Green facts
March 11, 2010 on 2:30 pm | In Other Facts | No Comments1. Creating a new aluminum can from scratch takes 95% more energy than making a can from recycled aluminum.
2. Paper or plastic? Neither! Take a cloth bag with you to the grocery store.
3. Trees help reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide.
4. Americans buy 28 billion single-serving plastic water bottles every year, and 80% of those end up in landfills.
5. You can offset the carbon footprint of your old car, home and air travel by funding renewable energy projects.
6. Every gallon of gas burned emits 20 pounts of carbon dioxide.
7. For every 38,000 bills paid online, 5,058 pounds of greenhouse gases are avoided and two tons of trees are preserved.
8. In 2001 the Green facts foundation, an international non-profit organization was founded in Brussels, Belgium.
9. We throw away enough paper each year to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.
10. Over 80% of a households annual waste can be recycled.
Cars facts
March 11, 2010 on 2:14 pm | In Other Facts | No Comments1. The first car radio was invented in 1929.
2. The New York City Police Department used bicycles to pursue speeding motorists in 1898.
3. In Iowa, 80% of used tires go to making tire derived fuel (TDF). The rest are made into products like door mats, crumb rubber, roofing, playground material and asphalt.
4. The automobile is the most recycled consumer product in the world today.
5. The first cars did not have steering wheels. Drivers steered with a lever.
6. Solar powered cars have come a long way since the creation of the first solar cell in 1883.
7. Over 85 percent of the material in a junk car can be recycled.
8. There are over 150 auto salvage yards in New Hampshire.
9. The Benz became the first car offered for sale in 1887.
10. Rear seat belts became standard on most cars in 1965.
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