| 110 glaciers have disappeared from Glacier National Park, Montana, in the last 150 years |
The UK with 1% of the world's population produces 2.3% of the world's C02 |
The EU would save 1 million barrels of imported oil every day if every car were a Toyota Prius |
You can power a TV for 3 hours using the energy saved by recycling one aluminum can |
| Orange peel takes up to two years to break down |
A plastic water bottle can take 1,000 years to degrade |
58% of car trips in the UK are under 5 miles and 25% are less than 2 miles |
90% of badly polluting vehicles can be re-tuned within 15 minutes |
| Snow and ice cover in the eastern Himalayas has shrunk by 30% since the 1970s |
Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt light bulb for 4 hours |
4% of Brits have deliberately chosen not to fly somewhere in order to reduce carbon emissions |
The volume of waste produced in the UK in one hour would fill the Albert Hall |
| By turning down your thermostat by 1o centigrade, or using one hour less heating a day, you could cut your fuel bills by 10% |
The global net forest loss every day is 20,000 hectares. That’s an area twice the size of Paris |
It is predicted that within 50 years no European resorts below 1,200m will be able to operate due to rising temperature |
Cavity wall insulation reduces heat loss through walls by up to 60%, and can save up to 40% on heating bills |
| 570 species of insect have been found throughout London’s underground network. The ‘green corridor’ is also home to bats, badgers, water voles and grass snakes |
Recycling a one-foot high stack of newspapers saves enough electricity to heat a home for 17 hours |
Cigarette butts take up to five years to disintegrate, which is contributing to the 'alleged' increase in lung cancer cases amongst marmottes and chamois! |
50-64. The age group with the highest carbon footprint in the UK. At 13.52 tones of CO2 per capita/year, it’s almost 15% higher than the average |
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