Did You Know 4?
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Did You Know 4? |
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Every tonne of glass that is recycled saves over one tonne of raw materials (like sand and limestone) used in the manufacture of glass, which means less quarrying, less transport, less pollution and less green house gas emissions. (Every Little Bit Helps – Are You Doing Our Bit? DETR leaflet) 8600 independent grocery stores (25%) closed between 2000 and 2005. (Institute of Grocery Distribution quoted in Local Works – Campaign for the Sustainable Communities Bill, Summer 2005) So, shop local and adopt a ‘one-shop’ policy by not using shops that are part of a chain. The PVC used in double glazing is a most environmentally hostile plastic, it takes eight tonnes of crude oil to produce one tonne, it’s hard to recycle and can’t be incinerated because it releases carcinogens, and it only lasts twenty years (wood can last a century). (Death by Plastic – Evening Standard, 1st March 2006) The impact of travelling one mile by car is 3 times higher than travelling the same distance by train; the impact of using a bicycle is 40 times less than the impact of using a car; walking has no eco footprint at all (The Eco Footprint of York – Stockholm Environment Institute) |
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