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• It’s a Special Day… we will take some time to discover why…and how to make everyday special!
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My Belief
• Every single person can make a change…this can create a spiral effect to SAVE our world.
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BE RESPONSIBLE
• I am the ONLY person RESPONSIBLE for my behavior.
• I choose to recycle…to make the world better place for my family.
• I choose today to introduce and challenge each of you to RECYCLE!
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Get a Recycling Bin
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Shopping Totes• I shop with canvas totes…
• I take these to the grocery store and the mall! I don’t want their plastic bags!
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Statistics on Plastic Bags and Reasons to Stop Using Them!
• Plastic bags often end up in nature…and oceans• Sea turtles mistake clear plastic bags for
jellyfish. Birds swoop down and swallow the plastic. The petroleum-based plastics take decades to break down, and as long as they float on the ocean's surface, they can appear as feeding grounds.
• "These animals die because the plastic eventually fills their stomachs…It doesn't pass, and they literally starve to death.“
• Source: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin
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Plastic bags..
Don’t have to be eaten to harm the
animals
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Statistics on the Amount of Time Items Take to Decompose
. The New York Times and other sources : Has the following listed:Paper: 2.5 monthsMilk Carton: 5 yearsCigarette Butt: 10-12 yearsPlastic Bag: some say 10-20 years…other sources say 100 yearsDisposable diapers: 75 years -450 yearsTin Can: 100 years-200 yearsPlastic Bottle: 450 yearsGlass Bottle: 1,000,000 yearsStyrofoam: NEVER
Sources:Nemve E Metropolitan Diary, Oct. 1,2001 www.thatdanny.com
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Statistics:
• In 2006, Americans drank about 167 bottles of water each, but only recycled an average of 23 percent. That leaves 38 billion water bottles in landfills.
• Bottled water costs between $1 and $4 per gallon and 90 percent of the cost is in the bottle, lid and label.
• According to the Beverage Marketing Corp, the average American consumed 1.6 gallons of bottled water in 1976. In 2006 that number jumped to 28.3 gallons.
• It takes over 1.5 million barrels of oil to manufacture a year’s supply of bottled water. That’s enough oil to fuel 100,000 cars.
• www.franklygreen.com
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Plastic Bottles
• Eight out of 10 plastic water bottles become landfill waste.
• In 2007 we spent $16 billion on bottled water. That’s more than we spent on iPods or movie tickets.
• Plastic bottles take 450-700 years before they begin to decompose in a landfill.
• If everyone in NYC gave up water bottles for one week they would save 24 million bottles from being land filled; one month would save 112 million bottles and one year would save 1.328 billion bottles from going into the landfill.
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Yuck!
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This Picture Represents the Amount of Plastic Bottles Thrown
Away Every 5 Minutes
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My Change
• Buy a PUR water purifier for your faucet.
• Buy a large plastic container to keep in the refrigerator for a constant “cold” water supply…
• Buy a container to take places
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What Other Changes Can I Do?
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How To Conserve Energy and Water
• Shut the water off while brushing your teeth…or brush your teeth in the shower!
• Put a bucket in your shower to capture water…use it to water your plants.
• Shut off the water while washing the dishes (by hand)
• Use less electricity in the summer by running appliances in the early morning or late evening…run “full” loads
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Changes in Household Items
• Change hazardous waste material in your house to environmentally safe materials
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What happens when the landfills are full?
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Is it a problem if we don’t acknowledge it?
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Ideas for
Us?
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If Not Us…Then Who?
• If we don’t change…then who will?
• Society tends to always think someone else will do “it”.
• “It” happens to other people, “it” doesn’t really matter…
• I THINK “IT” DOES!!!
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“It” is in our
hands!
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Is “It” Possible?
• Is the feat possible…or will we fail?
• Only time will tell…but without trying…
• WE FAIL.
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WE Deserve a Clean Planet!
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Sources• http://www.recycleitnow.net • http://filterforgood.com • http://www.plasticsresource.com • http://www.pbs.org/pov/borders/2004/water/water_disposable.html • http://refillnotlandfill.org • http://www.bottledwaterblues.com • http://www.sks-bottle.com • http://www.bottlesandcans.com • http://www.npr.org • http://www.csmonitor.com • http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/05/28/recycled-water-bottle-cascade-
chandelier/ • http://thefuntimesguide.com/2007/08/plastic_bottle_lids_and_caps.php • www.earth911.org• www.thedailygreen.com