General Information-
Sustainability is meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (vanderbilt.edu)
Waste & Recycling Facts
Paper Facts
Global Sustainability Facts
•An estimated 50,000 plant and animal species will become extinct in the coming decades; in the tropics, ecosystem destruction is so severe that 60,000 plant species, 25% of the world’s total, could be lost by 2025 .
• Mono-cropping and dependence on a handful of basic crop varieties is endangering genetic diversity. Just 20 plants now supply 80% of humanity’s food and most farmers grow identical types of wheat, rice and potatoes (The Facts -- New Internationalist).
• There are more than 2,000 varieties of rice in Nepal. Yet in the Pokhara Valley 64 of the 75 varieties known by farmers are extinct or threatened with extinction (The Facts -- New Internationalist).
Waste & Recycling Facts
- United States recycling plants earn $2,981 million per year (Know Your Facts - Sustainability)
- Americans are nearly 5% of the worlds population but produce almost 27% of the worlds garbage (Know Your Facts - Sustainability)
- Recycling has increased by 7% in the past five years (Know Your Facts - Sustainability)
Paper Facts
- Recycling one printed batch of the Sunday New York Times saves 75,000 trees (Know Your Facts - Sustainability)
- The average American uses seven trees and 680 pounds of paper per year (Know Your Facts - Sustainability)
Global Sustainability Facts
•An estimated 50,000 plant and animal species will become extinct in the coming decades; in the tropics, ecosystem destruction is so severe that 60,000 plant species, 25% of the world’s total, could be lost by 2025 .
• Mono-cropping and dependence on a handful of basic crop varieties is endangering genetic diversity. Just 20 plants now supply 80% of humanity’s food and most farmers grow identical types of wheat, rice and potatoes (The Facts -- New Internationalist).
• There are more than 2,000 varieties of rice in Nepal. Yet in the Pokhara Valley 64 of the 75 varieties known by farmers are extinct or threatened with extinction (The Facts -- New Internationalist).