Did you know

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Did you know?

• Source http//earth911.org/recycling/plastic-bott
  le-recycling/plastic-bottle-recycling-facts/

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• In 2006, Americans drank about
• 167 bottles of water each, but only recycled an
  average of 23 percent. That leaves 38 billion
  water bottles in landfills.

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• Bottled water costs between 1 and 4 per gallon
  and 90 percent of the cost is in the bottle, lid
  and label.

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• According to the Beverage Marketing Corp, the
  average American consumed 1.6 gallons of bottled
  water in 1976. In 2006 that number jumped to 28.3
  gallons.

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• It takes over 1.5 million barrels of oil to
  manufacture a years supply of bottled water.
  Thats enough oil to fuel 100,000 cars.

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• 8 out of 10 plastic water bottles become landfill
  waste.

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• In 2007 we spent 16 billion on bottled water.
  Thats more than we spent on iPods or movie
  tickets.

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• Plastic bottles take 700 years before they begin
  to decompose in a landfill.

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• If everyone in NYC gave up water bottles for one
  week they would save 24 million bottles from
  being landfilled one month would save 112
  million bottles and one year would save 1.328
  billion bottles from going into the landfill.

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• If every student at NHS switched from bottled
  water to reusable bottles for one year, we would
  save 238,142 bottles from going into a landfill.
  That would save the students as a whole between
  238,142 and 952,568 per year.

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Want to Do Your Part?

• As part of Needham Takes Action Month we will be
  selling Nalgene type water bottles for 10
• Environmentally friendly- use instead of the
  plastic disposable ones to eliminate waste
• Available in the Cafeteria March 18- 28
• All profits go to the Environmental Club to help
  them make Needham and NHS a greener place.

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