Earth Day Facts 2014

Environmental Facts 2014 We only have one Earth. Take it in your hands. Live Sustainably. Paper Recycling Cell Phone Recycling ミミニ 2% 25% Cell Phone Recycling Stats Only 25% of Canada's waste paper and paperboard is recycled Paper Recycling Stats Every Ton of Recycled Paper Saves: 21% 41% 5% 12% Trees 17 21% 60% Kilowatt Hours 225 Sulfur (lbs) A Limestone (lbs) 350 Steam (lbs) Water (gallons) 60000 275 60% Less energy is used by recycled paper than that made from virgin timber Storage Give or Sell Other 41% 21% 21% 9000 Recycle Garbage 12% 5% "source hpwwwphonencanada calcamers/ uraged-to-recycle-old-coll-phones-on-earth-day Waste Only 30% of waste is 30% re-used or recycled. 70% ends up in the landfill. Reported E Waste Recycling E Waște Recycling 32% 41% 17% 29% 22% 40% 33% 33% 10% 16% 12% source hitpwww.loctronicstakback.com/wp-contentupload Facts_and Figures_on_EWaste and_Recycling pdf Pollution 4 TONS 72% The average car emits 4 tons of pollutants annually of Canadians feel that air pollution is affecting their health 70% One city bus can: Keep 168 tonş of polytants out of the atmosphere each year Take 40 vehicles off the road Save 70,000L of fuel each year The Commercial Sector uses 70% of all energy Energy 58% 58% of Canadians said they are doing some things to conserve energy, but will likely do more Carpooling can save 2,000L of gas a year LED equivalent 7W bulbs use 65 kWh of energy a year. Average bulb life is 35,000 - 50,000 hours Standard 60W bulbs use 525 kWh of energy per year. Average bulb life is 750 - 2,000 hours V.S. office simply more Do Your Part to Keep Your Workplace GREEN! S Inconvenience Lack of Information where proper disposal is available Don't want to pay disposal fee Lack of drop-off areas No incentive os op o Computers * Monitors Hard Copy Devices Keyboards and Mice Televisions Mobile Devices