Make Recycling A Way of Life

Facts & Tips

In 2007, Americans in one state alone threw more than 7 billion bottles and cans in the trash instead of the recycling bin. Here are some recycling facts and tips to help you think twice before trashing your recyclable beverage containers.

Recycling Facts:

An average family's household throws away over 34 pounds of plastic water and soda bottles each year.

Every 90 days a recycled aluminum can makes its way back
on the shelf as something useful.

80-100 years - that's the lifespan of an aluminum can that gets tossed into the trash instead of a recycling bin.

700 years - that's how long a trashed plastic bottle will sit in a landfill taking up space and refusing to degrade.

1 Million Years - Put a glass bottle in a landfill and that's how long it'll sit there doing nothing. Recycle it and it can live forever.

Products Made from Recycled Bottles and Cans:

Plastic - recycled material products made from Plastic Bottles:
T-shirts: Fourteen 20 oz. plastic bottles yield enough fiber for an extra large T-shirt.
Carpet: It takes 14 20 oz. plastic bottles to make one square foot of carpet.
Fleece Sweater: It takes 63 20 oz. plastic bottles to make a sweater.
Jacket Fiberfill: Fourteen 20 oz. plastic bottles yield enough fiberfill for a ski jacket.
Sleeping Bag Fiberfill: It takes 85 20 oz. plastic bottles to make enough fiberfill for a sleeping bag.
Glass: - recycled material products made from Glass Bottles:
Glassware
New glass containers
Decorative home decor
Fiberglass Insulation
Tile
Aluminum:- recycled material products made from Aluminum Cans:
Picture frames
Decorative home decor: Bowls, vases, etc.
Baseball bats

Courtesy of "The Green Gift Guide"

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Global Warming Effects the North Pole

According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, global warming has continued to melt the icy region in Antarctica. The North Pole is becoming a part of the planet with less ice and more water. The NSIDC tracks the arctic region and reports daily on their site, showing detailed charts and keeping updated data on the effects of global warming.
Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis: Warm winds slow autumn ice growth
Sea ice extent grew throughout October, as the temperature dropped and darkness returned to the Arctic. However, a period of relatively slow ice growth early in the month kept the average ice extent low—October 2009 had the second-lowest ice extent for the month over the 1979 to 2009 period.
Figure 1. Arctic sea ice extent for October 2009 was 7.50 million square kilometers (2.90 million square miles). The magenta line shows the 1979 to 2000 median extent for that month. The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole.
NSIDC.ORG
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