Eco Facts & Figures

Paper

• Recycled paper saves 60 percent energy versus virgin paper.
• Recycled paper generates 95 percent less air pollution: each ton saves 60 pounds of air pollution.
• Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water.
• Every year, enough paper is thrown away to make a 12-foot wall from New York to California.
• Production of recycled paper uses 80 percent less water, 65 percent less energy and produces 95 percent less air pollution than virgin paper production.
• If offices throughout the country increased the rate of two-sided photocopying from the 1991 figure of 20 percent to 60 percent, they could save the equivalent of about 15 million trees

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I have looked into 0 carbon emission housing, and it still seems to be in the early stages and there is no way people can really change their lives to help the world without buying a specially designed 0 emission house. I also looked into low impact transport, and use of public transport/ walking rather than driving, but public transport is generally a bad service and expensive, so that'll have to change before people use that instead of driving.
The best way to help make a greener earth is to do little things like change lightbulb to energy saving, turn off switches, all things that are ridiculously easy but not a lot of people do them.