11 facts on going green

cars

1.   every gallon of gas emits 20lbs of carbon dioxide

2.  the average US car gets 19 mpg

3.  that same car averages 12,000 lbs of carbon dioxide per year

makeup

4.  if 1 in 20 eyeliner users switched from using plastic case pencils to wooden pencils they would save 10,000 lbs of plastic

plastic bags

5.  all US households combined dispose of nearly 100 billion plastic bags annually

organic food

6.  if just one percent of the nation's farmlands converted to organic agriculture systems it would remove 26 million lbs of pesticides per year

potty talk

7.  if every US household changed one 12-roll pack of toilet paper with recycled toilet paper, it would save 5 million trees.

water bottles

8.  it takes 3 gallons of water to produce one 12oz plastic water bottle

tunes

9.  45 tons of CD's become obsolete each month and eventually end up in landfills

10.  40 percent of all toxic lead in US landfills is from discarded electronic waste i.e., recycle your old mp3 players, cell phones and other electronics

clothing

11.  if just one of your articles of clothing was purchased from a secondhand store, the energy equivalent of more than a half a gallon of gasoline could be saved due to transportation and manufacture.