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Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
Tom Verrigni
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Water Usage It takes 17 million barrels of oil to
produce all the plastic needed for bottled water.
Bottled Water also produces 1.5 million tons of plastic waste a year.
You can help reduce this by buying reusable water bottles and by installing filters for your tap water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyZbw8waVwk
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Replace Your Light bulbs
By replacing traditional light bulbs with a fluorescent bulb will save up to 150 pounds of carbon dioxide per year.
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Drive Less By car pooling, walking or riding a bike
places, you can save up to 1 pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don’t drive.
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Avoid excessive packaging By cutting down your garbage by 10%
you can save up to 1200 pounds of carbon per year
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Plant a Tree A tree can absorb over 1 ton of carbon
dioxide over its lifetime. Shade that is provided by trees can also
reduce your air conditioning bill by 10-15%
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Works Cited Baskind, Chris. "5 reasons not to drink bottled water |
MNN - Mother Nature Network." Environmental News and Information | MNN - Mother Nature Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2011. <http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/5-reasons-not-to-drink-bottled-water>.
Jefferson, Millie, producer, and Weekend America. "15 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint | Consumed | Sustainability Coverage From American Public Media." Sustainability Coverage From American Public Media. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2011. <http://sustainability.publicradio.org/consumed/tips.html>.
Mackenzie, Ashley. "The Disadvantages of Bottled Water | eHow.com." eHow | How To Do Just About Everything! | How To Videos & Articles. N.p., 31 Mar. 2010. Web. 5 Jan. 2011. <http://www.ehow.com/list_6163978_disadvantages-bottled-water.html>.
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