Jen Slater

Only 1% of treated water is used for drinking or cooking

Idling a car for more than 10 seconds uses more fuel than restarting the engine

Heating costs increase 5% for every degree the thermostat is set above 20^o

Nearly a third of household waste can be composted

5 billion drink boxes are thrown away each year in North America

Canadians take home over 55 million plastic shopping bags a week

You can clean almost anything with vinegar, lemon juice, baking soda and water!

$1 out of every $11 you spend is to pay for packaging

Keeping showers under 5 minutes/day can save up to 4,000L of water/month

Used lead-acid batteries can be almost entirely recycled

A full bus can take 40 to 60 cars off the road

The average North American meal travels 2,400km to get to your plate

Grasscycling can reduce fertilizer requirements by as much as 30%

Across Canada, it costs more than $1.5 billion peryear to dispose of garbage.

1lb of newspaper can be recycled to make 6 cereal boxes, 6 egg cartons, or 2,000 sheets of writing paper.