If every U.S. citizen recycles half of their annual waste, we’ll recycle a 280-million ton mountain of trash! The equivalent of 550 Empire State buildings.
Switching to CFLs (compact fluorescent lights) eliminates 300 lbs. of CO2 a year. If everyone switches to CFLs, that’s like eliminating 7 million cars from the road!
If you can, switch to use 100% post-consumer copy paper. It saves five pounds of CO2 per ream (500 sheets). In which one ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees. Apply that to what you know that each tree absorbs one ton of CO2! Just think it & breathe it!