Statistics

Recycling a aluminum
can will save 95% of
the energy used to
create a new one
38 of 50 states use
wind turbines as part
of there energy

Works Cited

175 Countries
celebrate Earth day
annually

http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-ValleyMagazine/April-2012/Earth-Day-Statistics-andFun-Facts/

Of 75% of trash able to

recycle we only recycle
35%

http://www.earthday.org/2012

http://www.outlook.noaa.gov/earthday/
http://www.earthday.org/2012

Earth Day
April 22

Ways To Participate
To participate you can do one of three things. First, you can
plant a tree or two in your backyard. Second, you can try to
recycle as much as possible. Finally, you can try to reuse as
much as possible

Fun Facts
It only costs $1 for the
canopy project to plant a
tree to help stop
deforestation
1970 April 22 the US started
to celebrate Earth day
Garbage that is in a landfill
stays there for 30 years
Each person throws away
about 4 pounds of garbage
per day
1/3 of all water is used to
flush toilets

The amount of wood and

paper we throw away each
year is enough to heat 50
million homes for 20 years
5 billion aluminum cans
are used each year
84% of waste at your
house can be recycled
It takes 500 years for
aluminum and plastic to
break down in a landfill