20 Fascinating Facts You Must Read About The Environment

There are a lot of things that we don’t pay attention to or close our eyes to. There are a few fascinating environmental awareness facts that you must read to realize the importance of environmental issues and how has a human effected it:

1.) The world’s oldest trees are more than 4,600 years old.

2.) Around 25,000 trees are cut down each day just to produce toilet paper.

3.) Every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees.

4.) Approximately 5 million tones of oil produced in the world each year end up in the ocean.

5.) Every year, an estimated 2.2 billion tons of waste is dumped in our oceans.

6.) A glass bottle can take 4000 years to decompose.

7.) The world uses 160,000 plastic bags every second.

8.) Throwing plastic materials in the ocean kill around 1 million sea creatures annually.

9.) If the entire world’s ice melted, our sea levels will rise by 66 meters.

10.) Our planet gains inhabitants numbering to 77 million people a year.

11.) Every time you open the refrigerator door, up to 30% of the cold air can escape.

12.) The United States is the no. 1 trash-producing country in the world.

13.) Andorra is a country that produces the least trash in the world.

14.) China tops the list of countries that produces the most plastic in the world.

15.) Ford Motor Company states that its vehicles are 75% recycled.

16.) Early exposure to environmental risks contributes to childhood cancers.

17.) 25% of the bottled water you buy is really municipal tap water.

18.) The amount of wood each year is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years.

19.) We consume over 80 trillion aluminum cans every year.

20.) Recycling one aluminum can save enough energy to run a TV for three hours.