Did You Know?

Global Warming

The 14 warmest years on record have all occurred since 1980. (1998 was the warmest year ever measured globally)

Waste

Americans throw away 10 times their own weight in garbage every year. Please Recycle!
American throw away enough writing and office paper annually to build a wall 12 feet high, stretching from New York City to Los Angeles.

Recycling

Recycling is more popular than democracy. A recent survey showed that more people recycled than voted during the 1996 presidential election
You can return plastic bags, such as newspaper delivery and grocery bags to drop-off sites at your local Giant Eagle for recycling.
One ton of paper from recycled pulp saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 7,999 gallons of water, 4.200 kilowatt hours (enough to heat your home for half a year), 390 gallons of oil, and prevents 60 pounds of air pollutants.
Producing a soda can from aluminum uses 95% less energy than manufacturing a can from ore and produces 95% less air pollution and 97% less water pollution.

Forests/Trees

Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon's total utility cost in 2002 was nearly $9.4 million, which is about $670 per student, faculty, and staff.
For every tuition dollar in revenue, five cents goes to energy expense.
Greenhouse gas emissions for the university are approximately 25,000 pounds per student per year.
Carnegie Mellon uses 131,000,000 gallons of water per year. This is equivalent to filling the dive pool 600 times a year!
Approximately 17,000 pounds of campus garbage is sent to landfills per day.
Campus facilities consume the equivalent of 6,000 pounds of coal per student per year.
Approximately 2,400 people commute by car to campus five times a week. Additionally, 14,500 visitors come to campus each month.