Our Earth, Our Home A Collection of Earth Facts Smiley Spring Sing 2014

Did you know that 70% of Earth is covered by water, but only 3% of that is fresh water?

By simply recycling one aluminum can, you are saving enough energy to watch a TV for three hours.

We each use seven trees a year in paper and other products made from trees. This amounts to about 2 billion trees per year.

The amount of wood and paper thrown away annually is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.

Did you know that the average person throws away four pounds of garbage every day and uses about 12,000 gallons of water every year?

It takes 6 months for organic material, cotton, rags and paper to break down. It takes plastic and aluminum cans 500 years to break down.

Recycling every newspaper would save about 250 million trees each year. Unfortunately, only 27% of all newspapers are recycled.

EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY!!! Smiley Elementary wants to remind you…

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