Eye-Opening Recycling Facts
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Furniture: of 10million pieces thrown away each year, 3million could easily be re-used;more could be repaired. |
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550,000+ tonnes of paper produces 17,500,000,000 items of junk mail a year in the UK. Only13% recycled |
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Each of us throws away about 120kg of food a year. |
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A loaf of bread takes a whopping 1,200 litres of water to be produced. |
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On average the amount of water needed to produce food is about 1000 times the weight of the food itself! |
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Everyone in UK recycling 1 extra plastic bottle a week would power over 71,000 plasma screen TVs for a year! |
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Discarded phone chargers account for 51,000 tonnes of e-waste a year across the EU! |
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An estimated 4.3 trillion cigarette butts that are discarded (thoughtlessly) around the globe. |
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Even a very tiny amount of nitrogen waste can stop corals from growing. |
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In America chewing gum left on the streets is equivalent to 6.4 billion plastic bags! Nearly as bad here?? |
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