Eco Trivia

* Every week about 20 species of plants and animals become extinct.
* Rainforests are being cut down at the rate of 100 acres per minute.
* One third of the water used in most homes is flushed down the toilet
* A single quart of motor oil, if disposed of improperly, can contaminate up to 2,000,000 gallons of fresh water
* Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kills as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year.
* A modern glass bottle would take 4000 years or more to decompose - and even longer if it's in the landfill.
*  Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
*  Energy-saving lightbulbs last around ten times longer than ordinary lightbulbs- over 10,000 hours.
*  A laptop is more environment friendly than a desktop. It consumes five times less electricity.
* An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now.
* A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15 per cent.
* Tissue paper is a major source of waste. It takes 60,00,000 trees to make 1 year's worth of tissues for the world.
* A ton of recycled paper equals or saves 17 trees in paper production.
* A plant on your desk acts as a natural filter, absorbing airborne pollutants and computer radiation while replenishing oxygen levels.
* Crawling traffic contributes eight times as much air pollution as traffic moving at regular highway speed
* Avoiding just 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year.
* Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth and soaping your hands. This can save around 16 litres a day. That's 11,000 litre of water per person per year.

" Eco Facts." NDTV’s Greenathon- An Environment Initiative. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 May 2010. .