1.6 million tons of household hazardous waste is the amount Americans generate per year.
70 percent of heavy metals come from e-waste, including 40 percent of all lead.
20 percent is the 2005 national recycling rate for glass. Glass is 100 percent recyclable.
1.6 million tons of household hazardous waste is the amount Americans generate per year.
Americans disgard 4 million tons of office paper a year: enough to build a paper wall 12 feet high from New York to California
We save enough energy recycling ONE aluminum can to run a TV set for 3 hours.
It takes an entire forest, 500,000 trees, to supply Americans with their Sunday newspaper
Americans go through 2.5 million plastic bottles every year
You can save 10% of your heating and cooling costs by tighting up & insulating your air ducts.
40% of the energy you use in your home is for heat.
We save 17 trees for every ton of recycled newspaper.
Most bottles and jars contain as much as 25% recycled glass...
Most Americans make more garbage in one day than the average person in all other countries makes in a week...
It's best to water plantings and grass either early in the morning or in the evening. That way, the water doesn't evaporate quickly under the sun's heat.
Tree by Tree – The Mile High Million is Mayor Hickenlooper’s initiative to inspire individuals, neighborhood associations, schools, nonprofits and businesses to nurture and plant one million trees in the Denver metropolitan area by 2025. As a highly participatory component of Greenprint Denver, the initiative has already led to projects with more than 40 cities, park districts, schools and community organizations. The goal is to engage and motivate individuals to become life-long stewards of our natural environment. The initiative facilitates volunteer tree planting projects, youth education programs, community forester training and public outreach to educate citizens about the importance of trees and a healthy urban forest.
Help cool your neighborhood by planting a tree, then make your new tree planting count by registering it online HERE.
For more detailed information on the program, CLICK HERE. This program is possible through the help and support of greenprint denver and TreeBank.
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Tree by Tree – The Mile High Million is Mayor Hickenlooper’s initiative to inspire individuals, neighborhood associations, schools, nonprofits and businesses to nurture and plant one million trees in the Denver metropolitan area by 2025. As a highly participatory component of Greenprint Denver, the initiative has already led to projects with more than 40 cities, park districts, schools and community organizations. The goal is to engage and motivate individuals to become life-long stewards of our natural environment. The initiative facilitates volunteer tree planting projects, youth education programs, community forester training and public outreach to educate citizens about the importance of trees and a healthy urban forest.