For every
2000 sq-ft home constructed, it takes 1 acre of clear cut forest to
produce the necessary lumber for that 1 home.
It takes 30
YEARS to re-generate that 1 acre!
83% of the
world's land surface is under human influence, leaving only 17%
natural environment.
In the
United States, we discard enough paper each year to building a wall
48 feet high around the entire perimeter of the country.
Even though
about 45% of discarded paper in recycled annually, 55% or 48 million
tons of paper is thrown away or goes into the landfills.
Figuring conservatively, it takes about fifteen trees to make a ton
of paper.
That means
that 720 million trees are used once and then buried in a landfill
each year.
By
recycling 1 ton of paper you save:
-
17
trees
-
6953 gallons of water
-
463 gallons of oil
-
587 pounds of air pollution
-
3.06 cubic yards of landfill space
-
4077 kilowatt hours of energy
Recycling
paper saves large amounts of energy and water. Recycled paper
requires 64% less energy that making paper from virgin wood pulp,
and can save many trees. For example, one Sunday edition of
the New York Times consumes about 75,000 trees.
The
GreenStar CinderBlox unique features give it many advantages over
similar building products.
Features
such as:
