Go Green PresentationShawn Waters

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Why Should We Go Green?

The world has a fixed amount of natural resources - some of which are already depleted.

Threats to future resources come from things we throw away everyday. Household batteries and electronics often contain dangerous chemicals that leak through and pollute the groundwater.

Throwing away items that could be recycled diminishes energy, water and natural resources that could be saved by recycling.

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Did You Know…For every ton of paper that is recycled, 7,000 gallons of water; 380 gallons of oil; and enough electricity to power an average house for six months is saved.

Recycling one aluminum will save enough energy to run a TV for three hours.

By recycling just one glass bottle, you save enough electricity to power a 100-watt bulb for four hours.

If every household recycled 1 out of 10 plastic bottles they used, we’d keep 200 million lbs. of plastic out of the landfill every year.

If 100,00 people stopped receiving their junk mail, we would save up to 150,000 trees annually. Imagine if a million people did this, we would save up to a million trees!

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Turtle mistaking plastic bag for

jellyfish

Deformed sea turtle; caught in

a plastic ring

Turtle caught in fishing net Albatross bird

Inside of a Albatross's stomach.

plastic particles- 100,00 sea

creatures die from every year.

What harm are we causing?

What harm are we causing???

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63,000 sq. miles of rain forest are being destroyed each year . (10 football fields)

Each year approximately 4 billion tons of carbon accumulates in the air, about 30% comes from the continued burning of the rainforest.

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How much garbage do we produce?

U.S.A.

Russia

Japan U.K.

German

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Mexic

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France Ita

lyChina

Spain

050,000,000

100,000,000150,000,000200,000,000250,000,000300,000,000350,000,000

Countries that produce the most trash

Country

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Ways to Go Green

B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own

Bag)

830 million lbs. of plastic bags, sacks

wraps are used each year in the U.S.

12% of those plastic bags &

wraps were recycled in

2010

100,000 marine mammals die

each year from discarded plastic bags mistaken for

food.

RecycleWe throw away

enough glass every 2 weeks to fill the 1,350-ft. towers of the former World

Trade Center.

Recycling a single plastic bottle can conserve enough

energy to light a 60- watt light bulb.

We through sway 25,000,000,000

Styrofoam coffee cups a year!

Conserve water

At least 36 states are going to face a local or statewide water shortage by

the year 2013.(EPA)

We use a estimated 100 gallons of water each day- enough to

fill 1,600 drinking glasses.

75% of the water we use at home

is in the bathroom.

California is already recycling water from their sewer system to keep up with the demand for Orange county customers.

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5 simple steps to Go Green

Use CFL light bulbs B.Y.O.B & B.Y.O.C. Use public transportation Start a composting bin Recycle!

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Recycling rate per country

14%

13%

13%12%11%9%

8%

20%

Recycling rate in %

Switzerland AuustriaGermany NetherlandsNorway SwedenU.S.A. Canada

Country % of recycling rate

Switzerland 52%

Austria 50%

Germany 48%

Netherlands 46%

Norway 40%

Sweden 34%

U.S.A 31%

Canada 74%

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Conservation 101

Reduce

Reuse

Recy

cle

Rethink

Join eco-groups Pick up litter at local parks Recycle Philanthropy (donate time & money)

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Summary Reduce, Reuse Recycle, Rethink…

Volunteer time and money to conservation help preserve this beautiful planet for future generations to come.

www.greenpeace.orgwww.earthhour.orgwww.earth911.org