about 8000 miles.
· In the English Channel one study found 300,000 pieces of plastic in one sq mile of sea floor.
· Up to 60% of what you put on your skin is absorbed, most of which is made of synthetic chemicals, the long term effects of which are unknown.
· Women who use make-up on a daily basis are absorbing almost 5lb of chemicals a year into their bodies, it is claimed. Some synthetic compounds involved have been linked to side effects ranging from skin irritation to premature ageing and cancer
· 22% of all insecticides and 20% of all pesticides in the world are used in the cotton growing industry. A lot of the pesticides used are organophosphate and carbonate pesticides. These were originally developed in WWII as nerve gases. It has been shown that these
remain in the cotton after they have been made into final product and can therefore be absorbed by the skin.
· 25,000 people die each year due to diseases caused by working with cotton and its chemicals.
· For every 2000 pounds of paper (1 ton) recycled, we ensure 7,000 gallons of water remain free from chemicals.
· Recycled paper requires 64% less energy than making paper from virgin
wood pulp, and can save many trees
· Every ton of paper that is recycled saves 17 trees
· Earth is 2/3 water. But all the fresh water streams only represent one hundredth of one percent.
· 14 billion tons of rubbish is dumped into the ocean every year
· It takes 90% less energy to recycle aluminium cans than to make new ones 5 billion aluminium cans are used each year
· Every year the average person throws away seven times their own bodyweight in rubbish
· A recycled glass bottle would save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes. Glass will never decompose. Glass made 3000 years ago is still being unearthed.
· 8 million nappies are thrown away every day in the UK
· Every household in the UK creates around six tonnes of carbon dioxide every year – enough to fill six hot air balloons 10 metres in diameter. In fact, the average home emits more harmful carbon dioxide gas than the average car every year
· The average household could save around £200 a year by taking energy efficiency measures. This is equivalent to a saving of around 2 tonnes of CO2.
· If everyone in the UK with gas central heating installed a condensing boiler, we would cut CO2 emissions by 17.5 million tonnes, saving £1.3billion on our energy bills every year. This is enough energy to meet the needs of over 4 million homes for a year
· CO2 emissions would be cut by 2 million tonnes if everyone in the UK put a jacket on their hot water tank
· In most homes, lighting accounts for 10 – 15% of the electricity bill
· UK households use £1.2 billion worth of electricity every year on Lighting
· Electricity consumption by domestic lights and appliances has nearly doubled since 1970 and it is set to increase by 12% to 2010
.
· By buying an energy efficient light bulb rather than the other alternatives, you can cut energy wastage by over three quarters. That’s around £7 a year on your energy bill, or £65 over the bulb’s lifetime
· Energy efficient bulbs last up to 12 times longer than their inefficient counterparts.
· If every UK household installed 3 Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs enough energy would be saved in a year to supply all street lighting in the UK.
· If everyone installed one energy saving light bulb the carbon dioxide emissions saved would fill the Royal Albert Hall nearly 3000 times
· An area three times the size of the Isle of Wight would need to be planted with spruce to absorb the carbon resulting from the annual UK use of domestic electric lights and appliances.
· We each use about 12,000 gallons of water every year.
· 1/3 of all water is used to flush the toilet.
· Approximately 5 million tons of oil produced in the world each ear ends up in the ocean.
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