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How Big is Your Eco Footprint?
The Ecological Footprint has emerged as the world's premier measure of humanity's demand on nature. It measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resource it consumes and to absorb its' wastes, using prevailing technology.
Did You Know...
The garbage in a landfill stays about 30 years.
Each person throws away approximately four pounds of garbage every day.
Most families throw away about 88 pounds of plastic per year.
Approximately 5 million tons of oil produced in the world each year ends up in the ocean.
Every ton of paper that is recycled saves 17 trees.
The amount of wood and paper we throw away is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.
14 Billion pounds of trash is dumped into the ocean every year.
It takes 90% less energy to recycle aluminum cans than to make new ones.
84% of all household waste can be recycled.
It takes plastic 500 years to break down.
It takes aluminumm cans 500 years to break down
Is Your Footprint Looking Too Big?
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