Eye-Opening Recycling Facts
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Discarded phone chargers account for 51,000 tonnes of e-waste a year across the EU! |
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An estimated 4.3 trillion cigarette butts that are discarded (thoughtlessly) around the globe. |
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Even a very tiny amount of nitrogen waste can stop corals from growing. |
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In America chewing gum left on the streets is equivalent to 6.4 billion plastic bags! Nearly as bad here?? |
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21 tonnes - the weight of three double decker buses is wasted in food per restaurant per year. |
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The average restaurant produces nearly half a kilo of food waste per diner per meal. |
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Trees aren't felled to harvest cork, bark is hand stripped every 9-12 years. Cork trees live to 300 years |
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UK's discarded plastic scourers create a volume of rubbish equivalent of up to 150 double-decker buses. |
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London produces enough waste to fill Canary Wharf every 10 days. |
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Britons illegally dump 994 cars a day! Report abandoned vehicles to ecosalvage.com |
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