What is Your Plastiki?
Prepared for Engineering & Humanity Week, Dallas, Texas All graphics courtesy of The Plastiki™ www.theplastiki.com Download additional copies at www.EandHweek.org
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IT IS ESTIM ATED THA ONLY 7% T O WASTE IS F PLASTIC CURRENT LY BEING RE CYCLED
25% OF HOUSEHOL D WASTE IS PACKAGING
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1 recycled plas bottle would sa tic ve enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours
1 recycled tin can could save enough energy to power a TV for 3 hours
£36,000,000 WORTH OF ALUMINIUM IS THROWN AWAY EACH YEAR
1 recycled ld glass bottle wou gy er en gh save enou ter pu m co a er to pow . es for 25 minut
WHAT ITEMS DO YOU AND YOUR FAMIL Y RECYCLE? HOW COULD YOU TRY AND RECYCL E MORE? WHAT PLAS TIC ITEMS DO YOU OFTEN THROW AWAY ? COULD YOU RE-USE ANY OF THESE AN D HOW?
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Up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled
IT TAKES 24KE A TREES TO MF O 1 TON R. NEWSPAPE
IF ALL CANS IN THE UK WERE RECYCLED, WE WOULD NEED 14 MILLION FEWER DUSTBINS
Glass that is thrown away and ends up in landfills will never decompose
GLASS IS 1 RECYCLABL 00% EA CAN BE USE ND D AGAIN AND AGAIN
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COLOUR ME IN AND START THINKING ABOUT ALL THE ENERGY YOU COULD SAVE BY RECYCLING YOUR TRASH: THEN SHARE YOUR NEW FOUND KNOWLEDGE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND INSPIRE THEM TO BEAT WASTE TOO!
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COLOURMEMEININANDANDSTART GET THI LEARNI SOME COOL ABOUTYOUPLASTI THENBY PIRECYCLI N IT NONG YOUR YOUR TRASH! COLOUR NKINNGG ABOUT ALL THEFACTSENERGY COULDC:SAVE WALL SHARE OR FRIYOUR DGE AND MPRESS KNOWLEDGE YOUR FAMIWILYTHANDFRIENDSFRIENDS THEN NEW IFOUND AND WIFAMITHLYYOURANDNEWINSPIRFACTASTI E THEM TOC KNOWLEDGE! BEAT WASTE TOO! POLYSTYRENE IS A VERY HAZARDOUS FORM OF PLASTIC AND WHEN IT IS MADE IT POLLUTES THE AIR AND CREATES LARGE AMOUNTS OF LIQUID AND SOLID WASTE
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An estimated 13 billion plastic bott les are disposed of each year.
THE AVERAGE PLASTIC BAG TAKES 1 SECOND TO MANUFACTURE, IS 20 MINUTES IN USE AND TAKES 100- 400 YEARS TO DEGRADE NATURALLY
Each year, Americans throw away around . 100 billion plastic bags Only 0.6 percent of these are recycled
An estimated 56% of all plastics waste is used packaging, three -quarters of which is from households.
TOXIC CHEMICALS CAN LEACH OUT OF POLYSTYRENE FOOD PACKAGING AND INTO THE LLY THAT THEY CONTAIN (ESPECIA ) AVE WHEN HEATED IN A MICROW
25 recycled PET bottles can be used to make an adult’s fleece jacket
4% of the oil we extract is turned into plastic
FOR EVERY LITRE OF WATER POURED INTO A BOTTLE ANOTHER 2 LITRES ARE USED IN ITS MANUFACTURE.
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