How about neither. You know how they say youth is wasted on the young? Well paper and plastic are wasted on the people. Here are some shocking facts that might make you think twice before reaching for that paper plate and plastic utensils.
2. Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. Breaking that down, that's over one million per minute. Billions of those bags end up as litter each year.
3. Recycling one ton of paper saves about seventeen trees.
4. A plastic cup can take anywhere between fifty to eighty years to decompose.
5. Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every HOUR.
6. Eighty seven percent of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs. That's about 268 MILLION people. Two hundred and sixty eight people who could go green, but might not.
Save paper. Save plastic. Save the planet. It'll thank you later :)
Sources: Newly Green, The Paper Project, Earth 911, Greenfeet
5 comments:
Hey Shannon,
Can you believe we use that much plastic, that is hard to believe? Hey I have been trying to leave comments on your other post's at your other blog you write for and they won't go through, the server gets stuck. Is anyone else having problems?
G2G...Posh
I freak out when my friends throw plastic bottles away. They see nothing wrong with it, then I roll right into my people should recycle. But a lot of people just don't get it...I mean we only have one Earth, and we can't call for a re-do.
awesome post.
Recycle, Recycle, so important for our future! I wonder if all these crazy election signs posted everyone are going to go to the dump or will they be recycled? There is a question for the new president?
L8R...Deko
My mom buys cloth shopping bags at places like Trader Joe's and Costco now; the sad thing is, she forgets them sometimes. Eep!
She's even thinking about making some to sell at a craft fair we have coming up this November.
Huh, I never thought about all those election signs, Deko!
I am with you on this. Recycle everyone and yes what will we do with all the election signs. Call you Local Officials and tell them to recycle those signs. Great Column.
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