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With the need to act on green matters increasing all the time please take some time-out to read these facts and figures complied to hopefuly give you a better understanding of what is happening to our planet and how it could affect you and/or your business

1. The production and use of energy is the leading source of humanity's greenhouse gas emissions. (Source: Climate Change Information Kit, UNEP)
2. In just over a week, we produce enough rubbish to fill Wembley stadium. Over half can be recycled.
   (Source: DETR)
3. A third of an average family's water use is flushed down the toilet. (Source: Save-a-flush)
4. In one year there would be enough waste to fill dustbins stretching from the Earth to the Moon. (Source: LGB Publications)
5. Using a hose to wash your car wastes up to 300 litres or 33 bucketsful of water. (Source: Southern Water website)
6. Up to 90% of new glass can be made from reclaimed scrap glass, which saves energy and raw materials.
   (Source:British Glass)
7. There are 22,000 bottle bank sites in the UK. (Source:British Glass)
8. A garden sprinkler uses 1,000 litres of water an hour - that's nearly one pint for every 2 seconds it is in operation.
   (Source: Southern Water website)
9. Take showers, not baths and save enough water each week for 1000 cups of tea.(Source: DETR)
10. Through energy use the average home emits more harmful CO2 gas than the average car.
    (Source: ETSU)
11. 7 out of 10 journeys to work are by car. (Source: Labour Force Survey)
12. 90% of badly polluting vehicles can be re-tuned within 15 minutes. (Source: DETR)
13. You can make 20 cans out of recycled material with the same amount of energy it takes to make one new one. (Source: The Green parent website).
14. Every tonne of paper recycled saves 17 trees. (Source: The Green parent website).
15. The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle is enough to power a light bulb for four hours.
    (Source www.practicalhelp.org.uk).
16. We use over six billion glass bottles and jars each year. It would take you over three and a half thousand years to sing "Six Billion Green Bottles"! (Source www.recycle-more.org.uk)