1. Americans produce about 200,000,000 tons of waste each year. (Central FL Energy Consultant)

2. Less than 1% of the water available to us is drinkable. (Central FL Energy Consultant)

3. Recycling 1 ton of paper will save 17 trees, two barrels of oil and enough power to power up the average home for six months. (Trash to Cash)

4. America makes up 5% of the world's population but uses 25% of natural resources available. (Environmental Protection Agency)

5. Of the total energy consumed in America approximately 39% is used to generate electricity. A little over 50% of the electricity in the United States is generated from fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil. (Environmental Protection Agency)

6. The US has less than 4% of forest land left in the country and its 80% of the worlds forests have been harvested and are gone. (Bikeroute.com)

7. The average American home contains more synthetic chemicals today than the average chemical plant had on its premises 100 years ago. (The Windstar Foundation)

8. Each year 40 million acres of tropical rain forest are destroyed through logging or burning.

9. The average person drives 20,000 miles per year and spends more than $3200 on gasoline. (Central Florida Energy Consultant)

10. 15% of all waste in the United States comes from yard trimmings. 2,000,000,000 pounds of wood trimmings or wood mass are created each year. For every 2000 pounds of mass is you 100 gallons of ethanol could be converted. (Central Florida Energy Consultants)

11. On a global basis 58% of coral reefs are in danger by human activity such as phishing, sewage runoff, sedimentation and dredging. (Environmental Defense Fund)

12. Tropical rain forests in the Amazon store 75,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide in their trees and plants. When these forests are burned the gas is released into the air and is estimated that 25% of the total carbon dioxide emissions in the world are from burning tropical rain forests. (Rain Forest Action Group)

13. Acid rain is caused by airborne acidic pollutants and is highly destructive. It was first discovered in 1852 and is an environmental problem that cannot be seen. Gases that cause acid rain are usually from automobiles or coal burning power plants. (Environmental Protection Agency)

14. Scientists are convinced that acid rain is severe in many areas around the globe and is having an adverse effect on the environments in those locations. Bodies of water see their life forms dying off, is ruining plant nutrients, occurring uplands ability to survive and give life to other organisms on the planet. (Environmental Protection Agency)

15. Ways that is dumped into landfills is dangerous to both nature and human life. No matter where hazardous waste material is disposed of it finds its way back into the groundwater and eventually into human bodies. (Environmental Protection Agency)

16. There are over 80,000 chemicals in existence today and they find themselves in places that are harmful to human health. 1500 new chemicals are invented every year and introduced into the industrial process. In 1989 a school in New Jersey was closed because students suffered an excessive exposure to chromium related to large amounts that had been dumped nearby. (Environmental Protection Agency)

17. North Americans throw away 40 billion soft drink cans and bottles every year. If these bottles were laid end to end they would reach to the moon and back nearly 20 times.

18. If Americans recycled just 1/10 of the newspapers produced we would save about 25 million trees every year.

19. Recycling just one aluminum can will save enough energy to operate a television for three hours. (Eco- Cycle)

20. 25% of the energy used to heat the home is spent heating air that is subsequently lost through windows and doors. (Central Florida Energy Consultant)