If just 25% of U.S. families used 10 fewer plastic bags a month, we would save over 2.5 BILLION bags a year.
Every ton of recycled office paper saves 380 gallons of oil.
Energy saved from one recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set for 3 hours, and is the equivalent to half a can of gasoline.
Americans use 50 million tons of paper annually -- consuming more than 850 million trees.
The human population of the world is expected to be nearly tripled by the year 2100.
Every day 40,000 children die from preventable diseases.
Every day 50 to 100 species of plants and animals become extinct as their habitat and human influences destroy them.
In Peninsular Malaysia, more tree species are found in 125 acres of Tropical Forest than in the entire North America.
In Peru a single bush may contain more ant species than in the British Isles.
63,000 square miles of Rainforests are being destroyed each year.
source: http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/facts.htm
