•some glass bottles can be used up to 30 times if they are recycled or cleaned out.

•Out of 215 billion plastic,glass,and aluminum cans sold in the USA in 2006, 66% was not recycled.

•for every ton of paper recycled we save 4,400 kilowatts of electricity for 3 hours.

•most bottles and jars contain at least 25% recycled glass.

•each year Americans throw away 25,000,000,000 styrofoam cups without recycling.

•it takes more than 500 years for a styrofoam cup to go away in a land fill.

By recycling 1 ton of paper we save:

•17 trees

•6,953 gallons of water

•463 gallons of oil

•587 pounds of air pollution

•3.06 cubic yards of land fill space

•4.077 kilowatt hours of energy

Greenhouse effect = the gradual warming of the earth 

In Ice Age - only 7 degrees cooler than now, so a raise of 1 degree is a big deal

Global warming could affect:

•    farming crops

•    migrating animals

•    sea levels rising... more flooding

Things we can do:

•turn off electronics and go outside

•walk or bike instead of drive

•recycle -  paper, aluminum, tin, plastic

•reuse - drink tap water instead of buying bottled water

•reduce - turn off lights, reduce energy use

•plant trees - use carbon dioxide, provide wind breaks and shade

•plant prairies