Do you know... A faucet drips every 2 seconds. In one week how much water will be wasted? answer at bottom
Have you ever thought about how much garbage you throw out?
I do every time I take out the trash. Read these facts...
*In the U.S., 4.39 pounds of trash per day are created by the average person.
*Diapers: An average child will use between 8,000 -10,000 disposable diapers ($2,000 worth) before being potty trained. Each year, parents and babysitters dispose of about 18 billion of these items. In the United States alone these single-use items consume nearly 100,000 tons of plastic and 800,000 tons of tree pulp. We will pay an average of $350 million annually to deal with their disposal and, to top it off, these diapers will still be in the landfill 300 years from now. Americans throw away 570 diapers per second. That's 49 million diapers per day.
I'm using cloth with Ashlynn, more on the benefits of cloth another day.
*Americans receive almost 4 million tons of junk mail every year. Most of it winds up in landfills.
*The average American office worker goes through around 500 disposable cups every year.
*Forty-three thousand tons of food is thrown out in the United States each day.
* http://www.cleanair.org/
What about water waste?
I am horrible about filling my tub full, taking long showers and running water while I brush.
Check these facts out to see how you can save water.
Don’t let the water run while brushing your teeth, shaving, or washing your face. You’ll save between three and five gallons of water each minute your faucet is turned off.
Most toilets installed before 1980 use 5-7 gallons of water per flush. Toilets installed between 1980 and 1993 use 3.5 gallons per flush. Toilets installed since 1994 use 1.6 gallons.
A typical bath takes about 40 gallons of water. Use the minimum amount of water needed for a bath by closing the drain first and filling the tub only 1/3 full. Remember to plug the tub before turning on water; that initial burst of cold water will be warmed later by adding hot water.
Limit the length of your shower to 5 minutes or less. Reducing showering time by 1 minute can save 1,000 gallons of water a year.
http://www.townofcary.org/depts/pwdept/water/waterconservation/bathroomtips.htm
Practical things anyone can do:
Recycle Paper
Call and Cancel Junk Mail
Use Cloth Napkins and Towels
Use real Dinnerware
Use Real Cups
Only buy/make what you and your family can eat
Turn off the water while brushing and men while shaving
Shorten your shower time
Fix Leaky Faucets
What does your family do to cut waste?
ANSWER: ABOUT 20 GALLONS!!!
Have you ever thought about how much garbage you throw out?
I do every time I take out the trash. Read these facts...
*In the U.S., 4.39 pounds of trash per day are created by the average person.
*Diapers: An average child will use between 8,000 -10,000 disposable diapers ($2,000 worth) before being potty trained. Each year, parents and babysitters dispose of about 18 billion of these items. In the United States alone these single-use items consume nearly 100,000 tons of plastic and 800,000 tons of tree pulp. We will pay an average of $350 million annually to deal with their disposal and, to top it off, these diapers will still be in the landfill 300 years from now. Americans throw away 570 diapers per second. That's 49 million diapers per day.
I'm using cloth with Ashlynn, more on the benefits of cloth another day.
*Americans receive almost 4 million tons of junk mail every year. Most of it winds up in landfills.
*The average American office worker goes through around 500 disposable cups every year.
*Forty-three thousand tons of food is thrown out in the United States each day.
* http://www.cleanair.org/
What about water waste?
I am horrible about filling my tub full, taking long showers and running water while I brush.
Check these facts out to see how you can save water.
Don’t let the water run while brushing your teeth, shaving, or washing your face. You’ll save between three and five gallons of water each minute your faucet is turned off.
Most toilets installed before 1980 use 5-7 gallons of water per flush. Toilets installed between 1980 and 1993 use 3.5 gallons per flush. Toilets installed since 1994 use 1.6 gallons.
A typical bath takes about 40 gallons of water. Use the minimum amount of water needed for a bath by closing the drain first and filling the tub only 1/3 full. Remember to plug the tub before turning on water; that initial burst of cold water will be warmed later by adding hot water.
Limit the length of your shower to 5 minutes or less. Reducing showering time by 1 minute can save 1,000 gallons of water a year.
http://www.townofcary.org/depts/pwdept/water/waterconservation/bathroomtips.htm
Practical things anyone can do:
Recycle Paper
Call and Cancel Junk Mail
Use Cloth Napkins and Towels
Use real Dinnerware
Use Real Cups
Only buy/make what you and your family can eat
Turn off the water while brushing and men while shaving
Shorten your shower time
Fix Leaky Faucets
What does your family do to cut waste?
ANSWER: ABOUT 20 GALLONS!!!
2 comments:
After reading your post yesterday morning I headed to the shower, it was quite a bit faster than before :)
we use the water from our dehumidifier in our basement to water outdoor plants. sometimes i do the same thing with bath water after bathing the kids. we live in the city where we pay for what we use too, so it also cuts down on cost as well.
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