According to the Green Education Foundation:
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"The United States is the number one trash producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person/per year
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Paper products make up the largest part of our trash (approximately 40%)
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Every ton of recycled office paper saves 380 gallons of oil
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Energy saved from one recycled aluminium can will operate a TV set for 3 hours, and is the equivalent to half a can of gasoline
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Glass is one of the very few products that can be completely recycled again and again. However, if it ends up in a landfill it will never decompose
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Plastic bags and other plastic thrown into the ocean kills as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year"
Be sure to visit the Green Education Foundation website for:
- Lesson Plans
- Activities
- Challenges
- Contests
- Green Packs for Classrooms
- Adopt-a-Plant for Classrooms
- Recycling Programs
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