My list of sources I used for the book

Did you know that saving from recycling one plastic bottles will?
Power a computer for 25 minutes
Power a washing machine for 10 minutes
Power a 100-watt light bulb for almost an hour
Power a color television for 20 minutes
[Source: www.britglass.co.uk]

Did you know about 16% of the money you spend on a product pays for the packaging, which ultimately ends up as rubbish?

Did you know 275,000 tones of plastic are used each year in the UK and plastic can take up to 500 years to decompose?
[Source: http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/facts.html]


Five out of six used glass jars are thrown straight into the trash!
[Source: http://www.reducetheuse.co.uk/Page/Waste/Wastefacts.htm]
Recycling one glass Jar to make a new glass jar saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt light bulb lit for four hours.
[Source:http://www.glassworks.org/product_stewardship/fascinating.html]

Every year, supermarkets give out approximately 17½ billion plastic bags. This amounts to about 290 bags per person in the UK.
[Source:http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/Plastics.htm]

Did you know the average British family throws away six trees worth of paper each year?
Did you know that only 2.5% of plastic bottles are recycled in Europe; most are used once then thrown away in the trash.

[Source: http://www.reducetheuse.co.uk/Page/Waste/Wastefacts.htm]

Over 83² km of wrapping paper will end up in the UK trash bins every year at Christmas.
[Source: Waste Watch]