Wasted on the way.
The sheer numbers of stuff we waste is so staggering…even if we cut back a little bit on our habits and consumption…it would make a tremendous difference in environmental impact.
-The average United Kingdom resident travels 30 miles each day…a sixfold increase since 1950.
-Seventeen million barrels of oil are used to make the plastic for the bottled water consumed by Americans each year.
-Flushing toilets account for an estimated 32 percent of the residential water use in the United States.
-The average plastic bag is used for 20 minutes…and won’t degrade naturally for at least 100 years.
-Of the 62 billion pieces of junk mail produced annually in the United States 44 percent is thrown away unopened.
-One-third of the world’s urban population lives in what the United Nations defines as slum conditions.